Sheriff

The Homicide and Violent Crimes Unit (HVCU) is a specialized unit that investigates violent crimes involving adults -- including homicides and suspicious deaths, missing persons, kidnappings, serious assaults, robberies, violent gang-related crime, officer-involved shootings and sexual assaults of victims over 18 years of age.

The HVCU is staffed by one Sergeant and seven Detectives.

HVCU detectives are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to assist the Patrol division, other Detective units and outside agencies with investigations. The unit works closely with federal, state and local agencies to resolve cases as quickly as possible.

The Homicide and Violent Crimes Unit also participates in the Clackamas County Inter-agency Major Crimes Team, supervised by the Clackamas County District Attorney.

Application forms may be downloaded online or picked up at the Sheriff's Office (9101 SE Sunnybrook, Clackamas, OR 97015) map

Return the completed application and signed release forms at least ten days (10) days prior to the requested ride-along date.

In person:	9101 SE Sunnybrook Clackamas, OR map
By mail:	Clackamas County Sheriff's Office ATTN: Ride Along Program 2223 Kaen Road Oregon City, OR 97045

Visiting an Inmate

If you wish to visit an inmate, the inmate must place your name on their visiting list.

General Visitation of an Inmate

• You must report to the deputy in the Clackamas County Jail fifteen minutes prior to the inmate's visiting time. If you are late you will not be allowed to visit the inmate.
• You must be 18 years of age or an immediate family member (e.g., son, daughter, brother, sister, or spouse). If you are over eighteen, you must bring a government issued picture identification and if the visitor is a minor child(ren) of an inmate, they must have a legal birth certificate.
• Visitors will be allowed to visit one inmate each visiting day.
• Inmates are allowed two 30 minute visits each week. Trusties are allowed two 1 hour visits each week.
• Visitors will be expected to maintain a calm, quiet, and orderly demeanor the entire length of the visit. Any visitor disrupting the jail environment during the visit may be asked to leave and may be subject to losing future visiting privileges.
• Visitors are expected to be appropriately dressed and for safety reasons are subject to inspections.
• Gifts, such as books, magazines, candy, and flowers will not be allowed for inmates.

Telephones

It is the policy of the Clackamas County Jail to provide telephone use to unrestricted inmates in order to maintain personal communications and ties with friends and family in the community in order to facilitate their future transition from jail life to community life.

General Telephone Use Guidelines

• Telephones are available in units at the jail with the exception of disciplinary blocks. Inmates may use the telephones from late morning until late evening.
• Inmates may use the telephones to call collect locally or anywhere in the United States. Phone recipients must accept the collect charges. Telephones will not accept incoming calls.
• Calls lasting longer than fifteen minutes will automatically "time-out" and disconnect.
• The monitoring/recording of any call may be used in inmate disciplinary or court proceeding as evidence.
• Telephones are a privilege

Phone	503-557-5840
Hours	Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Property and Evidence Unit provides safe storage for all items seized by Clackamas County deputies. This unit currently stores over 80,000 items of evidence, found property and property identified as "safe keeping."

Storage and Retrieval Facts

Evidence: Wait 30 days after adjudication of your case to contact the Property/Evidence unit for release information. If your name and your correct address is given to the officer at the time the receipt is given to you, you should receive a letter from the Property/Evidence Unit notifying you to make an appointment to retrieve your property.

Safekeeping: Items will be held for 60 days for pick-up by the owner. After 60 days, the items will be destroyed.

Weapons: Prior to any weapons being released, a background check will be performed to ascertain your eligibility to receive these weapons.

Property is released by appointment only. You must call the Property/Evidence unit at 503-557-5840 to request an appointment. Hours are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Property Not Returned to Owner is Auctioned Online

Sadly, some property stored in our evidence facility can never be returned to its owner. This property was found or recovered with no owner identification, and ultimately will be destroyed or auctioned.

Property/Evidence uses PropertyRoom.com for unclaimed property.

Marking Your Belongings to Reduce Loss

The best way to inscribe your property is by etching your state abbreviation and driver's license or identification number on your property. (For example: OR5555555DL or OR5555555ID). Property marked in this manner is easier to return to owners, and is more difficult to alter.

