(1) As used in this section, ‘law enforcement agency’ means the Department of State Police, the Department of Justice, a district attorney, a political subdivision of the State of Oregon, a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon and a university, that maintains a law enforcement unit as defined in ORS § 181A.355 (12)(a)(A).

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 181A.710

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(2) A law enforcement agency or a person acting on behalf of a law enforcement agency may not:

(a) Use a proxy law enforcement agency to use crowd management measures that a court or statute has barred the law enforcement agency from using.

(b) Act in concert with another law enforcement agency to engage in misconduct barred by a court order or statute.

(3) Intentional violation of this section constitutes official misconduct in the second degree under ORS § 162.405. [2021 c.540 § 3; 2022 c.40 § 4]

 

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