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August 28, 2019
Cops Want School Kids to be Safe
The Portland Police Bureau
wants kids to be safe as they return
to school this week and through-
out the year.
As part of its “Back to School”
safety campaign, officers from the
Traffic Division and Youth Ser-
vices Division are out welcom-
ing students on the opening days
of school and highlighting traffic
safety around schools.
The Portland Police Bureau
Youth Services Division, Traffic
Division and precinct patrol offi-
cers will provide a highly visible
police presence in and around lo-
cal schools in the next few days
and weeks to enforce traffic laws
to reduce the number of crashes in
school zones and to create a safe
environment for students return-
ing to school.
Emphasis will be placed on
traffic safety and traffic educa-
tion for the students, bicyclists
and drivers of motorized vehicles
during the morning hours when
students arrive at their schools and
in the afternoon hours when the
schools dismiss their students.
Please remember if you’re driv-
ing, obey the 20 mph speed limit
in school zones; be vigilant about
children crossing the street and re-
mind kids to be aware of their sur-
photo Courtesy of p ortlanD p oliCe b ureau .
roundings and never walk while
Sgt.
Israel
Hill
of
the
Portland
Police Bureau’s North Precinct gets
texting, with headphones on, or
a
fist
bump
from
a
young
resident
on his way to school.
talking on the phone.
The
Week
in
Review
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The Oregon Harbor of Hope
navigation center, a new homeless
shelter on Naito Parkway at the
Broadway Bridge, celebrated its
grand opening Monday. Taking an
empty plot of land and turning it
into a shelter and resource center
to rehabilitate people living on the
streets was a project led by Portland
business leader Homer Williams.
“We have in our own city our own
humanitarian crisis,” he said.
Amazon Expands Workforce
Amazon says it will double the
size of its Portland operations by
adding 400 jobs. The giant online
retailer has added 3,500 jobs in
Oregon this decade, most of them
in warehouses, since it paid $296
million for the Portland startup
Elementary Technology in 2015.
Arrested for Fires on Bluff
A 38-year-old
woman was
arrested last
week
after
authorities say
she set four
brush
fires
on the bluff
just below the
University of Portland in north
Portland. No one was injured in the
fires and flames were about 50 feet
away from the closest university
building, according to Portland
Fire & Rescue.
Store Cleared of Rodents
A Dollar Tree store in northeast
Portland was temporarily closed
last week because of a rodent
infestation. KGW found ripped
food packaging, chewed food
labels, rodent feces on shelves
and even a dead mouse inside
the Lloyd district store. Store
managers closed the business to
clean up the property and said
most, if not all the food inventory
will be thrown out.
Support for Grocery Workers
Community members and worker
advocates delivered thousands
of petition signatures to Fred
Meyer’s corporate headquarters
in Portland Friday as part of an
AFL-CIO campaign to fix the
wage gap between women and
men. The advocates say women
are currently twice as likely to
be placed onto a lower paying
schedule than men upon hire at
Fred Meyer stores.
Rape Kit Leads to Arrest
A grand jury last week indicted
Donnie Michael Willis Jr., 52,
for allegedly raping and sexually
abusing a 31 year old female in
2007. It was the ninth case to be
prosecuted under the Multnomah
County District Attorney’s Sexual
Assault Kit Backlog Elimination
Project.
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