September 11, 2002
(Ebe ^Iortlanb (Observer
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P olice
Panel Wants Police to Stop Cursing
Man Shot to
Death at Home
Profanity complaints raise eyebrows of citizen panel
(A P) — A ctors w ho play police
ca n ’t do it on television, but real o ffic
ers in Portland can curse and use foul
language if they think it will help them
subdue a suspect.
T hat Portland Police B ureau policy
is com ing under increasing scrutiny as
nearly a quarter o f public com plaints
against officers deal w ith rudeness or
use o f foul language during arrests.
The departm ent’s general order No.
310.40, entitled C ourtesy, says, “N o
m em bers shall use profanity in the
perform ance o f their duties, except
where necessary to establish control.
M em bers o f the C itizens R eview
Com m ittee, a police oversight group
that review s com plaints against o ffic
ers, are review ing the b u reau ’s policy
and signaling it may be tim e toclean up
the C ourtesy order.
“W e d o n ’t allow teachers to do it.
W e d o n 't allow it in courtroom s. A u
thority figures are not allow ed to use
profanity to obtain com pliance,” said
T. J . Browning, acoinm ittee member. "1
ju st cannot buy that profanity is a
control tactic.”
T he order also states that the bu
reau expects officers to be respectful,
courteous and considerate tow ard the
general public and not denigrate any
particular gender, race, nationality,
sexual orientation, ethnic o r religious
group.
Portland Capt. Darrel Schenck, who
supervises the bureau’s internal .af
fairs division, said the bureau discour
ages officers from using profanity but
feels it is w arranted in certain situa
tions.
“If anofficeryells, ‘Dropthe blankety
blank gun ! ’ - that ’ s the officer’s w ay o f
im pressing m ore seriousness on his
com m and,” Schenck said.
F or at least th ree years, recu rrin g
p o lic e p ro fa n ity c o m p la in ts have
raise d the ey e b ro w s o f c itiz e n s in
v o lv ed in p o lice o v ersig h t. In a 2000
rep o rt, th ey co m p lain ed th at p olice
p ro fa n ity ex acerb ated v o latile situ a
tio n s, an d th e b u re a u ’s p o lic y gave
o ffic ers “o p en -en d ed ju s tific a tio n ”
fo r u sin g it.
Buy
Forrest Richard Paul
A southeast P ortland m an w as found dead from at
least one gunshot w ound at a southeast Portland
hom e T hursday, Portland police said.
T he victim w as identified as Forrest R ichard Paul,
26, a residence o f the hom e in the 4900 b lock o f
S outheast 76°’ A venue.
O ver the past six w eeks, police said they have
received six drug-related com plaints from citizens
concerned about activities at the hom e.
. A nyone with specific inform ation about this investi
gation is asked to call Detective G eorge W eatheroy at
503-823-0886or Detective John Brooks at503-823-0400.
Islamic Cleric Arrested at Airport
(A P) — T ests indicated explosives residue
on the luggage o f a local Islam ic leader arrested
at the Portland A irport Sunday on charges o f
docum ent fraud, a federal pro secu to r said
M onday at the m an ’s arraignm ent.
Sheik M ohamed Abdirahman Kariye, 41, was
arrested w ithout incident around noon Sunday
and booked at the M ultnom ah County Jail.
K ariye served as a clergym an at the Islam ic
C enter o f P ortland-M asjed A s-Saber, a south
w est P o rtland m osque, according to H ussein
A dam G ude, a m em ber o f the center w ho said he
regularly attended services.
Kariye, w ho was bom in Som alia, had lived at
several addresses in east Portland since at least
1997, according to public records.
whatever
Seattle Man Charged in Terror Probe
you
conspirators w anted to set
(A P) — Federal authori
up" terrorist training facili
ties have charged a form er
ties in the United States.
Seattle man w ith conspiring
Those facilities would have
to help the al-Q aida training
trained people in military
netw ork and set up a terro r
and guerrilla tactics to “pro
ist training cam p in rural
m ote violent jih ad activi
Oregon.
ties around the w orld.”
E arnest Jam es U jaam a
At meetings w ith co-
was nam ed in a tw o-count
conspirators,
the indictment
indictm ent that accused him
Earnest James Ujaama
says,
U
jaam
a led discus
o f co nspiracy to provide
sions
that
included
“the
building
o
f
underground
m aterial support and resources for al-Q aida and
bunkers
to
hide
am
m
unition
and
w
eapons, the
w ith using, carrying, possessing and d isch arg
creation
o
f
poisonous
materials
for
public con
ing firearm s during a crim e.
sumption,
and
the
firebom
bing
o
f
vehicles.”
The indictm ent contends U jaam a, 36, a M us
U jaam a w as arrested July 22 at an au n t’s
lim bom Jam es Earnest T hom pson, led a co n
hom
e in D enver as a m aterial w itness to terrorist
spiracy to set up a training cam p in Bly, O re.
activity.
Federal officials said U jaam a and three co-
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AP) — K en M urphy, deputy director o f
O regon Em ergency M anagem ent, is still w ait-
in g forfederalm oneyprom isedaftertheS ept. 11
attacks to give his agency new teeth.
H e’s not alone.
A year after the attacks that shook the
nation’s confidence, m any agencies in O regon
have yet to see federal m oney intended to m ake
the state safer.
And w ith an estim ated $860 m illion shortfall
in O reg o n ’s budget, the O regon State P olice
have seen staff cuts o f 78 people, o r 10 percent.
A fte r th e te rro ris t a tta c k s. G o v . Jo h n
K itzhaber separated the O regon E m ergency
M anagem ent from the State Police to create a
coordination center to respond to em ergencies
O regon had never fa c e d — terrorist attacks and
biological warfare.
T h e r e o r g a n iz a
tion cam e w ith m ore
money promised from
C ongress— $4.6 m il
lion for2002compared
to $ 1.9 million the pre
vious year — that the
agency w ould distrib
ute to “first resp o n d
ers” such as local f ir e
an d p o lic e d e p a r t
ments.
But a year later, the
agency is still w aiting
for that m oney, and
for prom ised supplem ental grants to increase
its 27-person staff.
“It’s been frustrating to w ait for all this m oney
that P resident Bush has talked ab o u t,” said
M urphy. “W e still hav en ’t hired any additional
people since Sept. 11.”
O ther agencies are also w aiting.
At Portland International A irport, w hich
handles about 14 m illion passengers a year, the
T ransportation Security A dm inistration ordered
an increase in security screeners, pay raises an<^
the placem ent o f police officers.
“By January, the airport security budget had
been bum ped up an additional $4 m illion for
2002 to $7.9 m illion. W hile the airport received
a $ 1.21 m illion grant as part o f the 2002 D efense
A ppropriations Bill, airport officials say they
are still w aiting to see w hether C ongress allo
cates m ore m oney, casting doubt on how m any
m ore security changes will be possible, and
how th e y ’ll be sustained lbng-term .
U.S. C oast G uard officials say the additional
federal funds th ey ’ve received — $209 m illion
on top o f its $4.67 billion b u d g et— hav en ’t kept
pace w ith increased security dem ands placed
upon them .
In July, Vice A dm iral Terry Cross o f the Coast
G uard told a Senate subcom m ittee hearing in
P ortland that since the attacks, 25 percent o f the
ag en cy ’s resources in the C olum bia R iver re
gion have gone to security, m eaning less effort
devoted to its oth er responsibilities like safety
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