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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.250 - Specific information not to be collected or maintained.

No law enforcement agency, as defined in ORS 181A.010, may collect or maintain information about the political, religious or social views, associations or activities of any individual, group, association, organization, corporation, business or partnership unless such information directly relates to an investigation of criminal activities, and there are reasonable grounds to suspect the subject of the information is or may be involved in criminal conduct. [Formerly 181.575]
Note:
181A.250 was made a part of 181A.160 to 181A.250 by legislative action but was not added to 181A.010 to 181A.350. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.255 - Report of suspected criminal homicide; form and time of report; compilation; comparison.

(1) As used in this section, "criminal homicide" has the meaning provided in ORS 163.005.
(2) Any criminal justice agency within the State of Oregon having primary responsibility for investigation of the case shall provide information relating to any suspected criminal homicide to the Superintendent of State Police within 25 days after its discovery. The criminal justice agency shall submit the information on a form which shall be developed and provided by the Department of State Police. The form shall contain only information necessary to aid law enforcement personnel in comparing homicides and suspected homicides and discovering those exhibiting similar characteristics. The Department of State Police shall enter information submitted by an investigating agency into a file controlled by the Department of State Police and shall compare such information to information on other homicides or suspected homicides, for the purpose of discovering similarities in criminal methods and suspect descriptions. The Department of State Police shall advise the concerned investigating agencies if the Department of State Police finds homicides exhibiting similar criminal methods or suspect descriptions.
(3) When an investigating criminal justice agency terminates active investigation of a suspected criminal homicide due to an arrest having been made in the case, death of the primary suspect, or whatever other reason, the investigating agency shall so notify the Department of State Police within 30 days following such termination. Notification shall include the reason for terminating active investigation. [Formerly 181.580]
Note:
181A.255 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.270 - Duties of state criminal justice agencies.

(1) State criminal justice agencies, as part of their agency request budget and information resource management plans, shall address the goals of the Criminal Justice Information Standards program with particular attention to:
(a) Data access, availability and information sharing among criminal justice agencies; and
(b) The plan developed under ORS 181A.265.
(2) Information resource management plans must be based on industry standards for open systems to the greatest extent possible.
(3) A state criminal justice agency shall submit a copy of its information resource management plan to the Criminal Justice Information Standards Advisory Board. [Formerly 181.720; 2016 c.117 §41]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.275 - Criminal Justice Information Standards Advisory Board; members; expenses.

(1) There is established a Criminal Justice Information Standards Advisory Board to advise the Department of State Police or the criminal justice agency that the State Chief Information Officer designates under ORS 181A.265 (1) about the department’s or the agency’s duties under ORS 181A.265. The board consists of the following members:
(a) The State Court Administrator or the administrator’s designee;
(b) The Director of the Department of Corrections or the director’s designee;
(c) The Superintendent of State Police or the superintendent’s designee;
(d) The executive director of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission or the executive director’s designee;
(e) The Director of Transportation or the director’s designee;
(f) The chairperson of the State Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision or the chairperson’s designee;
(g) The Director of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training or the director’s designee;
(h) A chief of police designated by the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police;
(i) A sheriff designated by the Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association;
(j) A jail manager designated by the Oregon Sheriff’s Jail Command Council;
(k) A county juvenile department director designated by the Oregon Juvenile Department Directors’ Association;
(L) A community corrections agency director designated by the Oregon Association of Community Corrections Directors;
(m) A district attorney designated by the Oregon District Attorneys Association;
(n) The State Chief Information Officer or the State Chief Information Officer’s designee;
(o) The Director of the Oregon Youth Authority or the director’s designee;
(p) The State Fish and Wildlife Director or the director’s designee;
(q) The administrator of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission or the administrator’s designee; and
(r) The Youth Development Director or the director’s designee.
(2) The board shall meet at such times and places as the board deems necessary.
(3) The members of the board are not entitled to compensation but are entitled to expenses as provided in ORS 292.495. [Formerly 181.725; 2021 c.351 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.280 - Law Enforcement Data System established; duties; rules.

