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Chief Moose works hard, has fun
On Monday, Aug. 2, four representatives of
Kimbro Kidds got the rare chance to talk with
Portland’s new' Chief of Police, Charles Moose.
And he's a pretty hard working guy.
We arrived at his office early and sat eagerly
awaiting our interview. When we finally got the
chance, the words just wouldn't come. Finally
they did.
W hen asked if he enjoyed being chief of
police, Moose said, "Yes. It's very difficult. But
also a great deal of fun."
Yeah, I w ould have fun too if I was that
good at my job.
Moose is a very busy man. His day starts as
early as 7 a m. with a series of meetings, and
sometimes runs into the early evening (6 p.m.).
Through the day, he tries several times to do
paper work and return phone calls. These
efforts are more likely than not unsuccessful
Unlike some other people that I've dealt
with. Moose expressed his love of the all the
wonderful people" who want to interview him.
The one thing that intrigues Moose the most
about being chief of police is that he has the
opportunity to make his ideas and visions of a
better community a reality, he said.
One of the downfalls of being chief of police
is that he doesn’t get to spend nearly as much
time on the street as he used to when he was
working his way through the ranks, moose said,
and it really takes away from quality time spent
with his family.
Moose worked his way through the ranks
and when the Mayor Vera Katz did a national
search for a new chief of police, he was chosen
over 58 other applicants by the mayor herself.
Entrepreneur
draws his way
to success
William Hart Ls an architect from AIA.
He went to a program to learn how to
start his own business. The reason why
he was starting his ow n business is
because he was ready for a new chal­
lenge.
In 1978, Hart knew he wanted to start
his own business. The things you have to
do to becom e an architect are: study
hard, be good in math, science, writing
and English.
With his business. Hart plans to do
com munity w ork to help rebuild the
Portland area, and to provide opportuni­
ties for young minority students to begin
a career.
Hart is thinking of hiring people
because he has too much w ork to do
and houses take two m onths to build
and an office building would take about
a year. One of the other things Hart does
in his line of work is marketing.
— Lah Leuis
The police chief, Charles Moose, talks to
Kimbro Kidds staff about his new job. Pho­
tos by Saina Worrell.
Moose said he is most proud of the things
that he accomplished at Irish Court, an apart­
ment complex on North Vancouver and Sum­
ner. The police really went in there with a good
attitude, cleaned up the drug activity and the
gang violence and all in all made it a better
place, he said.
Chief Moose feels that, “Education has been
a positive influence,” he said, bringing to light
that there are different ways to solve problems.
Moose is making com munity policing a
household word. Community policing is when
the police and the citizens work together to
solve problems. Although the idea of commu­
nity policing is not his, Moose is really bringing
it to life. He sees the idea of community polic­
ing continuing, he said, but the only way that
the police will have a chance is to work
together with the community .
I asked him w hat he saw in his personal
future. “To continue doing a good job, and
hopefully make it to retirement,” he said. He
added that he would like to teach at a univer­
sity.
Those are some plans.
As for the future of the Police Bureau,
Moose said, “At this point it’s not clear. Do more
with schools. Have police working closer with
family. Lastly, see police officers work harder io
solve problem s before they becom e crime
issues."
From the work that he’s done so far, I know
he can accomplish his future goals. So, Chief
Moose, the Informer salutes you.
— Shalon Ining
Reporter takes on Portland schools
Lew Frederick, the new person in charge of
Public Information for Portland Public Schools
has been a Portland resident for 20 years.
Frederick has com e a long way since his
days performing as a mime in Pioneer Court­
house Square, w here he made his first $2 in
Portland. Since then, he has taught at Metropoli­
tan Learning Center, has been a radio reporter,
and most recendy, a channel 8 TV reporter.
“As a reporter I enjoyed learning about dif­
ferent people,” Frederick said.
Now as director of Public Inform ation, a
position he has been in for less than a month,
Frederick will have the opportunity to get to
know people in the Portland Public School dis­
trict.
"In my job I will answ er questions from
moms and dads and other people, including
questions from people without kids in school,”
Frederick said. “I want people to know about
their schools. I’m just beginning to find out
what the job is all about.”
Frederick said he would spend part of his
time in his new job going to all the schools in
the district to learn w hat kids are doing in
school. With 57,000 kids in the district, that
might be a tough job.
"You are really important." he told the group
^You are really important. Learn as much as
you can. You need to know as much as pos­
sible about everything.”
— Lew Frederick,
Portland Public Schools
of Kimbro Kidds interviewing him. “Learn as
much as you can. You need to know as much
as possible about everything.”
This is a message Frederick lives. He is
interested in many things, including theatre,
biotechnology, politics, cooking, hiking and
travelling — in his travels, he has been to every
state in the US except two.
“I like to read everything I can get my hands
on," Frederick said, and urged his listeners to
read as much as they can as well. “What I'm try­
ing to do is make sure there are as many ideas
and as many different people out there as possi­
ble.”
As a child, Frederick thought he would end
up being a scientist but instead ended up doing
“many, many different things."
“Think about everything you can be," Fred­
erick urged. “You want to be able to choose,
not have someone choose for you.”
Frederick has two kids, David and Gwynedd
(pronounced Gwyneth), and says they are the
best people in the whole world.
— Cindy Worrell
Officer explains domestic violence reduction unit
Lt. Mariane Heisler is a 25-year veteran of
the Portland Police Bureau. Starting on the
streets at the age of 21, Heisler, now 47, is a
Lieutenant in the Domestic Violence Reduction
Unit.
Early on in her career as a police officer,
Heisler worked in the women's protective di zi-
sion. There she worked with the parents or
legal guardians of children w ho had been
beaten, raped or killed. She put kids in foster
homes and dealt with the problems of the dis­
turbed individual that could harm an innocent
child. This was very emotional. She did this for
five years.
Heisler felt very strongly about what she did
and does When she was speaking on the sub­
ject of the more difficult emotional points of the
job she said something that really caught my
attention. She said, “It's hard to find out people
honestly have enough problems that they'd hurt
their own children. "
A lot of the crimes that happen against chil­
dren are because of w hat’s going on with the
parents. The children are being beaten because
the parents, guardians or primary care givers
feel inferior because they're constantly being
told by their spouses that they are nothing, or
they are the cause of the family's problems So
they feel it's their job to make others feel just as
inferior as they feel
Most dom estic violence is com m itted by
men, Heisler said, because men are usually
physically stronger than women Plus, they are
taught at an early age to fight and to solve prob­
lems with fists instead of words.
The Domestic Violence Reduction Unit's
main priority is to help victims know that it's not
okay to be beaten up upon and that no one
deserves it, Heisler said.
Heisler said when her unit goes into a dis­
turbed home, it must convince the women they
don’t deserve to be beaten. Secondly, the mem­
bers of the unit have to convince the men that
they are guilty of a crime. Men have to learn
another way to deal with their frustration and
anger, she said
“When people get angry they beat up on
someone they love," Heisler said.
And that’s just part of the violent cycle of
domestic violence, she added.
The purpose of the Domestic Violence
Reduction Unit is not to put the husband/father
or the assailant in jail, because the family
wouldn't benefit from having the father figure
incarcerated, Heisler said. So, the unit doesn’t
set out to put them in jail, it sets out to help by
putting them in batterer's treatment programs.
These program 's are available in states
across the United States, so if you know of
someone who qualifies as a participant, or if it’s
you yourself, then do them and yourself a favor
— Call and get information on the program
Children that witness or are involved in domes­
tic violence grow up to do what they know, and
that spells violence
— Sbalon Ining
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