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Cannon Beach joins community conversation
Police chiefs,
residents
discuss how
to improve
interaction
now try to zero in on a can-
didate’s core, asking how a
candidate makes ethical deci-
sions and examples of when
the candidate has made such
decisions.
The answers, Ham said,
are deeply revealing.
In some cases, based on
these answers, they haven’t
hired someone who, other-
wise, earned high scores on
the other tests the departments
use to single out strong can-
didates, tests the departments
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used to rely on heavily.
And though diversity train-
Astoria Police Chief Brad Johnston, right, speaks during
the Lower Columbia Diversity Project’s “Cops and Com- ing is important, Johnston and
munity: A Local Perspective” discussion. Police on the pan- Workman pointed out that, as
el included Seaside Police Chief Dave Ham, Warrenton Po- social concerns go, the ques-
lice Chief Matt Workman and Cannon Beach Police Chief tion of how to best deal with
mental health issues tops the
Jason Schermerhorn.
list here, not racism. There are
Though Clatsop Coun- about the level of diversity next to no beds available for
ty police departments have at the various police depart- people who are experiencing a
not recently been involved ments. The chiefs admitted mental health crisis and need
in any racially-charged cas- that none of their departments a safe place to go, the chiefs
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this summer, a Clatskanie po- there are only a handful of tap when they have questions
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Marshall, who has lived in
ments while being debriefed the area since the late 1970s, Community policing
on the arrest of woman who pointed out that the county’s
Community policing is
had said she was being dis- demographics are changing not a new concept on the
criminated against. According rapidly. He and Klingerman coast, said Schermerhorn. It is
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has since retired — compared training at the departments.
currently do, and have done
black people to monkeys,
The chiefs said diversity in for some time, to varying ex-
sang “Dixie” and made mon- their departments remains a tents. This work goes beyond
key noises.
challenge. In small, rural de- simply keeping the peace. It
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ated in the questions members be hard to attract a wide range his or her time working with
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day night.
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makes for good police work ing neighborhood residents a
Diversity
evolves, however, they have chance to voice concerns in an
Astoria rsidents Andrew changed how they interview informal setting. It often looks
Marshall and Gladys Klinger- SRWHQWLDO RI¿FHU FDQGLGDWHV like getting out into the neigh-
man, the only two people of Ham said. His department, as borhoods, getting to know
color present at the talk, asked well as the other departments, people, being a trusted mem-
By Katie Wilson
EO Media Group
The North Coast is far
away from Ferguson, Mis-
souri, where protests shook
the St. Louis suburb last year
following the death of Mi-
chael Brown, an unarmed
black teenager who was shot
and killed by a white police
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The climate — socially,
culturally, environmentally
— is different here. So is the
history, the landscape and the
economics.
But in light of the Ferguson
shooting and other similar in-
cidents that have shaken the
nation, the Lower Columbia
Diversity Project saw a need
to address how police work
intersects with the community.
“Cops and Community: A
Local Perspective,” a discus-
sion Thursday night, Nov. 15,
at the Judge Guy Boyington
Building in Astoria, featured
a panel of local police chiefs:
Cannon Beach’s Jason Scher-
merhorn, Seaside’s Dave Ham,
Warrenton’s Matt Workman
and Astoria’s Brad Johnston.
Astoria City Councilor
Drew Herzig moderated the
discussion, asking the chiefs
to talk about “community po-
licing” and what programs or
policies they’ve implemented
to improve interactions with
the community. He asked
them to describe the challeng-
es they face in their distinct
communities.
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ber of the community.
Many times it is about
forging partnerships with oth-
er groups or agencies that are
better equipped to deal with the
underlying issues like mental
illness, substance abuse and
family strife, the chiefs said.
While local police might be
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domestic violence call, strong
partnerships with The Harbor,
an organization that helps vic-
tims of domestic violence and
sexual abuse, mean advocates
trained to get victims the legal
help and personal counseling
they need are often present,
too.
“In small cities like these,
you really have to rely on
one another and we currently
do every day of the week,”
Schermerhorn said.
Clatsop County law en-
forcement is in a good place
in many ways, the chiefs said.
“We do a have these — de-
cades-long in some places —
connections with our commu-
nity,” Johnston said.
But challenges remain. All
the police departments are
small and many struggle for
adequate funding. In recent
years, most have had to drop
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up in the middle of what has
likely been a long-term prob-
lem. By forging strong rela-
tionships with community
partners, police can be instru-
mental in solving some of
these long-term problems, but
ultimately, the chiefs said, this
is the community’s work.
These days, Johnston said,
police have to be everything to
all people. But often, he add-
ed, “We’re just Band-Aids.”
3:47 p.m. Third Street beach
access: driving while suspended,
revoked. A vehicle got stuck.
6:24 p.m. Monroe Street beach:
fireworks offense. Report of fire-
works on the beach. The officer
checked the area and was unable
to locate.
Sept. 29
7:01 p.m. Arcadia Beach: DUII.
Lindsey K. Erbes, 28, of Manzani-
ta, was arrested for DUII, reckless
driving, failure to drive within lane
and breath test refusal. After breath
test refusal, a search warrant was
written. The officer obtained blood
samples and Erbes was released to
a responsible person.
8:42 p.m. 1100 block of Spruce
Court: harassment. Report of ha-
rassing phone calls.
Sept. 30
5:27 p.m. 200 block of North
Hemlock Street: forgery, fraud. Re-
port of possible attempted fraud-
ulent used of a credit card. Officer
contacted the male who stated it
was his card and the card he had ac-
cidentally tried to use belonged to
an authorized user on his account.
The officer confiscated the card and
attempted to contact Capital One.
Oct. 9
10:29 p.m. 300 block of Elk
Creek Road: disturbance. Report of
intoxicated adults causing a noise
disturbance. The officer contacted
the group and warned for disorderly
conduct.
Oct. 10
4:05 p.m. Rock Court and Gow-
er Street: possession of metham-
phetamine. The officer contacted
James S. McDuffie, 47, of Cannon
Beach, for driving suspended and
after further investigation, arrest-
ed McDuffie for driving with a
suspended license, possession of
methamphetamine and possession
of Oxycodone.
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