Cornelius

• Cornelius Police DepartmentIncident detail since April 201516,087 served

Sheriff in its county: Washington County Sheriff's Office.

A department is the place's own when its name is the place's and its FBI population fits the place's people (decision city-or-town-is-its-police-department). Agencies: FBI NIBRS master file 2025 batch headers; names from the FBI agency list, pulled 2026-09-29.

County

Washington County

People

14,255

Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020 to 2024

Cornelius follows Oregon law on arrests, release, and courts; the full set covers prosecutors, defense, and jails too.

Who decides release first

Before arraignment, the jail releases people under a standing order written by the presiding judge of each judicial district, or a release assistance officer appointed by that judge decides. At arraignment, a judge makes the release decision. The standing order sets recognizance and conditional release, not dollar amounts.

ORS 135.233, 135.235, 135.240, 135.245Oregon Chief Justice Order 24-014, Release Guidelines (May 22, 2024)

Time to see a judge

A person held in custody must be arraigned within the first 36 hours of custody, not counting weekends and holidays, unless there is good cause or the defendant asks for more time.

ORS 135.010

Money bail

Senate Bill 48, in effect since July 1, 2022, ended security (money bail) schedules that applied right after arrest. A judge may still require security at arraignment after finding that release on recognizance or conditions is unwarranted.

Oregon Chief Justice Order 24-014, Release Guidelines (May 22, 2024)ORS 135.233

Read from the statutes and court rules cited, 2026-09-30. Which judicial districts use a risk tool, and which one, was not checked.

Offenses reported by Cornelius Police Department, Cornelius's own department. The county sheriff and state police may answer calls here too; their offenses are on their own pages.