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Body-cam video shows police release off-duty deputy after he vomits, falls, blacks out, and admits to drinking during traffic stop

The deputy was not given a blood alcohol content (BAC) test during the incident, which happened in Newberg, Oregon.

The police department released the first responding officer’s footage after the district attorney’s office ordered the agency to honor a public records request.

Police charged Discrepancy Report $210 in redaction fees for the footage and are charging nearly $1,700 to release two other videos.

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Officer accused of ‘extreme violation of trust’ resigns while awaiting hearing

Fired Salem Police Department Sgt. Jeffrey Keniston quit his job as an Aumsville police officer after less than five months with the agency, according to state records.

Keniston is awaiting a hearing to fight the state’s effort to revoke his law enforcement certifications that stems from an investigation into his alleged actions while working for Salem police.

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Fired Salem police sergeant still working in nearby city as state seeks to revoke his certifications

State investigators say Jeffrey Keniston used his position as a domestic violence officer for personal gain and engaged in a sexual relationship with a domestic violence survivor he was sworn to protect.

His actions reflected an ‘extreme violation of trust,’ according to the state.

Keniston, who has not been charged with a crime, can still fight to keep his certifications.

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Fired Salem police sergeant who communicated with violent Proud Boys supporter hired by nearby city

Police in Salem, Oregon said Sgt. Jeffrey Keniston’s December termination involved misconduct allegations, but wouldn’t tell Discrepancy Report why he was let go.

The nearby Aumsville Police Department recently announced it hired Keniston who’s still under investigation by the state.

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Salem police fire sergeant who communicated with violent Proud Boys supporter, won’t say why he was terminated

The agency told the state that his firing involved an investigation into misconduct allegations, but declined to provide documents to Discrepancy Report explaining why he was let go.

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Dispatcher’s handling of 911 call under investigation in Portland hit-and-run case

Records show the caller, who was injured in the crash, was disconnected after the dispatcher told her she’d be transferred to the non-emergency number.

The caller and her fiancé say 911 and the non-emergency line hung up on them more than 35 times altogether before they could report the crime.

The city says it’s investigating the initial 911 call due to the caller “potentially knowing the location of a suspect’s vehicle.”

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Salem police provide limited communication records, don’t explain call or text messages between sergeant and Proud Boys supporter

Since May 2021 the police department has charged Discrepancy Report nearly $900 for multiple public records requests seeking all communication records between certain officers and far-right activists.

The agency released records from a period of seven months after a legal challenge but declined to use Verizon’s Privacy Dashboard, a service that allows clients to request a year’s worth of call records at no additional charge.

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April snow in Oregon not unprecedented, likely not related to climate change, say Oregon Climate Change Research Institute scientists

Turns out the snowfall the Portland, Oregon area saw on Monday, April 11 wasn’t unprecedented as some suggested. That’s according to Oregon State Climatologist Larry O’Neill of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (OCCRI). O’Neill is also an associate professor at the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University (OSU). On […]

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Rules at Dolby Theatre, site of 2022 Oscars, require anyone who ‘interferes with the performance’ to leave

Police declined to arrest Will Smith after he slapped Chris Rock during the Oscars ceremony and said the ‘individual involved’ didn’t want to file a police report.

Legal experts say crime victims don’t decide whether charges are filed in California.

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Administrator removed for reading ‘I Need a New Butt!’ to children, but Mississippi has kept educators who faced far more serious allegations in classrooms

Past reports show multiple educators found guilty of criminal and unethical conduct have been allowed to keep working with children in Mississippi.

An assistant principal, meanwhile, was recently removed from an elementary school for reading a book by an award-winning publisher to students.