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Committee hears support for expanding 'custody' definition to include parole and probation officers
Summary
Parole and probation officers, prosecutors and law enforcement urged the House Committee on Judiciary to pass HB 2,465 to include parole and probation officers in the statutory definition of custody and to permit them access to DMV photos; witnesses described incidents where escape charges were dismissed due to current statutory wording.
The House Committee on Judiciary on Feb. 11 heard testimony in support of House Bill 2,465, which would amend Oregon statutes to include parole and probation officers in the definition of “custody” for the crime of escape and add parole and probation officers to the list of authorities who may access Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) driver-license photos.
Parole and probation officers, county community corrections directors, the Oregon Department of Corrections and sheriff’s organizations testified that current statutory language leaves parole and probation officers without consistent prosecutorial protections when an adult on supervision flees or assaults officers while being taken into custody.
Rachel Strickland, a Deschutes County parole and probation officer and instructor, described a 2021 incident in which she chased and caught a person…
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