PORTLAND — Portland Police Chief Mike Reese is retiring in January after four years that included a federal investigation of the use of force by his officers.
The city and the U.S. Justice Department have agreed on reforms, particularly in police dealings with people who have mental illness.
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales said Reese saw the Police Bureau through the settlement and called that a “key milestone.”
The Oregonian reported Hales named Assistant Chief Larry O’Dea to succeed Reese.
Reese is a Portland native who joined the Police Bureau in 1989 after working as a Multnomah County deputy.
In 2010, Sam Adams, then the mayor, ousted Chief Rosie Sizer after she challenged the mayor’s police budget publicly, and he moved Reese from a precinct commander’s job into the top post.