(1) There is established in the Department of State Police a Law Enforcement Data System.
(2) The Law Enforcement Data System shall:
(a) Install and maintain a criminal justice telecommunication and information system for storage and retrieval of criminal justice information submitted by criminal justice agencies for the State of Oregon;
(b) Function as the control point for access to similar programs operated by other states and the federal government;
(c) Undertake other projects as are necessary or appropriate for the speedy collection and dissemination of information relating to crime and criminals; and
(d) Provide service as available to all qualified criminal justice agencies and designated agencies.
(3) The department may adopt rules establishing procedures for the submission, access and dissemination of information by the Law Enforcement Data System. [Formerly 181.730]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.287 - Entry of certain convictions related to possession of firearms or ammunition into Law Enforcement Data System and databases of National Crime Information Center.

Upon receipt of a record of conviction for an offense described in ORS 166.255 (1)(b), the Department of State Police shall immediately enter the conviction into the Law Enforcement Data System and shall cause the conviction to be entered into the databases of the National Crime Information Center of the United States Department of Justice. The entry must include any judicial findings or terms of the judgment, when available, that are necessary to designate the conviction as a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921 or as an offense described in ORS 166.255 (1)(b). [2018 c.5 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.300 - Establishment and maintenance of missing persons clearinghouse.

(1) The Oregon State Police shall establish and maintain a missing children and adults clearinghouse that receives from and distributes to local law enforcement agencies, school districts, state and federal agencies and the general public information regarding missing children and adults.
(2) The information shall include technical and logistical assistance, pictures, bulletins, training sessions, reports and biographical materials that assist local efforts to locate missing children and adults.
(3) The Oregon State Police shall maintain a regularly updated computerized link with national and other statewide missing person reporting systems or clearinghouses. [Formerly 181.505]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.305 - Duties of administrator of clearinghouse.

The administrator of the missing children and adults clearinghouse established pursuant to ORS 181A.300 shall:
(1) Provide information and training to local law enforcement agencies and child welfare agencies and to other state agencies having child welfare duties.
(2) Appoint an advisory committee consisting of persons with interest and training related to missing children and adults to advise the administrator on operation of the clearinghouse and to serve without compensation or expense reimbursement.
(3) Seek public and private grants and gifts for purposes of the clearinghouse and the duties required by this section.
(4) Maintain a 24-hour hotline to receive and provide information on missing children and adults. [Formerly 181.506]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.310 - When notification of missing children clearinghouse required.

A member of a law enforcement agency who has probable cause to believe that custodial interference in the first or second degree, or kidnapping in the first or second degree, with respect to a child has occurred shall notify the Oregon State Police missing children clearinghouse within 24 hours. [2015 c.134 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.315 - Amber Plan; rules.

(1) The Department of State Police shall work with Oregon law enforcement agencies, the Department of Transportation, local media and broadcasters and others to fully implement a state Amber Plan.
(2) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules establishing the criteria to be applied in determining whether to issue an alert under the Amber Plan.
(3) A broadcaster participating in an Amber Plan implemented under this section is immune from civil liability for any act or omission of the broadcaster in the course and scope of that participation. The immunity provided under this subsection:
(a) Applies regardless of the method of transmission used by the broadcaster.
(b) Does not apply to intentional misconduct or to conduct that was grossly negligent. [Formerly 181.035]
Note:
181A.315 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.320 - Written policies relating to missing vulnerable adults required.

