SALEM – Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless driving in May 2025. On May 30, 2025, the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training filed an investigation into that incident. It is still ongoing as the DUII charge will not be settled by Rowan’s diversion program until June. Elkhorn Media Group asked DPSST Communications Coordinator Sam Tenney if it was possible to give a timeline of when the investigation could be complete.
He responded that several factors make it difficult to estimate how long it will take to reach a resolution. First of all, DPSST doesn’t proceed with a professional standards case involving arrests or criminal citations until a final disposition is reached in the matter. Tenney said if our report that it would be settled in June means his agency won’t begin reviewing the case until then. At that time they will request court documents, arrest records, and other pertinent material.
“Staff will review those documents and issue a report on the matter for the Police Policy Committee (PPC),” he responded. “The absolute soonest we’d be able to have the case in front of the committee would be during the Aug. 20 meeting.”…