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Page A2 ^Jortlanò ffîbscrüer October 18. 2006 Steps to End Racial Profiling Wanted Recommendations / follow sessions bv S arah B lount T he P ortland O bserver Our policy is people. W hen we create our line o f products, we have one thing in mind, you: who you are. how you live, and what matters to you most. That's why A m erican Family Insurance offers you an array o f products that cater to your unique needs and lifestyles, and for less than you'd expect. W hether it’s home, auto, life, health, A follow -up to a series o f co m munity talks on racial profiling fo cuses on recom m endations to end the disparities found in traffic stops involving people o f color. A series o f listening sessions was launched last spring shortly after the Portland Police Bureau released data on traffic stops that found black and Latino drivers were more likely to be stopped than white drivers. On Thursday, Oct. 19at City Hall th e N o rth w e s t C o n s titu tio n a l Rights C enter, the social advocacy group O regon Action and police ch ief Rosie Sizer will present a full report with recom m endations for elim inating racial profiling, using inform ation com piled from the lis tening sessions. T h e rig h ts c e n te rg o t2 l Portland groups involved in their recom m en dations, including the C enter for Intercultural O rganizing, Sisters o f the Road, Portland Copw atch, The Asian Pacific American Network o f Oregon and the N ative A m erican Youth A ssociation. piioto bv I sai ah B oi ie TT he P ortland O bserv er Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer acknowledges the racial dispari ties o f traffic stops during a June 8 community listening session. A lejandro Queral, the cen ter's has declined offers to meet with the executive director, hopes the City com m unity groups. Council will appoint a group to act O ther recom m endations call for upon the six recom m endations, com m unity organizations to im ple w hich call for the police bureau to ment theirow n education programs develop a plan to elim inate racial on attitudes and behavior appro profi ling no later than Jan. 2007 and priate during traffic and pedestrian to collect and analyze data on indi stops, and to assist individuals with vidual traffic and pedestrian stops. filing com plaints against officers T h ere’s been som e controversy they believe have treated them in over recom m endations to collect appropriately, so that a w ritten traffic-stop data on individual o f record is developed and incidents ficers. Also, Portland's police union are investigated. or com m ercial insurance, o u r know ledgeable and esponsive agents will give you Grand Jury Clears Police complete inform ation so that you can make the right decisions for you, your family or your business. A M ultnomahCounty Grand Jury cleared Portland police Tuesday o f any wrongdoing in the death o f a mentally ill man w ho died in a patrol car on his way to the hospital after a scuffle with officers, downtown. Jam es C hasse, 42, died Sept. 17 from blunt force traum a to the chest. A state medical exam iner declared the death accidental. The autopsy found C hasse had 17 broken ribs, a punctured lung and internal bleed ing. His family and some PhillipChasse w itnesses said they be lieve pol ice used ex ces sive force. Police said he was com bative and tried to bite them. G rand ju ry sessions are secret under Oregon law, attended only by the district attorney and w itnesses. Diversity Classes for Lawyers Suspended Am erican Fam ily M utual Insurance C om pany a nd its Subsidiaries **>/” »• »> m m w wr sarpj AMERICAN FAMILY n w am tam com C i* » ■ l.'B H I » V M ■ 0037312«? <-4/06 All yuur protochon under one ro o ! 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