The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has sent an investigatory letter to interim Transportation Sec. Phillip Eng regarding its investigation into the Applegreen service plaza debacle, led by ...

Multnomah County commissioners voted unanimously to pass a resolution Thursday making significant changes to how its deflection program works.

Unimpressed by the performance of Multnomah County’s drug-crime deflection center, District Attorney Nathan Vasquez today said he would bring criminal penalties for people who fail to complete the ...

Tillamook County’s deflection program for those with substance use disorders is set to launch on September 15, as a partnership between the Tillamook Police Department, district attorney’s office and ...

OREGON, USA — Counties across Oregon are up against a deadline to launch programs offering treatment instead of jail for people caught with possession of hard drugs, which becomes a crime again in ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Local police and first responders in Rockford now have a new resource to assist individuals with drug or mental health issues through the Northwest Illinois Deflection ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota officials on Tuesday described new legislation as improving “off-ramps” from the criminal justice system, with one of the off-ramps coming before ...

Earlier this year, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill to implement new criminal penalties for drug possession and end the state’s three-year experiment with drug decriminalization. The legislation also ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — Multnomah County says about 127 people chose deflection services over an arrest for drug possession in the first 10 weeks of the county's program, between Sept. 1 and Nov. 15.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A Multnomah County deflection center that will serve as a touch point for drug users who wish to avoid jail time and instead opt for addiction treatment is set to open its ...

Deflection Center The building at 900 SE Sandy Blvd that Multnomah County is turning into a deflection center. (Anthony Effinger) Multnomah County plans to open its deflection center for people ...