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Buck Williams Hired
metro area rivers are running dan
gerously for swimmers because o f
swift currents brought on by snow
melt in the Cascades.
Blazer Head Coach
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b rin g in g
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power forward Buck
Williams back to Port Cartoonist
land as an assistant Dies at 60
co ach . The a n John Callahan, a
nouncement comes P o rtlan d c a r
with the hiring o f two other veteran toonist and mu
w ho
coaches, Bemie Bickerstaffand Bob sician
stepped beyond the boundaries o f
Ociepka as Blazer assistants.
political correctness, to contribute
6 Drown in 3 Days
to nearly 100 newspapers and maga
A man drowned Monday night on zines, has died at age 60. A quad
the Sandy River, the sixth metro area riplegic since a traffic accident at
drowning in 3 days. Authorities say age 21, Callahan was also the author
luly 28. 2010
abused a licenses Portland massage
therapist four years ago during a
visit at a Portland hotel.
Week ¡n
The Review
Military Leak Risks Lives
o f 10 books.
Detectives Interview Gore
Portland detectives
interviewed former
Vice President A1
Gore this past week
in San Francisco, a
law e n fo rc e m e n t
source confirmed to
K.ATU. Police were following up
about allegations that he sexually
The top U.S. military officer says the
leakofU.S. military documents about
Afghanistan could put American
lives at risk. Adm. Mike Mullen, the
chairman o f the Joint Chiefs o f Staff,
told reporters in Baghdad Tuesday
that he was "appalled"
by the leak.
Ties Cut to BP CEO
BP's board has let Tony
Hayward go as chief
1
executive officer nearly 100 days
after the oil leak crisis in the G ulf o f
Mexico began. The gaffe-prone
Hayward will take a job at a BP
outpost in Russia, while collecting
an $ 18 million severance package.
Cannabis Café Moves
Portland’s first cannabis café has
opened in a new location at 322 S.E.
82nd Ave., after a short stint on
Northeast Dekum Street. The
café will be open to those en
rolled in the Oregon Medical
Marijuana Program who are also
members o f Oregon NORM L.
Police Update Racial Profiling Plan
Showing progress and work to do
In 2 0 0 9 , th e c ity re le a s e d its
T he P o r tl a n d O bserver
p lan to a d d re ss rac ial p ro filin g .
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it had m ad e so m e p ro g re s s, but p o lic e an d th e c o m m u n ity , and
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a b e tte r sc o p e o f th e issu e.
T h e c o m m itte e , c o m p o se d
o f b o th p o lic e an d c itize n m e m
b ers, re c e n tly h e a rd fro m A s
sista n t C h ie f L arry O ’D ea, a lso
a c o m m itte e m e m b e r, on w h a t
th e b u re a u h ad d o n e to c h a n g e
its h irin g p ra c tic e s to b rin g
g re a te r d iv e rs ity to it, le a v in g
u p d a te s on o th e r p o rtio n s o f
th e p la n fo r a la te r d ate.
T h e p la n c a lle d o n th e b u
re a u to h a v e 10 p e rc e n t o f its
n ew h ire s in 2 0 0 9 be e ith e r
w o m e n o r e th n ic m in o ritie s.
O ’D ea to ld th e c o m m itte e
th at 12.3 p e rc e n t o f n ew h ire s
w e re fe m a le , s u rp a s s in g th e
b u r e a u ’s g o al. H o w e v e r, o n ly
7.1 p e rc e n t o f n e w h ire s w ere
m inorities.
“ So w e d id m ak e so m e im
p ro v em e n ts in that tim e fra m e ,”
he said .
H e a lso re p o rte d th a t 4 0 p e r
cen t o f in d iv id u a ls w h o sig n e d
up fo r th e in itia l p o lic e e x am
w e re m in o ritie s , up fro m 26
p e rc e n t in 2 0 0 8 .
O ’D ea said th at the b u re a u
se n t re c ru ite rs d o w n to L o s
A n g e le s last F e b ru a ry to lo o k
fo r p o te n tia l h ires. P a st e ffo rts
h a d n ’t b een p a rtic u la rly f ru it
fu l, w ith c a n d id a te s re lu c ta n t
to u p ro o t th e m se lv e s. B ut th is
tim e w a s d iffe re n t, he sa id ,
b e c a u se o f th e p o o r e c o n o m y .
H e a ls o d e s c r i b e d o t h e r
c h a n g e s th e b u re a u h as m ad e
in its h irin g p o lic ie s a im e d at
re m o v in g b a rrie rs to m in o rity
a p p lic a n ts.
