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How do I report graffiti in Clackamas County?

• Call our non-emergency line at 503-655-8211 to report graffiti on your property
• Call 911 to report crimes in-progress
• Report graffiti online using our Tip Line (select "Gangs/Graffiti")
• mail graffiti location (with photo) to graffiti@clackamas.us
• Text graffiti location (with photo) to 971-337-7769

What is graffiti?

Graffiti is the words, colors, and shapes drawn or scratched on buildings, overpasses, train cars, desks, and other surfaces. It's done without permission and it's against the law. The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program considers graffiti vandalism.

The term graffiti comes from the Greek word graphein , which means "to write." Graffiti today ranges from simple, one-color monikers -- called "tags" -- to complex compositions of several colors repeated on many surfaces.

Graffiti can be categorized into four basic types:

1. Tagger
   The most common type of graffiti in the metro region. Tagger graffiti may be simple line-letters, or elaborate, colorful designs. The tag is the writer's logo, his/her stylized personal signature, or "moniker." It is often done with marker, spray paint or other type implement. Tagger graffiti is about personal "fame."
2. Gang
   Meant to create a sense of intimidation and fear within a neighborhood. Gang members use graffiti to mark their territory or turf, declare their allegiance to the gang, advertise a gang's status or power, and to challenge rivals.
3. Communicative
   Often political or protest related.  It is a message such as "Peace", "Stop the War", etc.
4. Hate
   The making of any offensive slogans, or symbols towards a person's race, color, religion, ethnicity, culture, or sexual orientation.

Graffiti Prevention Tips

Prevent	Remove by promptly and persistently removing graffiti to discouraging repeat vandalism. Control access with hostile vegetation, barriers and lighting.  Move dumpsters and cover drainpipes to prevent climbing. Organize a Neighborhood Watch.
Report	Photograph the graffiti. Note location address. Notify the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office via one of the options listed at the top of this page.
Remove	Color-match paint and surfaces. Patchwork walls encourage new graffiti. Paint with MetroPaint recycled paint, which costs up to 50% less than retail paints. Remove stickers with a dull blade or putty-knife. Power-wash on porous surfaces.

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office is committed to helping those with mental illness get the assistance they need prior to being in the criminal justice system. The Sheriff's Office works with community partners to assess and resolve the medical and mental health needs of each adult in custody. The jail is equipped with medically trained personnel who specialize in mental illness to address the needs of the Jail population. All individuals in custody with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office requesting or requiring medical services will be treated as patients with respect and dignity, and the highest level of care will be provided to those individuals.

Since February 2005, the Sheriff's Office has collaborated with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and local mental-health agencies to build the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) program. CIT's goal is to provide information, tools, and resources to enhance first-responder encounters with the emotionally disturbed -- in jail and on the street -- and reduce overall incarcerations and risk of injury or death.

In January 2016, the Sheriff's Office supported the national Stepping Up Initiative ( read the resolution ) to reduce the number of people with mental illness in jails. The initiative aims to raise awareness of the factors contributing to the over-representation of people with mental illnesses in jails -- and then uses practices and strategies that work to drive those numbers down.

To help further these efforts, the Clackamas County Jail -- in conjunction with NAMI Clackamas -- created a guide and forms that can assist you in helping a friend or family member with a serious mental illness who has been arrested.

• NAMI: My Relative/Friend Has Been Arrested. What Do I Do?
  This guide provides step-by-step procedures to assist in navigating the criminal justice system and the Clackamas County Jail.
• Clackamas County Jail Adult in Custody Health Information Form
  Use this form to provide the jail staff with detailed medical and mental information.
• Formulario de Informacion de M'dica del Recluso (en Espanol)

It is best to deliver the form to the jail by hand or by fax -- address and fax number are at the bottom of the form.

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RELATED: Jail suicide prevention resources

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& Crime-Prevention Resources

Start a Neighborhood Watch

Contact Officer Sara McClurg of our Crime Prevention Unit at 503-785-5077 or by email to learn more about upcoming Neighborhood Watch training sessions.

Report a Crime

Do you want to report a crime? Do you suspect someone of a crime? Please take a few moments to report this to the Sheriff's Office by filling out our online Tip Sheet. You may provide your name and contact number or make your report anonymously. You can also call our Tip Line at 503-723-4949.

Enroll in the Exclusion Program

The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office offers any property owner, property manager, or any other person in control of a property to enroll in the Exclusion Program. 

The Exclusion Program allows sworn deputies to issue a "Notice of Exclusion" to people who enter a property without authorization,  cause substantial inconvenience, or threaten the safety of authorized users of a location. 

Notices of Exclusion are in place for one year at the time of the exclusion. People who return to a location within 365 days after being excluded may be charged with Criminal Trespass. 

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Aviation Unit was formed in 1990.  When they're not flying, the pilots -- all sworn law-enforcement deputies -- have regular assignments within the Sheriff's Office.

