Portland observer., August 03, 2022, Image 1

Ex Cop
Sentenced for
Wrongful Arrest
Black Resilience
Fund to Provide
Basic Income
Service ordered for
misconduct
Applications open to
Black community
see page 9
see page 2
PO QR code
Volume LII • Number 15
‘City
of
Roses’
www.portlandobserver.com
Wednesday • August 03, 2022
Committed to Cultural Diversity
Margret Carter speaking at the Dean’s Barbershop historical event
Black Landmark Recognized
Dean’s Salon and Barber
Shop Gets Historic
Acknowledgement
By Beverly Corbell
The Portland Observer
Dean’s Beauty Salon and Barber Shop,
the oldest Black-owned business in the en-
tire state, held a big party in late June to
celebrate a new distinction: It was selected
to be added to the National Register of His-
toric Places.
About 100 people came out on June
25 to celebrate, said owner Kim Brown,
granddaughter of the founders, Benjamin
and Mary “Rose” Dean.
“We played games, had speakers,
had dancers and there was dancing in
the streets,” Brown said. “It was like an
old-fashioned block party we had when I
was growing up.”
Brown’s grandparents moved to Port-
land from Alabama in 1944 as part of the
Great Migration, she said, and Ben accept-
ed a job as a welder at Kaiser Shipyards.
“A lot of soldiers were off to war and
their workforce was diminished, so a lot
of companies were sending people out
to Southern states to recruit,” Brown
said, “and he was one of hundreds of
Black men who came out here to work
in the shipyards.”
But her grandfather was interested in
Oregon even before he was recruited to
the shipyards, because the landscape was
so different from what he was used to, and
Continued on Page 4
Portland Police Hires New Recruits
PPB swears in the
largest class of
recruits in decades
Portland police just swore in 16 new of-
ficers, the biggest classes in 20 years, and
it’s looking for more.
Chief recruited Sgt. Trevor Tyler said
even though the city plans to fill 300 posi-
tions within the next three years, it’s still a
very selective process, with only about 10
percent passing the screening process.
That process starts with two things, a
desire to serve and high morals, he said.
“I can train hard skills, but I cannot
change attitude or ethics,” he said. “They
must have a high caliber of integrity and
a heart for service. It’s the biggest class of
recruits in two decades and I’m very thank-
ful we were able to pull that off.”
The Portland Police Bureau is consid-
ering recruits from three areas, brand new
officers, lateral hires who have three years
of experience, and support staff. All of the
new hires are new officers, he said.
More than 100 people applied for the
16 positions and with just under 800 on
staff now, the police bureau is looking to
fill a total of 200 police officers and 100
support staff.
Training for the new recruits is intense
Continued on Page 11
16 new recruits being sworn into the PPB