Oregon State Police

Oregon State Police audit

Auditors: OSP does not appear to have enough troopers, can do better at analyzing needs (Statesman Journal, 1/14/2022)

Audit: Oregon State Police should change how it determines staffing needs (Oregon Capital Chronicle, 1/14/2022)

Oregon State Police needs to change staffing and deployment practices, audit says (KATU, 1/14/2022)

Thumbnail of cover from the document Oregon State Police : additional data analytics could better determine trooper staffing levels and resource needs.Oregon State Police : additional data analytics could better determine trooper staffing levels and resource needs (2022) Oregon Audits Division

Forensic backlogs audit

State finds huge spike in crime lab backlog (Statesman Journal, 12/23/2015)

Audit cites evidence testing backlog at OSP labs (East Oregonian, 12/23/2015)

Crime lab audit warns of backlog (Bend Bulletin, 12/22/2015)

forensicsAuditForensic Services Division : some strategies to help address delays in evidence testing [PDF] (2015) Oregon Secretary of State, Audits Division

State Police crime labs

State crime lab: Analyst identified, few other details released (Oregonian, 9/18/2015)

A 2nd forensic analyst investigated at crime lab (Bend Bulletin, 9/20/2015)

forensicServicesForensics Services Division [PDF] (2009) Oregon Department of State Police

evidenceManualPhysical evidence manual [PDF] (2015) Oregon Department of State Police, Forensic Services Division

Oregon State Police review

Detective’s misconduct in quadruple murder case spurs call for Oregon State Police reforms (OPB, 6/5/2015)

Oregon police unprepared for complex cases, DOJ says (Register Guard, 6/7/2015)

Review Finds Oregon State Police Major Crimes Section Understaffed, Lacking Oversight (OPB, 6/6/2015)

StatePoliceReviewAdvisory review : policy, procedure, and training recommendations for the Oregon State Police [PDF] (2015) Oregon Department of Justice