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Police said they used a Long Range Acoustic Device twice "to defend themselves from these criminal and dangerous acts."
Why they are now under scrutiny remains unclear. It has been widely reported that O'Dea informed them, as well as Hales, of the shooting on April 25. Under city code, IPR was supposed to be notified, but was not.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Former Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea Indicted
O'Dea tainted the four assistant chiefs in line to succeed him by telling them about the shooting weeks before it became public. Because none of the four assistant chiefs referred the incident for investigation, they lost their chance for promotion.
By picking Marshman, Hales made an unusual move. He skipped over O'Dea's top aides, including Mike Crebs, Bob Day, Kevin Modica and acting chief Donna Henderson, who are all under investigation by IPR for possibly violating bureau policies