In 2020, Portland voters approved a major overhaul of the city’s current police oversight and accountability system. A ballot measure called for a new, civilian-led police oversight board and a city-funded team of investigators with the authority to investigate complaints and issue discipline.

Five years later, the new Community Board for Police Accountability (CBPA) is close to being operational, but now, staff with the city’s current independent investigative body say they’re worried about losing their jobs.

Employees with the city of Portland’s Independent Police Review (IPR) have authorized a strike, citing uncertainty over their jobs amid a transition to the new CBPA system. The IPR has been in place since 2001. The office independently investigates complaints against sworn police o

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