Independent Police Review

IPR News: 

Citizen Review Committee (CRC) Recruitment Announcement  (PDF Doc, 15 kb)

Link to Citizen Review Committee (CRC) Application Forms

Police Assessment Resource Center (PARC) Proposal  (PDF Document, 340 kb)

2008 Annual Report  (PDF Document, 1,430 kb)

2008 Annual Report Executive Summary, April 2009  (PDF Document, 182 kb)

PARC Report: Officer-involved Shootings and In-custody Deaths, Third Follow-up Report Executive Summary, February 2009  (PDF Document, 76 kb)

PARC Report: Officer-involved Shootings and In-custody Deaths, Third Follow-up Report, February 2009  (PDF Document, 789 kb)

Disparate Treatment Complaints: Review Conducted by the Bias-based Policing Workgroup, February 2009  (PDF Document, 436 kb)

IPR Community Outreach Plan, January 2009  (PDF Document, 205 kb)

Director's Report to CRC, May 19, 2009  (PDF Document, 59 kb)

Director's Report to CRC, April 21, 2009  (PDF Document, 55 kb)

IPR Quarterly Report, First Quarter 2009  (PDF Document, 229 kb)

Who we are

The Independent Police Review Division (IPR) and the nine-member Citizen Review Committee (CRC) were created in 2001 to help improve police accountability, promote higher standards of police services, and increase public confidence.

IPR has five primary responsibilities:

• Receive citizen complaints alleging misconduct by Portland police officers.
• Monitor investigations conducted by the Bureau’s Internal Affairs Division (IAD) and conduct joint or independent investigations if necessary.
• Report on complaint and investigation activities and recommend policy changes to prevent future problems.
• Hire a qualified expert to review closed investigations of officer-involved shootings and in-custody deaths and report on policy and quality of investigation issues.
• Coordinate appeals filed by citizens and officers with the CRC and City Council.

CRC members are appointed by City Council to perform four primary functions:

• Gather community concerns about police services.
• Help the IPR Director develop policy recommendations to address patterns of problems with police services and conduct.
• Review and advise on IPR and IAD handling of complaints.
• Hear appeals from complainants and officers and publicly report its findings.