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May 22—One person has died, four other people hospitalized, following a head-on crash on Highway 101 in Coos County. Oregon State Police (OSP) responded to a three-vehicle crash on Highway 101 ...
A fatal head-on crash near Florence left one person dead and five injured on Tuesday. A preliminary investigation indicated that a westbound Toyota Rav4 crossed into the eastbound lane on Highway ...
A Pasco, Wash., man died in a motorcycle crash 17 miles south of Interstate 84, in Gilliam County, Ore. ... The cause of the crash remains unknown, according to the Oregon State Police.
History. The Oregon State Police began operating on August 1, 1931. The organization was designed by a committee appointed by Governor Julius L. Meier, who made a survey of some of the most successful state law enforcement agencies across North America, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the New Jersey State Police, the Texas Rangers, the Pennsylvania State Police, and others.
The car pointed west on the eastbound side of the road. The local woman reported the car accident on the sharp corner adjacent to her home, telephoning the Grafton County Sheriff's Department at 7:27 pm to report the accident. According to the 9-1-1 log, the woman claimed to have seen a man smoking a cigarette inside the car.
State police An Oregon State Police vehicle (2012) Though many forces use the term "state police," its meaning is not consistent from agency to agency. In many places, it is a full-service law enforcement agency which responds to calls for service, investigates criminal activity, and regularly patrols high-crime areas.
This story was updated at 12:20 p.m. Friday. A motorist rammed an Oregon State Police trooper's patrol vehicle on Interstate 5 near the Market Street exit Friday as the lieutenant was attempting ...
In 2015 State Police Troop H and Troop C were among six Connecticut police departments singled out in a state report on racial bias in policing for having the most "significant disparities in their traffic stops data,” in particular traffic stop rates for Black and Hispanic drivers were much higher during the day when officers can easily ...