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Portland / O bserver May 6, 1971
morirnl e it i t
Albina police
project begins
The Portland Model C itie s
Police Community Relati o ns
Project is a new program in
Portland which is being jo intly
funded by the U.S. Dept.
of
Justice and the U.S. Dept. of
Housing and Urban Develop*
ment. Chief Donald I. McNa
mara is the Project D ire ctor.
Personnel fo r the project in
clude a PoliceCommunity Re
lations D ire ctor, Assistant Di*
rector,
a Community Re
lations Aides Supervisor, te n
Police Community Relatio n s
O fficers, ten Community Rela«
tions Aides, and a part-tim e
Youth Planner.
The project s main goal is to
build mutual cooperation and
understanding between
the
Portland Police Bureau and
the residents of Portland, par
ticu la rly in the Model C it ie s
area. The project w ill benefit
the police by creating an at
mosphere conducive to
a
better day-by-day relatio n
ship with the Model C ities rest-
dents. It w ill benefit the resi
dents by providing them w i th
police service which reflect s
the concept of both service and
protection. U ltim ately, the r »
suits of the project can be re
duced to more effective 1 aw en
forcement from the standpoint
of everyone.
The project has seven m a in
components. They are out
lined as follows:
1. An in-service training p ro
gram is being established fo r
the 60 uniformed officers who
are norm ally assigned to the
model C ities Neighborhood
Its goal is to provide the o ffi
cer with a greater knowled ge
and sensitivity to the speci al
needs and problems associat
ed with the Model Neighb o r-
hood.
2. A Police Community Re
lations Center is located at
3807 N.E. Union A v e , pho ne
282-4524 from 9 a jn .to mid
night.
Residents ofthearea
are encouraged to use the cen
te r whenevei they have a 1 a w
enforcement jroblem .
3. A Pol ice-Youth program is
being developed beginning with
the hiring of a part-tim e youth
planner. The principle of the
project is to establish rapport
between the police and you th
of the Model Neighborhood i n
an atmosphere not associated
with enforcement or control.
4. Eight Neighborhood Ad v i-
sory Committees have
been
established—each
deali n g
with the problems of a parti
cular geographic area with in
the Model Neighborhood. This
program is designed to brin g
the residents of the Model
Neighborhood area into a more
active support of law enforce
ment so that police and re s i-
dents w ill eventually come to
gether in an atmosphere
of
give-and-take where each may
advise the other concern i n g
problems
that confront the
area.
5. A Public Safety Advis o r y
Committee has been formed;
composed of representatives
from each of the Neighborhood
Advisory Committees and Po
lice officials. It w ill be con
cerned with the meeting and
solving of any and all problems
which may develop during the
life of the project.
6. Additional Police Com
munity Relations O fficers w ill
be assigned to the Model Neigh
borhood, enabling the Commu
nity Relations Unit to expand
some of the already exist i ng
programs.
7. An O fficer-A ide program,
which is the heart of the en
tire program, has been estab
lished. The aides have been
mostly recruited from the Mo
del C ities area and selected on
the basis of a strong com m it
ment to the maintenance of a
lawful,
orderly, and just so
ciety, as well as the preserva
tion and protection of lives, hu
man rights and property. The
training program lasted about
two months and was conducted
under the guidance of the bu
reau of Police.
The aides w ill almost always
be a part ofa regulartw o-m an
team which includes a sworn
officer
from the Police Con>
munity Relations U nit. These
teams w ill cover situations
which have a potential fo r v io
lence or fric tio n in the com
munity and w ill be present at
dances, concerts, and athletic
events taking place in or near
the Model C ities area.
In the event of an arre st, the
aides and officers w ill work at
lessening crowd tensions and
also provide accurate fir s t
hand records of events in o r
der to squelch any possible ru
mors which develop in the con>
munity. The aides w ill be on
hand to render information re
garding charge, bail, and c iv il
rights to an arrested party and
his fam ily.
This program can offer great
benefit to both the officer and
the citizen. The citizen
is
assured of legal and fa ir treat
ment, and the officers are p ro
tected from false charges of
mistreatm ent, brutality, or in
correct procedure. The suc
cess of the program depen d s
largely upon the maintenance
of a close working relationship
between the Community Rela
tions teams and the precinct
officers.
Equal
Opportunity
The U. S. Senate’ s Select
Committee on Equal Educational
Opportunity continues to publish
reports of its hearings. The la t
est, P art Seven, is on "Inequali
ty of Economic Resources," and
includes testimony by witnesses
last fa ll, as well as numerous
articles and publications on the
subject. This and other com
mittee publications are avai
lable from the committee at the
Old
Senate Office Building,
Washington, D j C.
The science class was having
its final test and one of
the
questions was Which are the
last
teeth to appear in the
mouth? One youngster answer
ed sim ply. False. The teacher
had to admit that he was not
wrong
Black
with
Educator
Albina
Allan D, Rutherford, 64, was
back home a few weeks ago af
te r spending a lifetim e build
ing a distinguised career
in
Statesville, N.C. pop. 30,000.
Rutherford said it looks like
a pattern of segregated hous
ing exists in Portland and when
youve got segregated housing,
youre asking fo r problems.
He said of P ortland*I cant
understand why blacks are all
concentrated in this old neigh
borhood. A ll down W illiam s
Avenue and Union A venue— its
like a neglected area. This is
a ghetto area now; its segrega
ted and decay ing. and I cant sej
how Portland can let it happen.’
He graduated from Jefferson
High School in 1924 and went to
the South in 1936 as a teacher;
and w ill
re tire next July as
assistant superintendent. Ru
therford studied 2 years at NJ
State Normal School in Tren
ton, taught elementary school
there fo r 2 years, then return
ed to Pacific Col lege in New
berg (now George Fox) where
he trained from 1929-33 fo r
high school teaching. In those
days Negroes were not allowed
to do student teaching so in
stead, Pacific agreed to give
him credit fo r the 2 years he
had taught and after doing grad
uate work at theU n iv.ofC alif.
at Berkeley, he headed for
Statesville.
Even though his parents didrft
want him to go to the South, he
recalled that I had to go so I
could teach. He said that the
only difference between Ore.
and the South is that here in
Portland you never knew how
fa r you could go but in the South
they didnt have to tell you----
you knew.
Rutherford has seen many
changes in his years in States
v ille since 1936. Its a gradual
process, he said, but I think the
South w ill move ahead fast e r
than places like Portland— we
have accepted mandates of the
court.
On A p ril 23rd he was inducted
into the local Kiwanis Club as
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concerned
housing
its fir s t black member in the
town; maybe in the whole state.
Yet he remembers that about
15 years ago when he address
ed the Kiwanians, the mem
bers had to go across the
street to hear him in the C ity
Hall because blacks were not
allowed in the hotel where the
club met.
An elementary school in
Statesville, with 4 black teach-
ers and 21 per cent black stu
dents, has been named a fte r A 1
len D. Rutherford. A ll others
are white.
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My name i& o \e rth e d o o r, arai
my p o rtra it is inside^Ruther-
ford sak£and I am s till al lv e -
usually you have todie b efore
they name a school after you.
Its like looking at your
own
tombstone,' he added, until you
get used to it.“
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