{"id":28,"date":"2012-05-21T19:15:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T19:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcda.us\/stage\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:37:31","slug":"report-a-crime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/resources\/report-a-crime","title":{"rendered":"Report A Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Contact the Police<\/h4>\n<p>Crime victims must contact the police to report a crime before contacting the DA&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>MCDA relies on law enforcement to respond, investigate, gather evidence, and refer criminal charges when a crime is alleged. Deputy District Attorneys review information provided by law enforcement and determine whether a case can be prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call the police at the numbers below to report crimes in Multnomah County:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emergency number: 911<br \/>\nNon-emergency number: (503) 823-3333<\/p>\n<p>To contact the appropriate agency online click any of the links below:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PPB\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portland.gov\/police\/cor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Portland Police Bureau<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greshamoregon.gov\/Police-Services-and-Resources\/\">Gresham Police Department<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MCSO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mcso.us\/how-do-i\/file-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Multnomah County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/osp\/Pages\/contact.aspx\">Oregon State Police<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.portofportland.com\/PublicSafety\/Police\">Port of Portland Police<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonhumane.org\/report-cruelty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oregon Humane Society<\/a> &#8211; for reporting suspected animal abuse or neglect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Contact the Police Crime victims must contact the police to report a crime before contacting the DA&#8217;s Office. MCDA relies on law enforcement to respond, investigate, gather evidence, and refer criminal charges when a crime is alleged. Deputy District Attorneys review information provided by law enforcement and determine whether a case can be prosecuted. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":6991,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-left-sidebar-only.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9669,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/9669"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcda.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}