<h1 class="entry-title">Category: NEPBA Police Updates</h1>

Ore. police still struggling to track mental health crisis calls

By Maxine Bernstein The Oregonian PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland police – under a federal court order to improve how they deal with mental health crisis calls — still don't have a good handle on how often officers encounter people with mental illness, outside monitors say. The Police Bureau has provided "well-executed" training for 85 officers […]

Mich. sheriff receives national award, first in state

By Bill Laitner Detroit Free Press DETROIT — Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard has been recognized as the nation’s outstanding sheriff of 2016. Bouchard was chosen from among more than 3,000 elected sheriffs across the country, and he’s the first Michigan sheriff to gain the honor bestowed by National Sheriffs’ Association, based in Alexandria, Va., […]