Press Releases

On Thursday, July 25, 2024, at about 7:30 a.m., an adult in custody was found unresponsive in their cell at the Multnomah County Detention Center.

Policy and procedure serve as the foundation for all MCSO law enforcement operations, correctional operations, and business services. Policy provides members with the objectives, limits, and requirements that apply to their work for the public.

A hiker on the Oneonta Trail fell down an embankment, called 911 herself and was rescued.

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Detective Unit is investigating an early morning explosion in the rural community of Pleasant Home.

Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) River Patrol Unit (RPU) deputies continue to investigate the death of 24-year-old Kaileigh Seidel.

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office conducted a high-visibility patrol mission in the Columbia River Gorge on Saturday, June 22, that resulted in 18 traffic stops, three citations, 15 warnings and one felony arrest.

A Multnomah County Grand Jury indicted five people for conspiring to smuggle drugs into the Multnomah County Detention Center.

K-9 Deputy Rudy became suddenly ill on Friday, June 14 from an unexpected, rare, and unpreventable condition.

A single vehicle crash on Highway 30 in the Columbia River Gorge resulted in one passenger being transported to an area hospital by helicopter. The young woman remains in the hospital in serious condition.

Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Monday morning after he rammed patrol cars and led deputies on a pursuit in a stolen semi-tractor. Interstate 205 was closed in both directions between Mill Plain Blvd. and State Route 500 for more than an hour.