(1) For purposes of this section, a missing vulnerable adult includes, but is not limited to, a missing adult who has:
(a) An impaired mental condition, such as dementia;
(b) An intellectual or developmental disability; or
(c) A brain injury.
(2) The Department of State Police and each sheriff’s office and municipal police department shall adopt written policies relating to missing vulnerable adults that conform to the requirements of this section.
(3)(a) Written policies adopted pursuant to this section shall specify the procedures for investigating reports of missing vulnerable adults in order to ensure that such cases are investigated as soon as possible, utilizing all available resources.
(b) In adopting written policies under this section, Oregon law enforcement agencies may consider standards set by the Oregon Accreditation Alliance and adopt policies consistent with Oregon Accreditation Alliance standards.
(4) Policies adopted under this section may include the following:
(a) Requirements for accepting reports of missing vulnerable adults;
(b) Procedures for alerting local media and using other information outlets to disseminate information when a vulnerable adult is reported missing;
(c) Procedures for coordinating with other agencies and organizations in order to locate a missing vulnerable adult quickly; and
(d) Standards and minimum requirements for training law enforcement personnel to interact appropriately and effectively with individuals with cognitive impairment, including, but not limited to, dementia, intellectual and developmental disabilities and brain injuries. [2014 c.24 §2]
Note:
181A.320 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.322 - Short title.

ORS 181A.323 to 181A.328 shall be known and may be cited as "Melissa’s Law." [2016 c.89 §1]
Note:
181A.322 to 181A.328 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.323 - Definitions for ORS 181A.323 to 181A.328.

As used in ORS 181A.323 to 181A.328:
(1) "Anonymous kit" means a sexual assault forensic evidence kit collected from a victim who has not participated with a law enforcement agency in the creation of a report of the sexual assault.
(2) "Law enforcement agency" has the meaning given that term in ORS 133.741.
(3) "Medical facility" means a hospital, clinic, urgent care center or any other facility that is authorized to provide sexual assault medical assessments as described in ORS 147.395.
(4) "Sexual assault" means the commission of or the attempted commission of an offense described in ORS 163.355 to 163.427.
(5) "Sexual assault forensic evidence kit" means:
(a) Forensic evidence collected using an evidence collection kit during a sexual assault medical assessment as described in ORS 147.395; and
(b) If authorized by the victim, a copy of the medical-forensic examination form including the sexual assault forensic exam history, injury documentation and evidence collection documentation.
(6) "Victim" means a person from whom a sexual assault forensic evidence kit has been collected. [2016 c.89 §2; 2017 c.361 §1; 2022 c.101 §1]
Note:
See note under 181A.322.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.324 - Sexual assault forensic evidence kit testing; reports; rules.

(1) The Department of State Police shall adopt rules concerning the prioritization of testing untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits in the department’s possession. The rules must contain a requirement to test all nonanonymous kits and a prohibition on the testing of anonymous kits.
(2) The department shall test any untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits, other than anonymous kits, in the department’s possession in accordance with the rules adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
(3)(a) The department shall designate an entity, position or class of positions to receive inquiries from law enforcement agencies and victims seeking information concerning the testing of sexual assault forensic evidence kits.
(b) The department shall prohibit victims from directly contacting a forensic laboratory performing testing of sexual assault forensic evidence kits and may not publicize a means for victims to contact the laboratory.
(4)(a) As soon as practicable, the department shall ensure that the results from testing sexual assault forensic evidence kits that are eligible to be entered into the Combined DNA Index System are entered into the system after the testing results are obtained.
(b) No later than July 1, 2019, the department shall provide a written report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, describing the department’s progress in entering results from testing sexual assault forensic evidence kits into the Combined DNA Index System.
(5) No later than January 15 of each calendar year, the department shall provide a written report to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary in the manner provided in ORS 192.245. The report must detail the progress made on the backlog of untested sexual assault forensic evidence kits and include the number of new kits that have been received during the previous calendar year, the number of kits that have been tested during the previous calendar year, and the number of remaining untested kits in the possession of the department. [2016 c.89 §3]
Note:
See note under 181A.322.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.326 - Notification to law enforcement agency when kit collected.

A medical facility collecting sexual assault forensic evidence kits shall, within seven days after the collection of a kit, notify the law enforcement agency with jurisdiction over a possible sexual assault criminal investigation that the kit has been collected. [2016 c.89 §5]
Note:
See note under 181A.322.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.345 - Humane special agents to enforce animal welfare laws under direction of law enforcement agency; notice required of allegation of abuse of commission.

