Take a look, and find out why firefighters loathe the July 4th Holiday …

Week #158 Shooting Report | INCLUDES 2 INVESTIGATION VIDEOS | Because shooting crimes keep happening in outer East Portland, these weekly reports continue …

UPDATED: INCLUDES DRONE INVESTIGATION VIDEO | This smashup on SE Stark Street ended with a deceased biker and an injured car driver …

INCLUDES CONFERENCE AND FLIGHT VIDEO | Finally, our officers are allowed to use drones to help end standoffs, spot fleeing suspects, and investigate car crashes. See their program revealed at their outer East Portland training facility …

This fire is a reminder to check your A/C system, as we enter the hot summer months in outer East Portland …

Week #157 Shooting Report | INCLUDES TWO INVESTIGATORY VIDEOS | SEE 15 CRIME SCENE PHOTOS | Teens shooting and being shot, victims wounded – hopefully this isn’t the start of a thrust toward more shootings again …

See how this outer East Portland apartment complex was saved from total destruction by the alert firefighters in the area …

Week #156 Shooting Report | INCLUDES INVESTIGATORY VIDEO | Learn more about this week’s major outer East Portland shooting. Good news: Our police are still taking away illegally-held guns, and busting car thieves …

Week #155 Shooting Report | INCLUDES 2 INVESTIGATION VIDEOS | Reporting here on the shootings in, or very near, outer East Portland this week. Just in: Read about the City’s new 4.5 million plan to reduce ‘gun violence’ …

Here’s the incident in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood that led to lots of police cars cruising the streets of outer East Portland…

UPDATED | Sadly, the victim died soon after arriving at the hospital. Here’s the rest of the story …

While this ‘Stolen Vehicle Operation’ in outer East Portland led to numerous arrests, astoundingly – a suspected kingpin, arrested, jailed on 51 charges — was bailed out and set free back into our community …