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Portland Police Public Records Project

Highlights and potential violations of Oregon's privacy laws that emerged from the public records we obtained from the Portland Police
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Protecting Your Rights Against Unlawful Police Surveillance

Oregon law (ORS 181A.250) prohibits law enforcement agencies from collecting or maintaining information on an individual’s political, religious, or social activities unless directly related to criminal investigations. Here is how you can request access to your public records from local police.
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Newsletter: June 2026

Happy Pride Month! Read our June newsletter and learn about how you can get involved with Pride, take action against unfair elections and the Portland Police's unlawful surveillance of activists, and celebrate our legislative wins with us.
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Know Your Tech: Flock

The expansion of mass surveillance tactics by law enforcement raises serious questions about our state and federal constitutional rights to be free from unreasonable searches that invade our privacy and surveillance that collects such large volumes of data about us that it reveals intimate details about our personal lives. Learn more about Flock and their surveillance technology so you can best protect yourself and your communities.

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ACLU of Oregon Wins Provisional Class Certification and Preliminary Injunction to Stop DHS Officers from Retaliating Against Nonviolent Protesters and Journalists at Portland ICE Building

Federal District Court Judge Michael Simon ruled in favor of Plaintiffs, protesters and journalists, issuing a Preliminary Injunction to protect nonviolent protest and reporting at the Portland ICE Building.

ACLU of Oregon Wins Emergency Order to Stop Department of Homeland Security Officers from Retaliating Against Portland ICE Building Protestors

A federal judge in Oregon issued a temporary restraining order in Dickinson (a.k.a. "the Portland Chicken") v. Trump that prohibits Department of Homeland Security officers from using crowd control munitions against people for nonviolently protesting DHS violence and reporting on it at the Portland ICE Building.

Protesters and Journalists Challenge First Amendment Violations by Federal Forces at Portland Ice Building

Attorneys for the plaintiffs are petitioning a federal court to stop the government’s illegal and brutal suppression of First Amendment rights.