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It’s Time to Celebrate the
I Oth Anniversary of Wellness Village!
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African Am erican
Inc
H e a l t h C o a lit io n .
The annual African American Wellness Village has
brought free health services, information, and fun
activities to the community since 1995,
Join us for two g re a t events this year!
Officer Dana Lewis o f the Portland Police Bureau's School Police Division is one o f the real life
officers whose images on new transit advertising reflect the diversity o f the department.
Police Recruiting
Diversity in Hiring
Transit campaign
kicks off year’s effort
M ichael L eighton
T he P ortland O bserver
by
A high-profile effort to show the diversity in the
Portland Police Bureau and increase the hiring of
minority and female officers has begun with a one-
year transit advertising campaign.
About 150 Tri-Met buses with reader board mes
sages inside the vehicles, 25 bus stop benches and
one bus completely wrapped in police bureau adver
tising have hit local streets to recruit a diverse group
of officers, committed to making Portland a safer,
more livable city.
“We Are Hiring” was the message kicked off in a
ceremony Sept. 8 at the new Public Services Educa
tion building, a location for police, fire department
and emergency medical technician training at Port
land Community College on North Killingsworth
Street.
“We need quality police officer recruits who want
to serve Portland and be part of our community
Friday O ct 14th, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday Oct. 15th, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Health Disparities Conference:
10th Annual Wellness Village
We Can Make a Difference
Downtown Embassy Suites Hotel
at The Blazers Boys & Girls Club
5250 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
319 SW Pine Street
policing efforts," said Police Chief Derrick Foxworth.
“I know there are many people right here in Portland
who fit the bill and it is our job to get in front of them
in their daily lives and make them visualize them
selves as Portland police officers.”
The overall theme of the campaign, which began
last year is “For every Portland police officer there is
a story. Join us and write the next chapter.”
Current members of the police force who reflect the
diversity o f both officers and command personnel
make up the images on the new advertising reader
boards, benches and bus wrap. Having employment
information on public transit is a first for the police
bureau.
People interested in learning more about the police
bureau are invited to explore the bureau’s website at
www.joinportlandpolice.com.
The site provides success stories from police
officers, sergeants, detectives and command per
sonal who have chosen a career in law enforcement.
It also assists potential candidates in the hiring
process.
The design and application of the recruitment
effort was made possible by $ I OO,(XX) in donated
services from Lamar Advertising.
An event for community members,
Free health services and activities at
health care providers, and local and
this year’s Wellness Village include:
state officials to come together and
Health Screenings & Services
generate solutions to health disparities
• Flu shots
in Oregon. F e a tu r e d k e y n o te
• Dental
s p e a k e r D r. B ria n G ib b s o f th e
• Vision
H a rv a rd S ch o o l o f P u b lic H e a lth .
• Hearing
• Diabetes
• 11:00 a .m .-12:45 p .m . Lunch ($50)
• 2:15 p .m .-5:00 p .m . 2 Workshops
Activities & Exhibits
“Culturally Competent Health
• Cooking demo & sampling
Care” and “ I lealth Disparities:
• Massage therapy
What Can We Do?” free to first
• Gospel Choir
240 community members (Contact
• Children’s activities
the AAHC at 503-413-1850).
• Raffle prizes
For more information contact the AAHC at 5 0 3 -4 I3 -I8 5 0 or visit www.aahc-pordand.org
Foxworth Names Assistant Chief
A P o rtla n d n a tiv e and
24-year veteran of the Portland
Police has been promoted to
Assistant C hief of Services,
becom ing the first A frican
American women to hold the
rank of assistant police chief for
the bureau.
C h ie f D errick Foxw orth
named Capt. Dorothy Elmore
to the position citing her leader-
shipability, commitment tocom-
munity policing, and drive tocon-
tinue to look for ways to im
prove the recruiting and training
of the most highly qualified po
lice officers.
Elmore, a m other o f two
children, serves as captain of
the personnel division. She will
become one o f three assistant
chiefs under Foxw orth, an
other Portland native and the
b u r e a u ’s s e c o n d A fric a n
Am erican chief.
As head of services. Elmore
will be responsible for the day-
to-day services of the bureau,
Capt. Dorothy Elmore
including internal affairs, per
sonnel, recruiting, training,
data processing and system s
m anagem ent. The other as
sistant chief positions carry
out responsibilities in law en
forcem ent operations and in
vestigations.
The promotion will be effec
tive Thursday, Oct. 6.
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