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PHOTO B1! B U I
Standing with Teachers
Students from Jefferson High School in north Portland take to the
streets on Friday to support teachers and avert a strike in their
contract negotiations with the Portland School District. The students
also demanded an end to school closures based on racist policies.
M an Im p o sin g as P olice O fficer
Woman stopped
and money stolen
from purse
The Portland Police Bureau is
making the public aware of an inci­
dent where a man posing as an un-
dercover police officer stopped a
woman and searched her car.
On Sunday, at about 1 ;30 a.m.,
the 33-year-old woman stopped at
the Plaid Pantry convenience store
located at Southeast Grand Avenue
and East Burnside Street. After she
drove out of the parking lot, she
noticed that she was being followed,
The victim told police that the driver
following her was flashing his head-
lights and using a phone with a
flashing white and possibly blue
light.
Police said she drove to the area
of North Vancouver Avenue and
Ainsworth Street near a friend's
The Portland Police Bureau
house, stopped, and got out to con­ would like to rem ind com m unity
front the driver.
m em bers that officers perform ing
When the man car got out of his traffic stops w ould very rarely be
car, he flashed a badge in a wallet at
her and identified himself as an un­
dercover police officer. The woman
said he told her that he saw her
talking to a drug dealer outside of
Plaid Pantry and then asked to search
her car, which she allowed him to do.
She watched the man search her car
and appear to put something into
his pocket.
Police said when she asked the
man for his business card, he did not
provide it, and drove away. The
victim then noticed that she was
missing a small amount of money
from her purse.
The suspect is described as a
white male, 40 to 50 years old, short-
in-stature with a skinny build.
The vehicle was described as a
white 1990s Buick.
in a vehicle without clear police
m arkings or official lights. All
police officers encountering the
public will have a badge and a
photo ID from the issuing agency
identifying them selves as sworn
police officers.
Community members suspecting
that someone is impersonating a
police officer should immediately
caU 9-1-1.
Anyone with information about
this case is asked to provide it to
crimetips@ portlandoregon.gov.
WE CAN AIT MAKE A
.COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION
R emembering
Martin Luther
King, J r
New Affordable Housing Funding
In an effort to rehabilitate, pre­
serve, or develop housing that
helps solve the unmet needs of
people in Portland, the Portland
H ousing B ureau T uesd ay a n ­
nounced the release o f a 2013
Affordable Renting Housing O p­
portunity Fund.
Officials say there will be a total
o f $7.4 m illion available. Propos­
als m ust dedicate at least 51 per­
cent o f the total project units for
low and m oderate incom e hous­
ing up to 80 percent or less o f area
m edian fam ily income. A pplica­
tions must also include strong
com ponents focused on contract­
in g fo r m in o r ity , w o m e n -
owned, and em erging small busi­
n esses.
The first review of proposals
begins on Feb. 10. The Housing
Bureau will accept applications
until all funds have been either
com m itted or curtailed.
An inform ation session on the
new Opportunity Fund will be held
T hursday, Jan. 23 at the Portland
Housing Bureau offices, located
at 421 S. W. Sixth Ave., Suite.500,
in the Steel Conference Room,
from noon to 1:30 pm.
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