• Safety Town
• National Night Out
• Community Academy
• Drug Turn-In
• Shred It
• Safety Academy
• Landlord Forum

Safety Talks and Tours

Interested in visiting the police department or having us attend your neighborhood meeting, business meeting, or event

Want to learn more about safety? Contact us to schedule a safety talk, tour or meeting. 

Home and Business Security Assessments

Learn tips and techniques to improve the security of your home/business with a free security assessment.

Landlord Resources

• Calls for Service: A list of 911 and non-emergency dispatch calls per address for the past three months. 
• Landlord Forum: Rental property owners and managers receive landlord/tenant attorney instruction on laws and best practices which can benefit the safety and livability of rental properties. Visit our Events webpage for more information.

Help Me Home: Endangered Persons Registry

Washington County’s Help Me Home is a voluntary enrollment program for adults and children who may become lost and have difficulty communicating vital information about themselves. 

Crime Stoppers 

Crime Stoppers of Oregon offers cash rewards of up to $2,500 cash for information, reported to Crime Stoppers, that leads to an arrest in any unsolved felony crime and tipsters can remain anonymous.

Mayor Callaway discusses public safety and the Hillsboro Police Department’s emphasis on outreach and building relationships with Latino community members.

• Police Chief Jim Coleman
• HPD Program Specialist Earleen Reimann
• HPD Officer Ernesto Villaraldo

Communities with strong neighbor-to-neighbor ties have improved livability and are less vulnerable to crime. Because nobody knows your neighborhood better than you do, your partnership in Neighborhood Watch is invaluable to the Hillsboro Police Department as we work within your neighborhood and surrounding area every day.

Neighborhood and Business Watch is Simple: 

• Be neighborly, get to know your neighbors and look out for one-another
• Be alert to your surroundings
• Remove opportunities for crime, don't make it easy on criminals
• Communicate with those in your community and report to police 
• Email the Community Engagement Team to get started and ask us about free security assessments 

Neighborhood Safety Resources

• Hillsboro Curfew Information
• Graffiti Removal in Hillsboro 
• Sign up for Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency (WCCCA) Public Alerts to receive alerts about emergencies and hazardous situations
• Join Hillsboro’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Paws on Patrol

Paws on Patrol encourages Hillsboro’s neighbors to assist the Hillsboro Police Department as extra eyes and ears while out walking their dog. This program enhances the partnership between police and community while providing resources for neighbors to be more aware and how to effectively observe and report suspicious activity.

How to get started:

• Email the Community Engagement Team to let us know you’re interested and to sign up
• Complete a short training presentation to gain the information you need to partner with Hillsboro Police
• Get Walking!

Bicycle and Skateboards

Wearing a helmet while biking, skateboarding, or the like is the best way to protect your brain from injury. Unsure if your helmet fits properly? Contact us to schedule a fitting.

Other Traffic Safety Resources

• Visit our Police Traffic Safety and Parking webpage 
• Report a traffic enforcement concern to the Police Department
• Visit our Public Works Neighborhood Traffic webpage to report a traffic engineering concern
• Learn about our Public Works Safe Routes to School Program

• Safe Kids Washington County 
• Child Passenger Safety: Properly installed safety seats save lives. Learn how to properly install your child’s safety seat with the help of a certified technician.
• Window Fall Prevention

• Federal Trade Commission
• Oregon Consumer Protection
• Oregon Scam Alert Network
• Six Signs It’s a Scam
• Top Ten Consumer Tips
• Do Not Click
• Just Hang Up
• Do Not Call

For resources specifically for victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault, please visit our Domestic Violence Response Team webpage. For referrals to additional social services available to crime victims, contact the non-emergency dispatch center for Washington County at 503-629-0111.

Washington County Crisis Line: 503-469-8620     

Washington County Center for Counseling and Victim Services: 503-846-3020

Washington County Juvenile Department Victim Services: 503 846-8861 

Washington County District Attorney's Office: 503-846-8671  

• Victim's Assistance Information

Domestic Violence Resource Center: 503-640-5352

• Restraining Orders and Stalking Orders

Children of Incarcerated Parents: 503-846-3028

Oregon Department of Justice: 1-800-503-7983 (Salem)

• Crime Victim Compensation
• Crime Victim Rights in Oregon

Elder Safe Program: 503-846-6048

Oregon Law Center (formerly Legal Aid): 503-640-4115

Sexual Assault Resource Center: 503-384-0480

Victim Information Notification Everyday (VINE): 1-877-674-8463

Homeland Security Investigations/ICE Victim Notification Program: 1-866-872-4973

Department of Human Services, Adult and People with Disabilities - Adult Protective Services for Washington County 
Report elder abuse:  971-673-5200

Start Your Recovery - Substance abuse resource information