[14] In 2006, police chief Ron Louie and one other officer were appointed to a six-person, statewide task force to analyze racial profiling along with the American Civil Liberties Union’s top person in the state, and former Oregon Supreme Court justice Edwin J.

[16] That program reached its goal of providing 32 hours of formal training for its entire workforce, becoming the first law enforcement agency in the United States accomplish this task.

[18] The February 2001 Nisqually earthquake temporarily closed the police headquarters in downtown, but re-opened the same day after the damage to the old brick building was determined to be cosmetic and not structural.

[6] Prior chiefs of police include M. E. DeRock (1947–77),[4] Herman Woll (1977-1991),[24] Ron Louie (1992-2007),[6] Lila Ashenbrenner (2007-2010), Carey Sullivan (2010-2014), and Lee Dobrowolski (2014 - current) In 1997, a police dog on the force was shot and killed in the line of duty, and in 2007 Hondo Dog Park was built by the city and named in honor of the fallen canine.

[25] The department's Life Intervention program for fighting truancy in schools was named a finalist an award by the International Association of Chiefs of Police in 2009.

The department employs non-lethal weapons such as a special launcher that fires paintball-like pepper balls to incapacitate suspects.

The Hillsboro Police Department reviewed body camera footage of the incident and concluded that the officers responded appropriately.

Despite Hillsboro not conceding any wrongdoing in the incident, a $90,000 settlement was awarded to Coppedge after U.S. Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You largely sided with her discrimination arguments.

[35] In 2021, Cindy Young Bolek was placed on leave allegedly as retaliation for her part in reviewing the Jean Coppedge body camera footage.

She contacted Washington County District Attorney Kevin Barton in a self-described act of whistleblowing, where she described a lack of basic oversight in the use of body cameras in the Hillsboro Police Department.

[36] In 2022, text messages revealed as part of court filing show Hillsboro Police Department Detective Rebecca Venable and Washington County Deputy District Attorney John Gerhard arranging plans to have "a Mexican themed party to celebrate the convictions of Mexican defendants".