DPSST Professional Standards/Economic Sanctions Database

Field Explanations

This list includes the following fields that can be filtered and sorted.  You can also export the entire list to an Excel document.

• Officer/Dispatcher Name 
  
• DPSST number:  DPSST's identification number
  
• Certification(s):  Certification(s) held by officer/dispatcher at time of case review.
  
• Reason for Reporting:
  
• Academy Dismissal:  The officer/dispatcher was dismissed from the Oregon Public Safety Academy due to misconduct.
• Arrest/Criminal Disposition:  Case opened due to a report that the officer/dispatcher was arrested or received a criminal citation to appear in court for a criminal offense. 
• Complaint:  A case was opened based on a report of misconduct by an elected official, public safety professional who is no longer employed, or a public safety professional employed by an agency who fails to respond to DPSST’s request for acknowledgement.  
  
• Economic Sanction:  HB3145 requires agencies to report any police officer discipline occurring after January 1, 2022, that involves economic sanctions.  The bill further requires DPSST to publish this information in a manner accessible to the public.
  
• Separation from Employment: Case opened due to a report of a non-voluntary separation from employment, or a separation while an officer/dispatcher was under investigation. 
  
• Status:
  
• Admin Closure:  Case administratively closed due to no moral fitness violation, lack of evidence to prove a moral fitness violation, or other circumstance allowable by administrative rule. 
• Contested Case Process:  A hearing on the DPSST action has been requested in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.
• Denied:  DPSST certifications are denied.
• Final Order Issued:  A final order to revoke or deny has been issued.
• No Action:  A moral fitness violation was identified; however, the Board took no action upon considering the totality of the circumstances surrounding the conduct.
• Notice of Intent to Revoke Issued: A notice of DPSST's intent to revoke certification has been issued.
• Reporting Only--Information required to be reported to and published by DPSST in a manner accessible to the public.  
• Requires Discretionary Review:  DPSST has found misconduct that violates the Board's moral fitness standards that requires review by the appropriate Policy Committee.
  
• Requires Board Review:  Requires review of Policy Committee recommendation
  
• Revoked:  DPSST certifications are revoked.
• Under Review:  Case has been opened and in the process of being reviewed.
  
• Documents:  DPSST created records related to the case. 
  
• Admin Closure Memo:  DPSST memo presented to Policy Committee recommending administrative closure of a case.
  
• Board Staff Report:  DPSST memo presented to the Board created to reflect Policy Committee consideration and recommendation of discretionary moral fitness violations.
  
• Committee Staff Report:  DPSST memo presented to the Policy Committee to facilitate discussion of a discretionary moral fitness violation.
  
• Economic Sanction: HB3145 requires agencies to report any police officer discipline occurring after January 1, 2022, that involves economic sanctions.  The bill further requires DPSST to publish this information in a manner accessible to the public.
• Final Order:  Legal order revoking or denying certification(s) issued following opportunity for due process.
  
• Stipulated Order Surrendering Certifications: Final Order in which an individual voluntarily relinquishes DPSST certifications.
  
• Employer:  The public safety agency in which the individual is or was employed when DPSST became aware of a potential moral fitness violation.
• Revocation/Denial Reason:  Identified element(s) of behavior that violate the Board’s moral fitness standard.
  
• Dishonesty:  Used for both pre-employment and employed officer/dispatcher cases, dishonesty includes intentional conduct that includes untruthfulness, dishonesty by admission or omission, deception, misrepresentation, falsification or reckless disregard for the truth.
  
• Misuse of Authority:  Used for employed officer/dispatcher cases only, misuse of authority is intentional conduct that includes the use or attempted use of one’s position or authority as a public safety professional to obtain a benefit, avoid a detriment or harm another
  
• Misconduct:  Used for employed officer/dispatcher cases only, misconduct includes conduct that violates criminal laws or conduct that threatens or harms persons, property or the efficient operations of any agency.
  
• Gross Misconduct:  Used for pre-employment officer/dispatcher cases only, gross misconduct includes deliberate or reckless conduct that caused or could have caused significant harm to persons or property; conduct that includes violence against another person; or conduct resulting in a criminal disposition for a sex-related offense.
• Mandatory:  The case involved a criminal conviction or discharge that required revocation by Oregon Administrative Rule 259-008-0300.
  
• Surrendered:  Officer/dispatcher voluntarily relinquished certification. Certifications permanently revoked.
• Date Opened:  The date DPSST received information on a potential moral fitness violation and opened a professional standards case.
  
• Close Date:  The date the professional standards case was closed.
  
• Ineligibility Period:  If the officer/dispatcher is revoked or denied, this is the length of time they must wait before applying for new certification.
  
• Time Employed:  Length of time officer/dispatcher has been employed in public safety.
  
• Highest Certification:  Highest level of certification held by the officer/dispatcher.