The Sheriff's Office owns a fixed-gear Cessna 182 aircraft, obtained several years ago through the drug-profit forfeiture process. The aircraft is a great tool in many different law-enforcement operations -- including search and rescue, traffic patrol, vehicle pursuits,  SWAT operations, and any other situation where an aerial view is critical.

The Aviation Unit is a valuable resource for the Sheriff's Office and other law-enforcement agencies in Clackamas County and the surrounding area.

The Sheriff's Office maintains a full-response Water Rescue Team. All divers are permanently assigned to other full-time duties; they're also subject to 24-hour call-out for all Clackamas County water-related incidents.

This highly trained team responds to rescues, body recoveries, underwater evidence searches, vehicle recoveries and submerged hazardous materials.

The team consists of a lieutenant, two sergeants, a detective and 11 deputies.

 

Partners in rescue

The team participates in the Clackamas County Interagency Water Consortium -- which also includes personnel from CCSO's Marine Unit, Clackamas County Fire District # 1, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, the Lake Oswego Fire Department, the Sandy Fire Department and American Medical Response.

In-depth training

Water Rescue Team members are trained in SCUBA, underwater investigations, white-water rescue and high-angle and technical water rescue.

All divers must complete Dive Rescue I certification to the Master Diver level through Dive Rescue International.

Team members are also required to certify as swift-water rescue technicians and train in rope rescue. Most team members are also certified First Responders, and one is an Emergency Medical Technician.

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A Partnership for Public Safety

Three Clackamas County cities -- Happy Valley, Wilsonville and Estacada -- contract with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office to provide municipal police services. 

Click below to learn more about each contract city.

The Corrections Training Coordinator (CTC) is a special assignment for deputies working in the Corrections Division. It is a four-year rotation for one deputy, and has a number of responsibilities:

• Corrections Training Coordinators handle orientation and initial training for all new-hires in the division, including scheduling new security staff for the DPSST basic academy.
• They also assign new employees to their trainers in our field training evaluation program (FTEP), monitors their progress and is actively involved with their development throughout their career.
• In addition, Corrections Training Coordinators are actively involved with training new recruits throughout the state by participating in the DPSST Academy. CTCs act as scenario evaluators, role-players and instructors, and helped design the scenario-based training program used to provide quality, realistic, hands-on training for new employees.
• The Training Coordinator also continually looks for new, high-quality training to provide to the Corrections Division as a whole -- and ensures that all Jail staff meet their minimum annual training hours to maintain certification.
• When training occurs, the Training Coordinator tracks all training hours through DPSST, and is responsible for coordinating the training -- including conference registrations, hotel reservations and anything else needed to attend that training.
• The Corrections Training Coordinator also works with the Training Coordinators in other Sheriff's Office divisions to help with department-wide training.
• The Training Coordinator works in concert with the Defensive Tactics Unit, Firearms Training Unit and other specialty teams to bring the best possible training to the Corrections staff to ensure we have the most highly trained and qualified staff possible.
• The Training Coordinator is also responsible for jail tours -- allowing community members, prospective applicants and others to see the inside workings of a correctional facility. If you're interested in a tour, speak with our training coordinator and see if you're eligible.

NOTICE: We’ve moved!

You can now find us at the new Clackamas County Courthouse. (1000 Courthouse Road, Room 1059, Oregon City 97045)

About the Civil Division

The Civil Division is responsible for processing, serving and enforcing court orders and a variety of other documents issued by the courts.

Examples of civil papers include: small claims, notices, evictions, civil subpoenas, writs of garnishment, restraining orders and foreclosures of real or personal property as ordered by the courts.

The Civil Section also processes and serves criminal subpoenas for the District Attorney and the Juvenile Department.

Civil Division staff are trained in civil process to ensure that all court orders are processed in accordance with Oregon law and the Oregon Rules of Civil Procedure. After ensuring the papers are complete, a civil deputy delivers the documents to the person named on the paper, or if the law allows, to a responsible party.

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Contact the Civil Division

1000 Courthouse Road, Room 1059
Oregon City, Oregon 97045
Phone: 503-655-8351, option 3

Hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 12 noon and 1 - 4 p.m.
(Closed Holidays and 12 noon to 1 p.m.)

If you would like the Sheriff's Office to assist with processing and serving your legal documents, we need the following:

1. The appropriate fee. See below for our fee schedule. If you are sending the documents in the mail, please include a check, money order, or cashier's check payable to Clackamas County Sheriff's Office or CCSO.
2. A Letter of Instructions form.
3. If there is more than one defendant you would like us to serve, fill out an Additional Persons to be Served form. If there is any doubt as to what you want the Sheriff's Office to do, papers will be returned to you.
4. Certified true copies of the documents for each party to be served, and in some instances, a court seal.