(1) A humane special agent shall work cooperatively with law enforcement agencies in enforcing animal welfare laws and shall defer to the direction of a law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the commission of a violation of animal welfare laws.
(2) If a law enforcement agency or a humane investigation agency learns of an allegation that a humane special agent has abused the agent’s commission, or otherwise has reasonable cause to believe that the commission of a humane special agent is subject to suspension or revocation under ORS 181A.340 (3), the agency shall promptly notify the Superintendent of State Police.
(3) As used in this section:
(a) "Animal welfare laws" and "humane investigation agency" have the meanings given those terms in ORS 181A.340.
(b) "Humane special agent" means a person who is commissioned under ORS 181A.340 and is engaged in the enforcement of animal welfare laws.
(c) "Law enforcement agency" includes the Department of State Police, a county sheriff’s office, a district attorney’s office and a municipal police department. [Formerly 181.435]
Note:
181A.345 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.348 - Telecommunicators as first responders.

The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that telecommunicators are first responders. [2021 c.278 §1]
Note:
181A.348 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.350 - Eligibility of towing business to be placed on department list; rules.

The Superintendent of State Police may make rules governing the eligibility of towing businesses to be placed and remain on any list of such businesses used by the Department of State Police when it requests towing services on behalf of any person. [Formerly 181.440]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.365 - Organization of board; meetings; policy of state.

(1) The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall select one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson. The vice chairperson shall act as chairperson when the chairperson is absent or unable to act.
(2) The board may appoint from among its members such subcommittees as it deems necessary or useful.
(3) The board shall prescribe such terms, powers and duties for the chairperson, vice chairperson and any subcommittees of the board as are convenient for the performance of the functions of the board.
(4) The board shall meet at least once every three months at a place and time determined by the board. The board shall also meet at such other times and places as the chairperson shall specify.
(5) It shall be the policy of the state that:
(a) The board and Department of Public Safety Standards and Training exist to develop talented individuals into public safety providers who are:
(A) Culturally competent;
(B) Ethically, physically and emotionally fit; and
(C) Well trained, highly skilled and responsive to the needs of their communities.
(b) The board and department shall promote the safety, efficiency, effectiveness, self-sufficiency and competence of public safety agencies and professionals.
(c) The board and department shall support collaboration among public and private security, law enforcement, fire service, telecommunications and corrections organizations, the related organizations with whom they work and the interests of the communities they serve.
(d) The board and department shall consult with and inform each other fully on matters of public safety standards, training and certification.
(e) The board may adopt or approve all policies, standards and minimum requirements for public safety certifications and training.
(f) The department may administer operations and procedures and shall implement or apply the policies and standards of the board.
(g) The department is and remains a full department of the state.
(6) The department, in consultation with the board, shall evaluate the training delivery systems used in other states, including self-sponsored training, electronic remote learning methods and regional training employing colleges and other organizations. The evaluation shall seek economical and effective methods that may be adapted and used in Oregon and shall be used in the development of the department’s budget and facilities planning.
(7) A member of the board who serves by virtue of office may appoint a designee to represent the member at subcommittee and policy committee meetings. The designee may vote only at subcommittee and policy committee meetings. [Formerly 181.630]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.370 - Executive committee.

(1) An executive committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training is created consisting of the chairperson of the board and the chairpersons of the policy committees created in ORS 181A.375.
(2) If necessary, the executive committee shall reconcile inconsistencies in policies among the policy committees. The executive committee shall recommend agenda items for meetings of the board and indicate if a board vote is requested on particular agenda items. The executive committee shall meet as necessary to consider legislative concepts, budgets, grants and other matters that arise between regular board meetings.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, only those members of the executive committee who are chairpersons of policy committees may vote. A majority of the executive committee constitutes a quorum to transact business. If the chairperson of the executive committee is not a chairperson of a policy committee, the chairperson may vote only in the case of a tie vote of the other members. [Formerly 181.638]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.380 - Leave to perform duties of board or policy committee.

