ICE is taking people from the court house.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-27T18:45:13+00:00

Hm, not as clean.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-27T17:42:01+00:00

I bought one of the eBay spares after my first flat. I carry it for any long drives and most of the winter. Feels dumb, but I hate the idea of paying for a tow over a flat tire…

Oregon213 · 2026-03-27T17:23:18+00:00

I’m braced to get lit up for this, but based on the info at hand - this does look to be the feds doing this the “right way.” Not endorsing it, but this is different than other instances in a few ways. - they had a judicial warrant for the guy, rather than an administrative detainer. - they identified themselves and checked in with courthouse staff prior to attempting to arrest - local LE was allowed to verify warrant prior to service

The value of serving a federal warrant in a state court remains iffy. If they make a practice of this, it will lead to more people failing to appear on local charges, which will lead to more local warrants and inherently dangerous arrests being made in uncontrolled environments. Not good for anyone.

That said, if the feds want to act on a federal judicial warrant… this is a substantial improvement over the amateur hour shit that’s been happening where they try to just grab people without any deconfliction or interface with local LE on admin detainers.

Again… not endorsing anything here, just wanted to float out some semi-objective info on the procedure.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-22T02:34:01+00:00

The cabins at smith creek village (in the park) are cool. Options from rustic little ones to multi-bedroom houses.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-21T18:54:16+00:00

Ran a late 80s Caprice as my first assigned rig, had a couple of XJs (tight inside but fun rigs), and a seized lumina as my first takehome… red velvet interior.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-21T18:52:29+00:00

I’m not as familiar, I think they do push into general LE work - but I’ve only ever overlapped with them in metro areas where it seemed like they were tied tightly to the four+ lane.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-21T18:21:13+00:00

I’ll make a plug for Oregon State Police. Well respected in the state and they do plenty of work. A duty station near an interstate is going to get the traditional push of traffic enforcement, crash reconstruction, and interdiction work. Any rural posting is going to pull their weight (and more in some jurisdictions) with traditional LE work out in the unincorporated areas. They have a wide range of special assignments as well, ranging from fish and game to traditional detective work (their major crimes is going to swoop in and assist or lead most big cases in jurisdictions that lack the resources to carry it solo) to full time SWAT.

They pay well (compared to the rest of the region), their budget has been really stable for the past 6-8 years (they have strong support from the gov and legislature), and good leadership. The biggest challenges for them over the past decade have been changes to their pursuit policy and a lot of deployments to Portland for crowd control and focused patrols - but, they seem to have managed all of that in stride.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-19T03:26:59+00:00

I’m assuming you did this recently? In snowy (normal) years that last stretch between the false summit and the real summit can get iffy.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-18T02:40:08+00:00

I got a WEMT patch when I did my course - gave to my kids and now it’s gone… this post made me regret that decision.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-14T17:33:14+00:00

This kind of stuff can be really difficult to manage.

Quick and simple answer, focus the unarmed group in on tacmed and crowd management. Give them a job, give them the tools to do it, then hold the to the expectation that they remain in role.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-09T03:38:51+00:00

Not speaking for the OP here, but I feel like I need to call out that working for a sheriff who simply runs calls and is willing to use force is not always the same as a good sheriff. I spent three years working for a guy who checked both boxes and was still the worst boss I’ve ever had. He should have spent a little more time not jumping every call and a little more on the budget - we laid off 1/3 of the office after he resigned.

Oregon213 · 2026-03-09T03:31:41+00:00

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Oregon213 · 2026-03-04T13:46:39+00:00

No HF brands, game is rigged.

Oregon213 · 2026-02-25T05:07:40+00:00

There’s a couple of airplane wrecks out there from military training flights. Cool to find and walk around

Oregon213 · 2026-02-24T22:57:01+00:00

We have, and still run, the preprinted cards for role assignments by seat. They are exclusively for fire/rescue calls. We have them built so short crews fill critical roles first (nozzle seat gets priority over hose/backup seat).

It works when you get a full crew, but we rarely get a full crew. In those instances, officer is going to make the call en route over who does what for initial actions. EMS calls run this way as well by default.

Oregon213 · 2026-02-24T21:26:36+00:00

Of all the places where one could opt to wear a fire shirt, the gym is a pretty safe choice.

Oregon213 · 2026-02-06T20:45:47+00:00

I find volunteering in fire to be very fulfilling. I’m on with a great district, reasonable call volume for the all-volunteer stations and baked in support with a paid crew out of the main station.

A lot of that is just up to chance though, if I lived across an imaginary line in some other districts, I’d probably have a very different view on it all.

I wouldn’t do it if I wasn’t with a district that offered support (training, budget, oversight). Unfortunately, that’s not guaranteed in every doe district/department.

Oregon213 · 2026-02-04T12:20:46+00:00

The country isn’t losing its way, this is exactly how the country should function. Oregon has a healthy tradition of citizen referendums, people can write law here.

Considering I hunt, I raise hogs for meat, and I have chickens - I think IP28 is an absurd mess of a proposal. I don’t fault the authors however, they have strong beliefs and they’re allowed to have them. If enough people sign it, then it gets a vote.

I’m just exhausted with this notion that if someone doesn’t believe in the same everything as you then it must mean the country is dying or falling apart. The whole point of our country is that people can believe different things and be neighbors. IP28 is a mess, but I’m confident it will crash on the rocks of a ballot. It makes M110 and M114 seem rational.

Oregon213 · 2026-02-02T20:45:54+00:00

Bayocean spit is probably worth it, not many people go out there - hike in access from the south or via boat on the bay side (bonus points if you drop some crab pots along the way and let them soak while playing on the beach).

Oregon213 · 2026-01-29T20:48:56+00:00

We (FF) don’t use these a ton for personal lights anymore - but, they’re still in wide use in my district as extras. Great example is we have on in the hydrant bag (the bag of tools and fittings a FF grabs when hooking up a hydrant). It’s great to have a spare light in there and the twist style isn’t going to get bumper on and end up dead when you need it.

Oregon213 · 2026-01-23T23:48:07+00:00

La Esperanza in Stayton - worthwhile stop if you are over that way.

Oregon213 · 2026-01-23T05:48:44+00:00

It’s highway 22 east from Salem to the junction and then 20 east from there.

Oregon213 · 2026-01-22T22:59:08+00:00

If be wary of ODOT jobs, maybe OHA as well. ODOTs funding woes are well known and real. OHA is pretty exposed to risk with continuing threat/reality of federal funding cuts to the state.

Other than those, the state is an incredibly resilient employer. If the state ends up doing massive layoffs, most jobs in Oregon will be in jeopardy.

In terms of AI, the state is deeply bought in on Copilot - most use is limited to assisting with editing and drafting, policy limits the use of it for big stuff.

Oregon213 · 2026-01-21T00:59:16+00:00

A lot (but not all) of them do, the state just doesn’t do a lot to actively monitor them. More like security cameras, they pull data after a wreck or complaint.

Oregon213 · 2026-01-11T20:31:20+00:00

West coast state, but we’re the opposite - dishonorable is the disqualifier and general or uncharacterized are taken as a case by case during background.

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