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New Look for Portland Police Cars
Bureau wants to
present a
modem image
Portland had a new design for
its police patrol vehicles chang
ing from m ostly white colors to
nearly solid blue.
The process of redesigning the
look started earlier this year and
dozens of designs were considered.
The current design started with
the 1991 C hevrolet Caprice. The
2011 Portland Police cars will be
Ford Crown V ictoria's but the
Bureau is continuing to look at
the new C h e v ro le t C a p ric e s,
Dodge C hargers, and the Ford
Interceptor, which is based on the
Ford Taurus.
Each year, a percentage of Port
land Police patrol cars are rotated
out of service and sold at auction.
The cars are retired after five years
of service and some parts are re
cycled into the new replacement
cars - mainly radios, mobile data
The new design for Portland police cars are nearly solid blue with the slogan 'Sworn to protect. Dedicated to serve.'
computer and some lighting equip-
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The new cars will be solid blue
with white wrapped doors. On the
doors are the words "Portland Po-
lice and below them is the slogan
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tween the words "protect" and
crim e inform ation, and to engage
with people in the social m edia
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vehicle, but we also wanted to give
a nod to our past. Many officers
have told me that they have always
been proud to be a part of that
sentiment and it clearly articulates
our belief in how we want to serve
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community.
On the rear quarter-panel is the
The slogan, "Sworn to Protect,
official Tw itter handle of the Port- Dedicated to Serve." was coined by
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Food Drive Nets 1.4 Million Pounds
e ffo rt in v o lv in g th o u san d s o f
volunteers who unload trucks at
every post office, box the food
In ju st one day, letter carriers g e n c y fo o d p a n tr ie s , th e $107,000.
and load it onto donated semis for
from Portland, V ancouver and Oregon Food Bank announced
"W hat our letter carriers do on
delivery to the regional food banks
across Oregon collected 1.4 mil- Friday.
this one day is am azing," said
and food pantries.
lion pounds of nonpenshable food
In addition, the May 14 L etter Rachel Bristol, CEO, Oregon Food
Bristol also thanked the postal
from postal custom ers for em er- Carriers Food Drive raised a record Bank. "This is truly a com m unity
custom ers who donated for the
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drive.
A lthough the letter carriers
food drive remains the largest one-
day food drive in the nation, the
am ount o f food raised in Oregon
and southwest W ashington didn't
match last year's record 1.7 million
pounds.
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