At the request of an employee who is a public safety officer and who serves on the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training or on a policy committee established by the board, an employer shall grant leaves of absence to the employee for periods reasonably necessary for the employee to attend meetings and perform the duties of the board or committee. The employer shall grant the leaves with regular pay and benefits. [Formerly 181.632]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.385 - Appointment of director of department.

(1)(a) The Governor shall appoint the Director of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor and not be subject to the State Personnel Relations Law.
(b) The person appointed as director may be selected from candidates recommended to the Governor by the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training. The candidates shall be well qualified by training and experience to perform the functions of the office.
(c) An appointed director of the department shall receive such salary as is provided by law or, if not so provided, as is fixed by the Governor.
(2)(a) The director, with the approval of the Governor and after consulting the board for advice, shall organize and reorganize the department in the manner the director considers necessary to conduct the work of the department properly.
(b) With the approval of the Governor, the director may appoint a deputy director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the director, not be subject to the State Personnel Relations Law and have full authority to act for the director, subject to the control of the director. The appointment of the deputy director shall be by written order, filed with the Secretary of State.
(3) The director, subject to applicable provisions of the State Personnel Relations Law, shall appoint all subordinate officers and employees of the department, prescribe their functions and fix their compensation.
(4) The director or the director’s designee shall serve as executive secretary to the board, but shall not be a member of the board.
(5) The board shall annually evaluate the director’s implementation of policies, standards and minimum requirements for public safety certifications and training, reporting to the Governor the results of the evaluation. [Formerly 181.635]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.395 - Certain officers required to be at least 21 years of age.

A law enforcement unit in this state may not employ as a police officer, corrections officer, parole and probation officer or regulatory specialist, or utilize as a certified reserve officer or reserve officer, any person who has not yet attained the age of 21 years. [Formerly 181.645]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.400 - Authority of Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to require fingerprints.

(1) For the purpose of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check under ORS 181A.195, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may require the fingerprints of a person who:
(a) Is employed or applying for employment by the department;
(b) Provides services or seeks to provide services to the department as a contractor, vendor or volunteer; or
(c) Is applying to be certified as a public safety officer, is applying to be reissued certification as a public safety officer or is an applicant or public safety officer who is under investigation by the department.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 181A.195 (5) and (6), the Department of State Police shall maintain in the department’s files the fingerprint cards used to conduct a criminal records check on persons described in subsection (1)(c) of this section.
(3) ORS 181A.195 (10) does not apply to the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training when the department makes denial or revocation decisions regarding persons described in subsection (1)(c) of this section.
(4) The department and an employee of the department acting within the course and scope of employment are immune from any civil liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed for making denial or revocation decisions regarding persons described in subsection (1)(c) of this section. The department, an employee of the department acting within the course and scope of employment and an employer or employer’s agent who in good faith comply with the requirements of ORS 181A.640, any rules adopted by the department and the decision of the department or employee of the department acting within the course and scope of employment are not liable for employment-related decisions based on decisions made under ORS 181A.640. The department or an employee of the department acting within the course and scope of employment is not liable for defamation or invasion of privacy in connection with the lawful dissemination of information lawfully obtained under ORS 181A.195. [Formerly 181.612; 2017 c.228 §3]
Note:
181A.400 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.405 - Legislative intent and findings.

(1) It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly in creating the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training to provide for the coordination of training programs for police officers, certified reserve officers, corrections officers and parole and probation officers and to set standards.
(2) The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(a) Providing high quality training for public safety personnel enhances the quality of public safety services provided to communities, contributes significantly to the safety of public safety officers and reduces state, local and individual liability;
(b) Basic training for public safety personnel provides a consistent foundation of best practices knowledge and skills necessary for public safety officers throughout the state;
(c) Advanced, leadership and continuing training preserve and build on the knowledge and skills acquired during basic training, ensuring that communities continue to have well-trained professional public safety officers;
(d) Advanced, leadership and continuing training should be consistent with recognized best practices while meeting specific local needs; and
(e) Course and instructor accreditation help to ensure that advanced, leadership and continuing training programs are consistent with recognized best practices and are legally sufficient.
(3) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may continue to accredit advanced, leadership and continuing training courses and programs consistent with ORS 181A.590. [Subsection (1) formerly 181.700; subsections (2) and (3) formerly 181.639]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.420 - Minimum standards and training requirements inapplicable to certain persons; certification based on experience, education or training.

