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The Portland Observer
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With the Oregon Historical Society’s new exhibit ‘Racing for Change, Oregon’s Civil Rights Years’ as a backdrop, Portland Police Chief
Danielle Outlaw (right) takes the oath of office Monday from retired Portland Police Officer Carmen Sylvester, the first African American
female officer to be hired by the city in 1973.
With Honor and Integrity
C ontinueD from f ront
placement still lurks in the under-
current of a very progressive city,”
she said. “If we are to be effective,
we must first seek to listen and un-
derstand the perspective of those
who differ from ourselves.”
Outlaw emphasized the integral
role law enforcement must play in
the preservation of civil rights for
the future, promising even more
transparency, and the use of de-es-
calation techniques as a priority in
police training.
“I will carry out my duties to the
best of my ability each and every
day and it will be done with grace,
with mercy, with kindness, com-
passion, with courage, with honor
and integrity,” she said.
The swearing-in ceremony also
included educators, entrepreneurs,
business owners, public sector rep-
resentatives, community organiz-
ers, advocates, legislators, union
representatives and the media.
A former assistant police chief
from Oakland, Calif., Outlaw was
introduced by Mayor Ted Wheeler
during the ceremony. The may-
or emphasized that the new chief
“was picked not because she was a
woman, not because she is black,
but because she was the best candi-
date for the job.”
Wheeler said he plans to part-
ner with Outlaw to create an ac-
countable and transparent police
bureau, aligned with community
policing principles from former
President Obama’s Task Force
on 21st Century Policing. “I trust
that she will become… some-
body who will work with us as a
community to improve police and
foster meaningful and trusting re-
lationships between the police bu-
reau and the community that the
bureau serves. Her success is our
success,” Wheeler said.