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Portland
Police News/Vancouver
Inside-A
PCC enrollment
accelerating.............. 3
Leiberman, Gore ticket
and minorities...........4
Volunteerism and its
rewards....................... 5
Metro-B
Weather
Today
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cloudy
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60°F/15°C
Friday
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cloudy
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This Week
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in History
In 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed
into Florida, causing record damage; 55
deaths in Florida, Louisiana and the
Bahamas were blamed on the storm.
On A ugust 26, 1920, the 19th
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
guaranteeing American women theright
to vote, was declared in effect.
On August 28, 1963, 200,000 people
participated in a peaceful civil rights
rally in Washington, D.C., where Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I
Have a Dream” speech in front of the
Lincoln Memorial.
Partly
cloudy
84°F/29°C
59°F/15°C
Thursday
Vancouver Police and
free gun locks...........1
Tiger Woods does it
again.......................... 2
Gospel Music
Workshop of America3
El Observador..........4
Through the
weekend
Partly
cloudy
76°F/24°C
54°F/12°C
Thought for the week
Thunder is good, thunder is
impressive; but it is the lightning
that does the work.
—M arkTw ain
Police Bites
Fatal Single Car
Accident
On Friday, August 1 l,2000,at 12:33
a.m., Portland police responded to a
single car accident involving a 1979
C h e v ro le t C o rv e tte th a t w as
p ro c e e d in g eastb o u n d on N.E.
Marine Drive when the driver lost
control went down an embankment
and rolled over. The driver, 39 year-
old D aniel Law rence Justice o f
Troutdale was pronounced dead at
the scene. The cause o f the accident
is unknown. This is the 2 15' traffic
accident this year in the city o f
Portland.
Escapee
Apprehended
Police bureau launches
project SAFE
On Saturday, July 29,2000 at about 9
pm, Portland Police Officers received
information that a fugitive, 38-year-
old Howard W ayne Richardson,
wanted for walking away from an
inmate work crew in Yamhill County,
was at a trailer located at 11807 SE
Ankeny Street. Richarson was taken
into custody without incident and
tra n sp o rte d to the M ultnom ah
County Detention Center.
Richarson was one o f three inmates
who walked away from an Oregon
Department ofCorrections minimum-
security work crew, clearing brush
along a road near Sheridan on June
27th. He was serving 13 months for
Unauthorized Use ofaM otor Vehicle.
The other two inmates, 19-year-old
William Lee McMahon, and 23-year-
old James Edward Grove had already
been apprehended.
The Portland police Bureau recently
launched the project SAFE traffic
program. Project SAFE (Strategic
And Focused Enforcement) is a
bureau -w ide effort to concentrate
on selected areas and reduces
collisions in those areas.
Chief Mark Kroeker says that this
typeofprogram is badly needed “This
year to date, we have had almost
three times as many traffic fatalities
as we have homicides,“said Chief
Kroeker. ‘ W eneedtogowherepeople
are dying and try to save lives.”
The selected areas were chosen
because o f the high volume o f
collisions in those areas. Each o f the
five police precincts has three
locations. These areas are based on
the most recent data regarding 9-1-1
calls over the last four months, and?
or injury accidents from March to
June.
All Portland officers are assigned to
work on Project SAFE. No extra money
or missions will be conducted, but
the Chief is asking officers to make it
a priority when they have extra time in
their districts. When officers write a
ticket they will also give the driver a
fact sheet regarding Project SAFE
and try to explain that the enforcement
is an to reduce collisions and save
lives.
‘ We want people to know why we are
doing this,” said Chief Kroeker. Dr.
William Long, Director o f trauma
S e rv ic e s for L eg acy E m an u el
Hospital, spoke at the police bureau’s
news conferenceto announce Project
SA FE. A nd I thought he said
something very profound. He said
that it was better to that a person
handed a citation than a death
certificate. And though nobody
wants to get a ticket, it is a reminder
that you need a obey the laws and
those laws are created to enhance
safety.”
Captain Mike Bell o f the Traffic
Division agrees. ‘The main reason
people get in to collisions is that they
are speeding, running red lights,
failing to yield or are just not paying
attention. W e’ll be looking for all
these things during Project SAFE.
But w e’ll also be enforcing all vehicle
and driver infractions. So if you have
been meaning to those fixed, now is
the time to get that tail light fixed, now
is the time to do it.” Says Captain Bell.
Project SAFE is a monthly program.
Each month the traffic Division will
analyze where the collisions are
occurring and review thf list o f
locations.
Chief Kroeker emphasizes that the
program w ill not supersede the
(E n h an ced
V eh icle
S afety
Enforcement Program) that the Traffic
Division coordinates. The Traffic
D iv isio n w ill s till a d d ress
neighborhood traffic complaints.
‘Project SAFE allows the Police
Bureau to look at traffic the way we do
other crimes. Analyze the data and
look at trends w here traffic is
h appening”says c h ie f K roeker.
W e’er approaching it the way we
approach it the way we approach any
other crime problems, and make sense
to have this kind o f selected
enforcement that narrows our focus
on where people are getting hurt.
For more information on Project
SAFE,contact the Traffic Division at
823-2103
Crime Stoppers
The Washington County SherifT s
Office, in cooperation with Crime
Stoppers, is asking for your help in
locating and apprehending David
Larry Stroh.
In August o f 1996, a Washington
County Grand Jury indicted David
Stroh on numerous sex-related
charges involving a 16-year old
girl. The incident occurred at
Stroh’s last known address on
S outhw est W aldo W ay near
Sherwood, Oregon. Prior to living
in Sherwood, Stroh lived with his
wife and stepchildren in Newberg,
Oregon, where he used the name
Marshall Bond and did janitorial
work. He has also used the name
Gregory Hitz.
David Larry Stroh is a 55-year-old
white male, with a date o f birth of
June 3, 1945. Stroh is 5” 10” tall,
weighing 185 pounds, with brown
hair and blue eyes.
Stroh has an extensive history o f
robbery, burglary, assault, sex
crimes, and drug charges. Crime
Stoppers is offering a cash reward
o f up to $1,000 for information,
reported to Crime Stoppers, that
leads to an arrest in this case o f any
unsolved felony crime, and you
need not give your name. Call
Crime Stoppers at (503) 823-HELP.
Task force contin ues discussion
of Fargher Lake rural center
The Rural Centers Task Force, which was appointed by the board o f Clark
County Commissioners, has scheduled another meeting forTuesday, August
15, at the Dollars Comer Fire Station, 21609 NE 72nd Avenue. The meeting
begins at 7 p.m. and is open to the public.
The task force will be continuing to discuss a rural center in the Fargher Lake
area. At their August 8 meeting, the group voted to recommend establishing
a rural center there. Boundaries and any J^nd use changes have yet to be
decided.
Rural centers are designed to provide a focus for the surrounding rural area.
They are distinct areas that recognize historic land use patterns and include
a mix of residential and commercial uses that are allowed on smaller lots.
The task force’s work on rural centers will be integrated with the upcoming
Comprehensive Growth Management Plan review. As part o f the review
process, the task force will revisit the appropriateness o f current rural center
boundaries and land uses. It will also make recommendations on the
appropriateness o f mixed uses and industrial uses in rural area.
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