The Board on Public Safety Standards and Training will hold a regular meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2024, in the Governor Victor G. Atiyeh Boardroom at the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training located at 4190 Aumsville Hwy SE, Salem, Oregon. For further information, please contact Shelby Wright at (503) 378-2191 or shelby.wright@dpsst.oregon.gov.
**Effective Jan. 1, 2024, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training will be live streaming all public meetings via YouTube. Meetings will no longer be streamed on Facebook. To view the Board's live-stream and other recorded videos, please visit DPSST’s official YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/@DPSST.
Agenda Items:
1. Introductions
2. *Meeting Minutes
Approve minutes from the April 25, 2024, Meeting
3. Fire Policy Committee
a. Fire Policy Committee Update – Chris Heppel, Chair
4. Criminal Justice Policy Committees
a. Police Policy Committee Update – Scotty Nowning, Chair
b. Telecommunications Policy Committee Update – Michael Fletcher, Chair
c. Corrections Policy Committee Update – Matthew English, Chair
d. *Consent Agenda (The following items to be ratified by one vote)
A. *Andrew Ashpole, DPSST No. 47945; Newport Police Department– Revoke
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
B. *Katelyn Bailey, DPSST No. 56238; Wasco County Sheriff’s Office – No Action
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
C. *Matthew Barbee, DPSST No. 47086; Tigard Police Department– Revoke
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
D. *Carl Bell, DPSST No. 55552; Gladstone Police Department – Revoke
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
E. *Alexis Bynon, DPSST No. 61122; Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency – Revoke
Six (6) to one (1) vote to recommend to the Board by the TPC on May 1, 2024.
F. *Shawn Carnahan, DPSST No. 39921; Columbia County Sheriff’s Office – No Action
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
G. *Mark Clark, DPSST No. 53303; DOC/Snake River Correctional Institution – Revoke
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the CPC on May 8, 2024.
H. *Sean Considine, DPSST No. 64682; Central Point Police Department – No Action
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
I. *Robert Gorman, DPSST No. 36970; Oregon State Police – Revoke
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
J. *Joshua Gray, DPSST No. 60266; DOC/Columbia River Correctional Institution – Revoke
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the CPC on May 8, 2024.
K. *Sterling Hall, DPSST No. 58719; Pendleton Police Department – Revoke
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
L. *Paul Johnson, DPSST No. 39931; Klamath Falls Police Department– Revoke
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
M. *Britany Kent, DPSST No. 58596; Washington County Community Corrections Center – Revoke
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the CPC on May 8, 2024.
N. *Kevin Lanier, DPSST No. 57215; Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office – No Action
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
O. *Quinn Lindley, DPSST No. 56901; Monmouth Police Department – No Action
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the PPC on May 16, 2024.
P. *Brandon Martinez, DPSST No. 47202; DOC/Coffee Creek Correctional Facility– Revoke
Unanimous vote to recommend to the Board by the CPC on May 8, 2024.
Q. *Law Enforcement Memorial Wall Nomination; Merle W. Bethscheider, (EOW 1965) – Silverton Police Department
Determine eligibility for addition to Oregon’s Law Enforcement Memorial Wall
R. *Approval for Changes to the Basic Corrections Curriculum
S. *Proposed Rule Changes for Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 259-008-0085
Codifying Board Approval of Changes to the Course Breakdown for the Basic Corrections Local Academy Curriculum
T. *Proposed Rule Changes for Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 259-008-0500
Agency Name Change Correction
U. *Committee Appointments
Police Policy Committee
Corrections Policy Committee
Telecommunications Policy Committee
5. Private Security/Investigator Policy Committee
a. Private Security Investigator Policy Committee Update – Dan Lenzen, Chair
b. *Consent Agenda (The following items to be ratified by one vote)
A. *Committee Appointments
Private Security/Investigator Policy Committee
6. *Policy Option Packages – Agency Director, Phil Castle
7. Agency Updates - Agency Director, Phil Castle
8. Next Meeting Date: October 24, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.
Administrative Announcement
This is a public meeting, subject to the public meeting law and it will be recorded. Deliberation of issues will only be conducted by Board members unless permitted by the Chair. Individuals who engage in disruptive behavior that impedes official business will be asked to stop being disruptive or leave the meeting. Additional measures may be taken to have disruptive individuals removed if their continued presence poses a safety risk to the other persons in the room or makes it impossible to continue the meeting.