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WATCH: Oregon Police Policy Committee discusses, votes to recommend lifetime ban on sheriff’s certification

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Here's the recorded KTVZ News livestream of Wednesday's meeting of the Police Policy Committee of Oregon's public safety oversight board, as members unanimously recommended a lifetime revocation of Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp's certification.

A short time later, van der Kamp gave a statement to KTVZ News, expressing disappointment in the committee decision but announcing he plans to retire "in the coming months."

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