September 9, 2015
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Members of the rank and file of Vancouver’s Police Department prove that women
officers are awesome.
Awesome Women Cops
Girl’s story sparks outreach by female officers
The story of a 4-year-old
girl from Clark County who
wanted a police SWAT cos-
tume for Halloween but found
the uniforms were only being
marketed to boys got the ex-
perience of a lifetime and an
outpour of support after her
mom shared her child’s disap-
pointment on social media.
After hearing about Kin-
ley Goertler’s story, Port-
land Police Officers Raelynn
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McKay and Rashida Saunders
met with the young girl last
week at the Central Precinct
in downtown Portland and
showed her how a police car
worked, including the lights,
sirens, and other equipment.
In addition, deciding there
might be other girls like her
who would want to meet adult
women in law enforcement
and see a possible career fu-
ture for themselves, the Van-
couver Police Department
is reaching out to girls of all
ages for a “Girl Cops are Awe-
some” event.
The outreach will be held
Wednesday, Sept. 9 from 3:30
p.m. to 5 p.m. at Vancouver’s
East Precinct at 520 S.W.
155th Ave. Girls can also
meet the inspiration behind
the event, Kinley Goertler,
who will attend as a special
guest.
Sickle Cell Walkathon Saturday
The Sickle Cell Anemia
Foundation of Oregon will
host its third annual walkathon
Saturday, Sept. 12 in northeast
Portland.
The walk is imperative to
fundraising for an organization
that fights a unique disease that
predominantly affects people
of African descent around the
world, commonly known as
sickle cell anemia. The genet-
ic disorder occurs relatively
rarely, but is chronic, cannot be
cured, and can lead to extreme
pain, blindness, and even death
if left undiagnosed and untreat-
ed. The disease comes from a
genetic trait that keeps many
African-descended people im-
mune to strings of malaria, but
can, in the right conditions,
mean that the carrier does not
have enough healthy red blood
cells to carry sufficient oxygen
throughout the body.
The walk is a chance to
learn more about the disease
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