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October 25, 2000 Page A2 (Obserurr Cile |Jo rtla n ò (Dheeruer Police News/Vancouver Weather Inside-A Letters To The Editor........................A4 Portland Girls Share Dreams in Twin Pageants....................A 5 Opportunity to Win <are Piece of Coastline.................. A7 Hillsboro Expands Racial Profiling Study ilirm iglithe w eekend 1 (lUd V W hen a Hillsboro police officer pulls over a m otonst for any reason, he must now note the driver’s sex, age and race, w hether he writes a ticket or Partly C lo u d y 58 F High 39°F Low Thursday Metro- Partly C lo u d y 59°F High Youth Power Through Beach Trash............ B I Carter Breaks Southern Baptish Ties............ B2 El Observador Pages................. B4, B5 43°F Low Friday M o s tly C lo u d y 45°F Low Saturday S cattered S h o w ers 61°F High in History S tates in v ad es G re n a d a , a fte r p ro- C u b a n M arx ists th reaten A m erican stu d e n ts on the islan d (an d an e le c tio n w as c o m in g up). O c to b e r 2 6 , 1 9 7 1 — B o b b y F isc h e r o f B ro o k ly n b ec o m e s the first A m erican to q u alify fo r the w o rld ch ess ch am p io n sh ip . O c to b e r 28— 1965— T h e G a te w ay to th e W est m o n u m en t is co m p le te d in St. L o u is. A t 6 3 0 feet, it is the w o rld ’s tallest. O c to b e r 2 8 , 1972— P re s id e n t N ix o n sig n s a b ill c re atin g th e C o n su m er P ro d u ct S afety C o m m issio n . O c to b e r 2 8 ,1 9 2 9 — O n w h a t b e cam e k n o w n as "B la c k T u e sd a y ", the N ew Y o rk S tock M arket crashes, w ith m o re th a n 16 m illio n sh ares trad ed . T h is e v e n t p u sh e d th e n a tio n in to the th ro e s o f th e G reat D ep ressio n . O n O c to b e r 2 7 , 1997, m o re than 120 b illio n sh ares w ere sherilTs offices; and the Oregon State Police plantostartcollectingdataon traffic stops as early as January. “It’s great that things are moving, but there’s still a w ays to go,” said David Fidanque, executive director for the A m erican C ivil Liberties Union o f O r egon. Because they all ase the sam e dis patch center, Beav erton police and the W ashington C ounty S h eriff s Office plan toborrowHilLsboro’sinodeL which includes the officers’ perception o f the driver’s age, sex and race. Officers also record the reason for the stop, w hether the car w as searched and what, if any thing, illegal w as found. Officers type a five-character code into their patrol carcom puters or radio the information to die dispatch center. H illsb o ro p o lic e a n a ly s t V in ce A lexander designed a database that pulls information from the dispatch center's computers into his desktop computer. A le x a n d e r said he has in fo rm a tio n on a b o u t 1,300 sto p s since M ay , not en o u g h to sh o w a trend. W ith all p atro l o ffic e rs in v o lv ed , A le x a n d e r e x p e c ts to h a v e an ini tial re p o rt by M arch. "I do w ant to open it to the public, but 1 don’t want to do that until w e ha ve real d a ta ’ ’ A lexander said. 62°F High This Week O c to b e r 25, 1983— T h e U n ited not. It’s the next step in a pilot study to determine if Hillsboro police target minorities disproportionately w hen making traffic stops, a practice know n as racial profiling. The Hillsboro Police Department, the first in O regon to launch the pro gram in M ay, has just expanded the study from five officers to include its entire patrol forceof54. Several other O regon agencies plan to start similar programs next year. Police and state leaders across the nation hav e struggled to address the perception that police engage in racial profiling. Nearly 60 percent o f the public thinks the practice is wide spread, according to a G allup poll released in December. T o answ er critics, at least seven states, including W ashington, have passed laws requiring police to collect traffic data. A t least 25 states have introduced legislation in the last two years to address the problem. Several O regon agencies — in- c hiding Portland, Beaverton, Gresham, S alem an d E u g en e p o lic e ; the M ultnom ah and W ashington county 45°F Low Sunday M o s tly C lo u d y 49°F High & 33°F Low Thought for the week "Sometimes it takes a rainy day ju st to let you know, everything sgonna be alright."— Cris Williamson Before he closed his eyes, he let them wander round his old room . . . familiar and friendly things... which were so glad to see him again and could always be counted on fo r the same simple welcome. — Kenneth Grahame Vancouver Homes Set on Fire in Arson Spree Small classes k Real-world ¡A instructors i V a n c o u v e r F ire C h ie f D o n B ib in s say s th ree w e e k e n d b lazes 9 w ere in te n tio n a lly set. F irefig h ters fo u g h t the fires b e tw een 9 an d 11 p .m . S atu rd ay . N o in ju ries w ere rep o rted . O ne fire ca u se d ex ten siv e d a m a g e to a sin g le -fa m ily h o m e, an d an o th e r lev eled a g arag e. 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