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Service Fees

Generally, there is a fee charged to process and serve civil papers. State law or county ordinance sets the fee that is charged for our services. Service fees are non-refundable. We accept cash (exact change only), checks, or money orders made payable to Clackamas County Sheriff's Office or CCSO. 

 

Type of Document		Fee
Notice Process (Such as summons, complaints, petitions, divorce documents, small claims, notice of restitutions, etc.)	1-2 parties (same address)	$50
	3 parties (same address)	$84
	4 parties (same address)	$112
*add additional $28 per each defendant at same address*
Civil Subpoena (A witness fee must be included in the form of a check or money order made payable to the witness. The fee is $30.00 plus $0.25 per mile for round-trip mileage, which you are responsible for calculating. NOTE: A witness fee still applies even if the witness does not have to appear in person ORCP 55(B)(2)(a))		$50
Writs of Garnishment *Include a separate check made payable to the financial institution or bank for $15.00 search fee, if being served to a financial institution or bank		$25
Enforcement Action Minimum Fee (Fees vary by the type of enforcement action, so please call to verify) Child Pickups: $89.00		$89
Conveying Property (deeds, etc.)		$56
Mileage in excess of 75 miles round trip		$50

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Civil Division Overview

Our Civil Division handles the following:

Civil Process

The Civil Process Unit serves and enforces all civil process received by the Sheriff's Office. ORS 206.010 (3) tells us the Sheriff must "execute the process and orders of the courts of justice or judicial officers, when delivered to the sheriff for that purpose, according to the law."

This includes "Notice" process -- including Small Claim, Subpoena, and Summons and Complaint -- and "Enforcement" process, which includes Writ of Execution, Claim and Delivery, or Writ of Assistance.

Court Security/Transports/Extraditions

This Civil unit provides transportation for jail inmates to and from the courts. It also provides security for the Clackamas County Courthouse complex (including the courthouse, law library, and annexes), its employees and its occupants.

Risk Management

Clackamas County has a self-insurance program -- and the Sheriff's Office is a full participant. Our Civil Division Commander represents the Sheriff's concerns and coordinates with the County Risk Management Program.

We have staff who can assist you once you begin employment. Feel free to call Joan Oakley at 503-785-5025 if you have any questions that can't be answered by the information on the County Onboarding site and on this page.

1. Your first step is to connect with the Clackamas County Onboarding web site.
   You will also receive a confirmation email from Sheriff’s Office Personnel staff with further details. On your first day, you will complete your I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification, W4, and direct deposit forms. The email will contain a list of the documents you are required to bring with you.
2. Please review the following forms and policies. 
   You will NOT complete these forms online. You will be given copies on your first day of work and will be required to sign an acknowledgement that you have read, understood and will conform your conduct to the policies below.
   1. Oath of Office
   2. Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy (addendum 1 of Clackamas County Peace Officers’ Association Contract)
3. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST)
   This is a state agency given the authority by state law to provide criminal-justice certification and training for police, corrections, parole and probation, regulatory specialists, telecommunicators, and EMD. You will hear DPSST's name many times during your career.
4. Your Photo
   We will take your photo your first day of work for your ID and for our records.
   A reminder: At that time, you must be in compliance with CCSO grooming standards. Rules for facial hair: Neatly trimmed, short sideburns are permitted, and must not extend below the earlobe. Neatly trimmed mustaches are permitted, and must not grow over the lips or extend below the lower lip line. Neatly trimmed goatees and beards are authorized, as long as they are not ragged or unkempt and do not exceed 1/2-inch from the face.
5. Hepatitis B Shots
   For employees who will come in contact with the public and need a vaccination, you will receive Hepatitis B shots at our Jail clinic unless you have already received these vaccinations. You will be asked to supply the dates and location where you received these shots. Click below to review the forms to use for either scheduling the Hepatitis B shots or to let us know you already received them:
   • Hepatitis B Vaccination Request
   • Hepatitis B Vaccine Decline Or Previous Vaccination
6. ONLY for Deputy Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff (Recruit), Jail Deputy, and Jail Deputy (Recruit), Parole & Probation Officers and other sworn positions that have the ability to arrest: In addition to the two forms listed above, you may want to review the forms/information listed below. You will NOT complete these forms online. You will be given the opportunity on your first day of work to review and complete these forms if applicable:
   1. DPSST Alternate Designation of Beneficiary
   2. US DOJ PSOB Designation of Beneficiary
7. Union information for CCSO employees:
   1. Clackamas County Peace Officers' Association (CCPOA)
      A copy of the most recent agreement with Clackamas County can be found here, or on the County's Human Resources Union Contracts page.
   2. Clackamas County Employees' Association (EA) union contract (for employees represented by the EA)
   3. Federation of Oregon Parole & Probation Officers (FOPPO) union contract (for employees represented by FOPPO)