It is important to always document serial numbers and inscribe owner identification on items of value. In the unfortunate case you are the victim of lost or stolen property, your chances of recovery are greatly increased with this information.

Staff Preserve the Chain of Evidence

Three civilian Property/Evidence Specialists and one Supervisor are responsible for the receiving, preservation, release, and in some cases the destruction of all items in their care.

The property/evidence specialists are trained in storage techniques to ensure that the integrity of evidence is maintained. Detailed records of transactions involving items of evidence are maintained in order to preserve the "chain of evidence."

A computerized inventory and bar-coding system is employed to maintain the detailed records necessary for the presentation of evidence in court.

Found property

ORS 98.005 provides: (1), if any person finds money or goods valued at $250 or more, and if the owner of the money or goods is unknown, such person within 10 days after the date of the finding, shall give notice of the finding in writing to the County Recorder in the Tax Department in which the money or goods was found. Within 20 days after the date of the finding, the finder of the money or goods shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county a notice of the finding once each week for two consecutive weeks. Each such notice shall state the general description of the money or goods found, the name and address of the finder and final date before which such goods may be claimed.

(2) If no person appears and establishes his ownership of the money or goods prior to the expiration of the three months from the date of the notice of the county recorder under subsection 1 above, the finder shall be the owner of the money or goods.

(3) The finder must give written notice to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, Property/Evidence Unit, within 10 days of the finding that the finder claims the property if an owner is not located.

ORS 98.025 Rights of the owner. If an owner of money or goods found by another person appears and establishes his claim to such money or goods within the time described by ORS 98.005 or 98.015, whichever applies, he shall have restitution of such money or goods or their value upon payment of all costs and charges incurred in the finding, giving of notice, care and custody of such money or goods.

Types of Tows and Required Actions

1. If the police towed your car for a Traffic Offense or Expired Registration, you will need to get a Vehicle Release from the Sheriff's Office. (See the "Frequently Asked Questions" section below for details.)
2. If the police towed your car for Abandoned, Hazard, or as a Recovered Stolen Vehicle, you can go directly to the tow company and obtain your vehicle. You WILL NOT need to obtain a vehicle release, pending any special circumstances.
3. If your vehicle was towed as a Private Party Impound, you can go directly to the tow company to obtain your vehicle.   

Have any additional questions about obtaining a Vehicle Release?

Call our Records Unit at 503-785-5200.  The Records Unit is available by phone 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Tow Rates

Tow services shall not exceed the rates detailed below:

Services	Class A	Class B	Class C	Sheriff's Vehicles
Hook Up Fee flatbed, dollies and driveline	$210	$315	$420	$50
Dispatch Fee	Dispatch Fee +$10	Dispatch Fee +$10	Dispatch Fee +$10	$25
Mileage Fee (one-way)	$8.40	$9.50	$10.50	$4
Labor at Scene cleanup of parts or hazmat	$27/15 mins.	$27/15 mins.	$27/15 mins.	$20/15 mins.
Additional Labor  flagger or second person	$27/15 mins.	$27/15 mins.	$27/15 mins.	$20/15 mins.
Storage Fee (daily)	$45	$55	$65	$15
Inside Storage Fee (daily)	$55	$65	$75	$15
Flares (per flare)	$8	$8	$8	$7
Spill Kit for environmental drainage of gasoline or diesel only	$90	$90	$90	$85
Gate Fee (after hours)	$50	$50	$50	$30
Flat Tire Swap	N/A	N/A	N/A	$55

There are two possible reasons for this:

Concealed Handgun Permits are numeric and contain 10 digits. If your physical permit has any missing numbers, special characters, or is not numeric, please call our office at 503-794-8059 and we will help you correct the error.

or

You must be within 45 days of your expiration date. This expiration date is listed on the back of your license. If you are not within this time frame, the online system will not work for you.

Please call our Concealed Handgun License Office for assistance or if you would like to renew early at 503-794-8059.

 

Special Weapons and Tactics Team

The two units coordinate their responses to deal with high-risk situations -- handling security details and situations involving hostages, barricaded gunmen, or disturbances at civil and corrections facilities.

