The Deschutes County Public Safety Campus soon will become a temporary home for people with nowhere else to go.  Nonprofit ...

The last recall petition that made it to a vote in Deschutes County was in 2014, Dennison said, when Kay Walters and Sharon ...

A Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office deputy was not disciplined for excessive use of force for an incident wherein his police ...

Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp confirmed Tuesday he plans to step down Aug. 31, just eight months into his first ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office issued evacuation orders for the nearby residential areas, including the Crooked River ...

On Wednesday, May 7, around 1 p.m., the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Deschutes County 911 will be sending a test message to people signed up for Deschutes Alerts. "Deschutes Alerts is ...

A California judge has tentatively decided to disclose documents related to an internal investigation of Deschutes County Sheriff candidate Kent Vander Kamp to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s ...

Emily Cureton Cook / OPB Last September, then-Deschutes County Sgt. Kent van der Kamp was about to win a big promotion. As a candidate for sheriff, he promised to reform a public safety agency ...

Before Kent van der Kamp became the sheriff of Deschutes County, he gave false testimony in more than one criminal case, and now many of his past cases are under review, according to Deschutes ...

DESCHUTES COUNTY, Oregon — The Police Policy Committee of the Board on Public Safety Standards and Training recommended a lifetime ineligibility period for Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der ...

Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp has been placed on the county's Brady list, a move that could lead to the dismissal of charges in past cases where he provided testimony. The decision ...