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lune 13. 2012
Modern-Day Slavery
Reaching out
to help the
sexually
exploited
Members of Eastside Rotary
Clubs and its younger service club
representatives are combating
human trafficking, the so called
modern-day slavery where mostly
women and children are trapped
in commercial sexual exploitation.
The volunteers are flooding
Portland area hotels and motels
with thousands of small soap bars
labeled with a National Traffick
ing Hot-Line number, 1-888-3737-
888.
PHOTO BY M ARK W a SH IN G TO N /T h E PORTLAND OBSERVER
Trafficked victims can call that Soap bars labeled with a national trafficking hot-line number are
phone number for help from local flooding hotels and motels in an attempt to reach out to victims.
law enforcement to move them to
safety. Soap bars also may end up
traveling to other cities because
pimps often relocate their prosti
tuted victims (girls and boys aged
12-17) to major events that attract
large numbers of men.
Rotarians also have been ask
ing businesses, bowling alleys, bus
and train stations and truck stops
to display anti-trafficking posters.
And contact is also being made
with area schools to display post
ers there. There are also stickers
for display with the National Traf
ficking Hot Line number in public
restrooms and other suitable loca
tions.
A walk to end human traffick
ing was held on Saturday, down
town. The marchers wore orange
T-shirts carrying the End Human
Trafficking message and offered
resource information to passers-
by to learn more.
A n o th e r p u b lic o u tre a c h
event takes place when Pastini
restaurants at N ortheast 15th
and Broadw ay, and Southeast
20th and D ivision, donate half
the net proceeds from meals
when custom ers m ention Ro
tary or H um an T raffick in g
when taking dine-in or take
out orders on M onday, June 18
and T uesday, June 19.
Rotarians want to raise aware
ness, educate the public about the
commercial sexual exploitation of
women and children, and raise
funds to continue their outreach.
In the fall, the focus will be on
education, awareness and legisla
tion that may be introduced in the
Legislature or with local govern
ments.
Gunman Causes
PSU Lock Down
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An armed man police thought was
holed up in a parking garage at Port
land State University on Monday
morning is also a suspect in a bank
robbery Monday afternoon at Key
Bank on Northeast 102nd Avenue.
Police say David Chilton, 54,
robbed the bank at gunpoint and
stole acustomer's car after forcing her
to hand over her car keys and remove
her two children from the car.
At PSU, police said Chilton fled
into the garage after allegedly pull
ing the weapon from his pocket or
waistband when campus security
officials approached him and an
other man for loitering.
Officers rushed to the campus
and surrounded the garage.
But officers said Chilton was
gone when they searched the ga
rage.
Police Review
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An outside review o f seven
shootings by Portland police offic
ers found the biggest problem was
a breakdown in communications.
The Los Angeles-based Office
of Independent Review presented
findings W ednesday to the city
c o u n cil. T he stu d y c o v ered
shootings between 2004 and 2010.
The consultants recom m end
changes to address communication
gaps, excessive delays in getting
medical care to wounded suspects,
the failure of AR-15 rifle operators
to monitor radio talk, long waits to
interview involved officers, and a
reluctance by the training division
to second-guess officers’ actions.