Portland Police Bureau - Services

Services

The Portland Police Bureau is the largest city law enforcement agency in Oregon. The bureau has approximately 1,000 full-time officers, up to 100 reserves, 50 cadets, and 300 civilian positions. The Portland Police Bureau provides numerous services to the citizens of Portland and the tri-county area, including:

Patrol

• 9-1-1 and emergency response.

Detectives

• Portland Police Bureau detectives are members of the tri-county major crimes division, as such they will assist other agencies. Detectives work a variety of task such as, child sexual assault, burglary and other property crimes, prostitution, narcotics, homicide, traffic crash investigation, hit and runs, auto theft, and other felony crimes.

Cadets

• Cadets are between the ages of 16 and 21 who serve as sworn uniformed volunteers of the Police Bureau. Cadets assist with community service events, parades, crowd control, security, and other special details. Cadets also perform cadet patrols consisting of two cadets in a marked police car assisting officers at traffic collisions, perimeters, paperwork, and taking traffic-related 911 calls. Cadets also ride with police officers as partners, which allows them to perform more tasks.

Air Support Unit

• The Air Support Unit is used for high risk situations, or for warrant service. Portland Police Bureau currently owns three planes.

Child Abuse Team

• The Child Abuse Team (CAT) investigates reports of child abuse throughout Multnomah County. CAT is made up of officers and deputies from PPB, Gresham Police, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Troutdale Police Department, Fairview Police Department, CARES Northwest, and Oregon Department of Human Services.

Crisis Intervention Team

• Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) officers are assigned in each precinct and aid in dealing with calls with mentally ill people. These officers receive an additional 40 hours of training in dealing with people with mental illness. The CIT program is modeled after Nashville, Tennessee's acclaimed program.

Crisis Response Team

• The mission of the Portland Police Bureau’s Crisis Response Team (CRT) is to intervene in traumatic situations which impact individuals, families, and the community at large.

CRT members provide support to victims of crime, sexual assault, and abuse.

Hostage Negotiation Team

• The Hostage Negotiation Team (HNT) responds to hostage situations and uses psychology to resolve situations safely without use of force.

Mounted Patrol Unit

• The mounted police unit is primarily used for crowd control at large events.

Rapid Response Team

• The Rapid Response Team (RRT) is Portland Police Bureau's riot control team, responding to large political rallies/gatherings.

School Resource Officer

• A School Resource Officer (SRO) responds to crimes within any school within Portland Public Schools. Each Portland high school is assigned an SRO.

Special Emergency Response Team

• The Special Emergency Response Team (SERT), better known as SWAT, responds to incidents involving uncooperative armed suspects (such as barricaded subjects or hostage situations).

Transit Police

• About 58 PPB officers operate out of four precincts as transit police on the Trimet system. They work alongside private security guards.

Traffic Division

• Officers working within the Traffic Division are primarily on motorcycles (instead of police cars). Traffic officers daily tasks include enforcement of driving under the influence laws, aggressive driving watch, response to traffic crashes, and enforcing moving violations. Traffic officers also handle all types of law enforcement emergency calls.