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Archive Home > 2003 > April > 08 > Case prompts doubt of police department's legal status

Case prompts doubt of police department's legal status

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
April 8, 2003

SALEM - For seven years, the Black Butte Ranch Police Department has been an independent law enforcement agency with the authority to hand out traffic tickets, question suspects and make arrests.

Or - it turns out - maybe not.

A review of state lawbooks, sparked in part by a legal challenge to a....

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