Robert Earl Riley, better known as "Earl Riley", was an Oregon politician and businessman, and mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States, from 1941–1949.
The Portland Police Bureau, officially the Portland Bureau of Police, is the law enforcement agency of the city of Portland, the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Earl Riley
…vault in his City Hall office to store his percentage of vice protection payments. In the book Vanishing Portland, the Bottenbergs reported that the Portland police were collecting $60,000 a month in protection payments from gambling and prostitution operations, with much of this money going to Riley. Despite denials…
The patch of the PPB
The Multnomah County Justice Center serves as headquarters of the Portland Police Bureau and is also home to the Central Precinct and one of the Multnomah County Jails