(1) The minimum standards and minimum training requirements established pursuant to ORS 181A.410 (1) do not apply to:
(a) The Superintendent of State Police.
(b) Any individual who is a constable of the justice court.
(c) Any sheriff’s deputy appointed with authority only to receive and serve summons and civil process.
(d) Any municipal parole officer.
(e) Any dog control officer commissioned by a city or county.
(2) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training may, upon application of an individual public safety officer, except a youth correction officer, at its discretion, certify the public safety officer as provided in ORS 181A.410 (1)(d) upon a finding that the public safety officer’s professional experience, education or training meets the standards required for certification.
(3) The minimum standards and training requirements established pursuant to ORS 181A.410 (1) do not apply to police officers commissioned by the Governor under ORS 131.880 who have served in that capacity for at least two years immediately preceding October 4, 1977. [Subsections (1) and (2) formerly 181.660; subsection (3) formerly 181.705]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.425 - Department not required to provide training for certification of reserve officers.

Nothing in ORS 181A.355, 181A.395, 181A.405 (1), 181A.410, 181A.420 (1) and (2), 181A.425, 181A.430, 181A.470, 181A.490, 181A.500, 181A.570, 181A.580, 181A.590, 181A.630, 181A.640 and 181A.650 requires:
(1) A law enforcement unit to certify individuals who are utilized by the law enforcement unit to perform the duties of a reserve officer; or
(2) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training to provide the training for, or to fund, certification of reserve officers. [Formerly 181.711]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.430 - Effect of minimum requirements under authority other than ORS 181A.410.

Compliance with minimum standards or minimum training recommended pursuant to ORS 181A.410 for public safety personnel, except youth correction officers, does not exempt any individual from any minimum requirement for selection or promotion as a police officer or certified reserve officer under ORS 181A.055 or under any civil service law, charter or ordinance for a county or city. [Formerly 181.670]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.440 - Training in vehicle pursuit, mental illness and airway and circulatory systems; certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall include in the minimum training required for basic certification as a police officer under ORS 181A.490:
(a) The law, theory, policies and practices related to vehicle pursuit driving and, as facilities and funding permit, vehicle pursuit training exercises.
(b) At least 24 hours of training in the recognition of mental illnesses utilizing a crisis intervention training model, at least one hour of which must include training on the appropriate use of the medical health database described in ORS 181A.285.
(c) At least three hours of training in airway and circulatory anatomy and physiology.
(d) Certification in adult and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
(2) The department shall ensure that all police officers certified by the department:
(a) Receive at least two hours of training in airway and circulatory anatomy and physiology in each maintenance training period; and
(b) Maintain a certification in adult and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation. [Formerly 181.641; 2021 c.294 §1]
Note:
181A.440 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.442 - Equity training for police officers; rules.

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall develop, and the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall establish by rule, a statewide equity training program for police officers.
(2) The department shall include the equity training described in subsection (1) of this section in the minimum training required to obtain and maintain basic certification as a police officer under ORS 181A.490. [2021 c.611 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.444 - Training on interacting with persons who have experienced trauma.

The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall regularly review and, if necessary, update training on interacting with persons who have experienced trauma, consistent with the model training program developed by the Department of Justice under ORS 180.500, for all police officers who enter the training academy operated by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. [2021 c.532 §3; 2021 c.532 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.445 - Best practices for interacting with persons who have experienced trauma; rules.

