[3] The cities of Maywood Park, Wood Village, Fairview, and Troutdale contract out the law enforcement services of Multnomah County Sheriff's Office.

As of 2009[update], however, as the unincorporated areas of the county have diminished, 85% of sheriff's office employees work in corrections rather than law enforcement.

The Law Enforcement patrol, property, and records divisions were also moved from the Hansen Building to this location in July, 2015.

[11] Former Sheriff Bernie Giusto resigned on July 1, 2008[12][13] after a state police standards board recommended that he lose his badge[12] because of multiple issues including using an official vehicle for personal use,[14] lying about a relationship he had with former Governor Neil Goldschmidt's wife while he was assigned to the governor's protective service branch in the mid-1980s,[15] and allegations that he lied about his knowledge of Goldschmidt's illegal sexual relationship with a minor in the 1970s.

"[16][17] Days after making that comment, he closed the county's restitution center, which was a program that was just created that year.

[16] In 2015, Sergeant Brent Ritchie worked with three other deputies to investigate use of force in the Sheriff's Office's jails.