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Public hearing: Bill would classify parole and probation restraint as 'custody' for escape laws and grant DMV photo access
Summary
At a public hearing on House Bill 2465A, parole and probation officers urged the committee to add them to the statutory definition of custody for escape crimes and to allow access to DMV photos starting Jan. 1, 2026; the Department of Corrections and county officers testified in support.
At a public hearing April 22, witnesses urged the Senate Committee on Judiciary to support House Bill 2465A, which would add actual or constructive restraint by a parole or probation officer to the statutory definition of "custody" for Oregon escape crimes and permit parole and probation officers to access Department of Transportation driver's license photos beginning Jan. 1, 2026. The bill also makes technical changes to contraband definitions and declares an emergency, making it effective on passage.
Rachel Strickland, a parole and probation officer with Deschutes County and an instructor at the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, described repeated incidents in which people under supervision fled from officers executing arrests and said district attorneys had declined to file escape charges because the current statute's…
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