(1) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, in consultation with the Department of Justice, shall develop best practices for law enforcement agencies when interacting with persons who have experienced trauma.
(2)(a) The best practices developed under this section must offer alternative options for law enforcement agencies of varying size and resource capacity.
(b) The best practices developed under this section must, at a minimum:
(A) Be research-based and take into account the psychological and neurological effects of trauma;
(B) Recommend techniques for interacting with persons who have experienced trauma;
(C) Have the objective of minimizing further trauma;
(D) Take into account the impact of structural racism and other forms of historical trauma;
(E) Require law enforcement officers to consider the effects of trauma when working on a case;
(F) Recommend techniques for interviewing persons who have experienced trauma; and
(G) Provide recommendations for writing reports based on interviews with persons who have experienced trauma.
(3) Law enforcement agencies within this state shall adopt appropriate best practice policies for interacting with persons who have experienced trauma no later than the date established by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training by rule.
(4) The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions of this section. [2021 c.532 §2; 2021 c.532 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.450 - Child abuse and domestic violence training; report.

No later than January 1 of each year, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, in consultation with the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training, shall submit to the Legislative Assembly, as provided in ORS 192.245, a report on the implementation of child abuse and domestic violence training provided by the department. [Formerly 181.712]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.460 - Training in missing persons cases.

Subject to the availability of funds, the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall ensure that all police officers and certified reserve officers are trained to investigate and report cases of missing children and adults. When federal training programs are made available to the state at no cost to the state, the board shall offer the training to police officers and certified reserve officers. [Formerly 181.643]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.470 - Training relating to Vienna Convention and crimes motivated by prejudice or that constitute abuse.

The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall ensure that all police officers and certified reserve officers are trained to:
(1) Investigate, identify and report crimes:
(a) Motivated by prejudice based on the perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, political affiliation or beliefs, membership or activity in or on behalf of a labor organization or against a labor organization, physical or mental disability, age, economic or social status or citizenship of the victim; and
(b) That constitute abuse, as defined in ORS 419B.005, or domestic violence.
(2) Understand the requirements of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and identify situations in which the officers are required to inform a person of the person’s rights under the convention. [Formerly 181.642; 2021 c.246 §1; 2021 c.367 §§11,11a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.480 - Training in human trafficking.

(1) The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall include training on recognizing, investigating and reporting cases involving labor trafficking and sex trafficking of children and adults in the minimum training required to obtain basic certification as a police officer under ORS 181A.490.
(2) The board may require that all police officers and certified reserve officers are trained to recognize, investigate and report cases involving labor trafficking and sex trafficking of children and adults at any advanced training program operated or authorized by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training. [Formerly 181.649; 2023 c.217 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.483 - Prohibition on training to use physical force that impedes breathing or circulation; rules.

The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training shall adopt rules prohibiting the training of police officers and reserve officers to use physical force that impedes the normal breathing or circulation of the blood of another person by applying pressure on the throat or neck of the other person, except as a defensive maneuver. [2020 s.s.1 c.3 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 05 - State Government, Government Procedures, Land Use › Chapter 181A - State Police; Crime Reporting and Records; Public Safety Standards and Training; Private Security › Section 181A.485 - Psychological screening of law enforcement officers; rules.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Law enforcement agency" means a public body, as defined in ORS 174.109, that employs law enforcement officers to enforce criminal laws.
(b) "Law enforcement officer" means a police officer, reserve officer or certified reserve officer, as those terms are defined in ORS 181A.355.
(2) A law enforcement agency may not employ a person as a law enforcement officer unless the person has completed a psychological screening to determine the person’s fitness to serve as a law enforcement officer.
(3) The psychological screening required by subsection (2) of this section must be conducted by a licensed mental health professional who meets the qualifications and training requirements established by the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training by rule.
(4) The board shall establish by rule:
(a) The qualifications and training necessary for a licensed mental health professional to conduct a psychological screening under this section; and
(b) Standards and procedures for conducting a psychological screening under this section. [2019 c.78 §1]
Note:
181A.485 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 181A or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.