The SWAT Team comprises 24 tactical operators. Seventeen operators are Sheriff’s Office deputies, and 7 are from other police agencies within Clackamas County. Of the 17 deputies, 5 are Sergeants. One Sergeant acts as the overall team leader. The other 4 Sergeants fill the following roles:

• Assistant team leader;
• Sniper team leader;
• Inner perimeter (IP) team leader; and
• Breaching team leader.

In addition, the team has a tactical medicine program comprised of a trauma surgeon, an emergency room physician and 5 paramedics.

 

Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT)

Our Crisis Negotiation Team comprises 13 members. Eleven members are Sheriff’s Office deputies and 2 members are from other police agencies within Clackamas County. Of the 11 deputies, one is a Sergeant who leads the team.

Both teams are managed by a Lieutenant who acts as Tactical Commander. They're are also supported by our K9 Unit, Explosive Device Unit (EDU) and Air Unit.

Our tactical team trains 280 hours annually -- studying firearms, specialized weapons, wooded movement and building-entry techniques.

Records Unit main number:

503-785-5200

 

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office Records Unit is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week — including holidays — to serve the community and support to the Sheriff’s Office and partner agencies. 

The Records Unit is responsible for processing and maintaining police reports, alarm permits, citations, warrants, protection orders and public records requests. 

The Records Unit processes an average of 57,500 reports and 9,500 public records requests a year.  They enter and maintain an average 9,750 arrest warrants and 1,200 protection orders a year. 

How do I check to see if there is a warrant for my arrest?

Call our warrants hotline at 503-785-5210 or use our online Warrant Check.

How do I request record checks or copies of incident reports?

Fill out our online Records Request form. 

Fees

Accident Report/Crime or Incident Report	$15
Address History Printout	$15
Name History Printout	$15
Booking Photos	$5
Background Letter	$15
Photo CD	$15
In-Car Videos	$50

If you’re a victim, there is no charge for report copies. However, there may be additional charges for other types of records or documents.  

22 Push-Up Challenge

The Oregon State Police recently dared us to participate in the 22 Push-Up Challenge.

The Sheriff's Office has answered the call.

The #22PushUpChallenge raises awareness of a troubling statistic: An average of 22 veterans commit suicide in the United States daily.

Learn more about the #22PushUpChallenge campaign here.

Resources for veterans in urgent need

Veteran Crisis Hotline
1-800-273-8255 (press 1)
Text to 838255
Chat: www.VeteransCrisisLine.net

Military Helpline
888-457-4838
Text "MIL1" to 839863
MilitaryHelpline.org

About the Cadet Program

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Cadets program allows young people interested in law-enforcement careers to get a close-up look -- and first-hand experience -- at the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.

Cadets learn about law enforcement by observing, assisting, and working at various community events. Their training is overseen by Sheriff's Office staffers.

For many Cadets, this is the beginning of a lifelong law-enforcement career. Many Cadets join the Sheriff's Reserve program when they turn 21, or apply for full time law-enforcement employment. Police agencies throughout Oregon look favorably on Cadet training -- and Cadets entering the law-enforcement program often find they're a little ahead of their non-Cadet counterparts.

Cadet members are not police officers, and have no peace-officer authority. They wear a department-specified uniform and required equipment (all maintained by the Cadet).

Sign Up Today!

Interested in volunteering as a Cadet and learning about law enforcement? please complete our volunteer application:

Download an application here.

Email your completed application to cadets@clackamas.us -- we will contact you to confirm we received it. 

Questions?

Have questions about our Cadet program? Please call the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office at 503-655-8218 and ask to speak with a Cadet advisor, or email cadets@clackamas.us.

Eligibility Requirements

1. Applicants must have U.S. citizenship (except for those born outside the United States to American citizens and waiting to naturalize at age 21).
2. Applicants must be 15 years of age at the time of application -- and must resign their position on their 21st birthday.
3. Applicants must possess a high-school diploma or be enrolled in a high school or certified GED program -- and they must maintain a grade point average of 2.5 or higher.
4. Applicants must pass a multi-phase examination process -- including an oral interview given by the Post Chain of Command and Advisors and a complete criminal and driving record investigation done by the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. Those who have any criminal convictions -- either by arrest or citation -- or a poor driving record will be disqualified from acceptance.

Bilingual individuals are encouraged to apply.