T he b u re a u o n c e re q u ire d
tw o y e a rs o f c o lle g e fo r all
a p p lic a n ts , b u t n o w a llo w s in
d iv id u a ls w h o ’v e h ad e x p e ri
e n c e w o rk in g fo r th e c ity , th e
m ilita ry , o r as a re s e rv e v o lu n
te e r to a p p ly .
Part o f the plan also calls for
expediting the background check
process, w hich so m etim es can
I ♦ r # I
take the b e tter part o f y e a r and
turn o f f potential ap p lican ts, ac
c o rd in g to O ’D ea. H e also said
that he w o u ld be co n su ltin g w ith
retired and cu rren t m in o rity p o
lice o fficers to see how the h ir
ing p ro cess co u ld be im proved.
W hen o th er co m m ittee m em
bers ask ed w h at the cu rren t ra
cial b rea k d o w n o f the p o lice
force is, he said he d id n ’t have
the n u m b ers on hand. H e also
noted that he w a sn ’t sure how
m an y hires the bu reau w ould
m ake since it is u n d er-fu n d ed by
p o lic e o ffic e rs . A ll th re e o f the
p o lic e m e m b e rs o f th e c o m
m itte e n o te d th a t its ra n k s are
v e ry d iv e rs e , a ttra c t c o m m u
n ity -m in d e d in d iv id u a ls , an d
c o u ld be a ric h so u rc e fo r fu
tu re p o lic e o ffic e rs .
“ A r e o c c u r r i n g th in g is
p e o p le w a n t to see P o rtla n d e rs
b o rn a n d ra is e d in P o rtla n d
b e c o m e p o lic e o f f ic e r s ,” he
said.
D u rin g th e p u b lic c o m m e n t
p e r io d , D a n H a n d e lm a n o f
P o rtla n d C o p w a tc h , sa id th at
Police Union Elects Turner
T he P o rtlan d p o lice u n io n has elected a 19-year v eteran
o ffice r as its n ext president.
D aryl T u rn er w ill also be the first b lack p resid en t to lead the
P o rtlan d P olice A sso ciatio n , rep resen tin g 9 5 0 p o lice officers.
H e spent 10 years on the u n ion's ex ecu tiv e board.
T he 5 1 -y ear-o ld T u rn er w o rk s the d ay sh ift at C entral
P recinct in the P ortland Police B ureau. H e p rev io u sly w o rk ed
in the drugs and vice division, training division and helped in gang
drug enfo rcem en t.
T u rn er is from N ew ark , N .J., and b eg an his career in law
en fo rcem en t in Ju ly 1991.
T he fo rm er union p resid en t, Sgt. Scott W esterm an , is facing
internal inv estig atio n fo r tw o ro ad -rag e e n co u n ters an d stepped
d o w n in A pril.
$2.5 m illion, but expected it to be
substantial b ecau se 87 o fficers
w illb e e lig ib le fo rre tire m e n tth is
sum m er.
“ W e ’ve g o t a g re a t list w e
w a n t to sta rt h irin g o f f o f, b u t
n eed to m ak e su re th e y ’re n o t
o v e r h irin g ,” he said .
T h e c o m m itte e a ls o d i s
c u sse d th e p o te n tia l o f r e c r u it
ing fro m th e P o lic e B u r e a u ’s
C a d e t p ro g ra m , w h ic h C o m
m a n d e r M ik e C re b s, a c o m
m itte e m e m b e rs, lik e n e d to “ a
b o y sc o u t p ro g ra m fo r p o lic e .”
C a d e ts ’ a g e s ra n g e fro m 16
th ro u g h 2 1 , a n d lea rn th e b a
sic s o f law e n fo rc e m e n t fro m
c o n v e r s a tio n th e c o m m itte e
w as h a v in g w a s in te re stin g , but
th e b u re a u w a s n ’t p u rs u in g its
o b je c tiv e s in o th e r k ey a re as.
H e n o te d th a t p o lic e C h ie f
M ik e R e e s e r e c e n tly h ir e d
P o r tla n d B u s in e s s A llia n c e
V ic e
P re s id e n t
M ik e
K u y k en d all to an a ssista n t c h ie f
jo b e a rlie r th is m o n th .
H is o r g a n iz a tio n a n d th e
A lb in a M in is te ria l A llia n c e , a
c o a litio n o f h is to ric a lly b lac k
c h u rc h e s , fa u lte d R e e s e fo r
h irin g K u y k e n d a ll w ith o u t an y
c o m m u n ity in p u t an d n o t hirin g
so m e o n e o f c o lo r fo r th e k ey
p o sitio n .