Michael Kralicek, 33, was shotthree days after Christmas 2004by a handcuffed man suspected ofstealing a beer keg.

Other officers killed MichaelMadonna, 39, after police say hefired the bullet that shatteredKralicek’s jaw, severed his carotidartery and broke into fragmentsin his spine, leaving him partiallyparalyzed.

Carrie Kralicek and represen-tatives of the Fraternal Order ofPolice, a support group for lawenforcement, say they are nowcampaigning for better assistancefor injured law officers like herhusband.

Carrie Kralicek says she’sfought with the Idaho StateInsurance Fund over everythingfrom aspirin prescriptions to get-ting more in-home help.

“I was nickel and dimed overeverything,” Carrie Kralicek toldthe Spokesman-Review newspa-per. “It was absolutely horrible.It’s not like he busted a knee cap.It’s 10 times worse.”

Carrie Kralicek didn’t say ifshe was working with any ofIdaho’s lawmakers on legislationto boost aid to injured police.

Attempts by The AssociatedPress to reach Idaho State

Insurance Fundofficials for com-ment weren’timmediately successful.

For the pastyear, the city has paid the differencebetween stateworker’s com-pensation insur-ance and MichaelKralicek’s salaryas he does hoursof grueling reha-bilitation. Hesays he wants toget back as much of his old life as he can.

Before the shooting, he was anathlete who lifted weights regularly.

Now, after seven months ofworking with a physical therapist,he’s finally taking short walks. It’sbeen a struggle, he said.

His biggest challenge? “It’sconfidence,” he said. “I keepthinking I’m going to fall over.”

He was welcomed home froma rehabilitation hospital inDenver last summer and wasnamed grand marshal of thisnorthern Idaho resort city’sFourth of July Parade.

Still, the family has beenunhappy with his treatment by state and local officials theysay should be more responsiveto his needs. The situation has improved, Carrie Kraliceksaid, but only after media coverage.

A new challenge is looming:On January 1st, Michael Kralicekwas classified for insurance pur-poses as permanently disabled,allowing him to collect federaland state benefits. But that alsomeans he’ll lose his job and relat-ed benefits.

Carrie Kralicek is upset thather hus-band andotherinjuredlaw offi-cers have a limitedtime torehabili-tate beforebeingstripped of theiremploy-ment.

She says theseconcerns -and thefinancial

struggle that has gripped the fam-ily following Michael Kralicek’sinjuries - have convinced hermore needs to be done to protectlaw officers in Idaho after they’vebeen wounded.

She’s working with BradLandes, national trustee of theIdaho Chapter of the FraternalOrder of Police, to boost supportfor people like her husband. APennsylvania labor attorney haschipped in his services for free,she said.

“Before it was about a fight for Mike,” Carrie Kralicek said.“Now it’s grown beyond that.”

The Portland Police Association • Maintaining the vigil since 1942

Volume 37

Number 2

February, 2006

IInn tthhiiss iissssuuee:: Lessons Learned p.4 || Erin’s Project p.6 || Moral Chasm p.7 ||End of a Career p.8 || More police = less crime p. 10 ||

Arbritrator reverses Scott McCollister’s suspension, and orders that he be made whole.January 19, 2006, we learned Arbitrator John Truesdaleupheld the PPA’s grievance challenging Officer ScottMcCollister’s 900-hour suspension. The arbitrator orderedthat the City of Portland reverse the suspension, makeOfficer McCollister whole for all lost wages and benefits,and pay interest on the award.On May 5, 2003 Officer McCollister assisted at a trafficstop on Skidmore Street, near Interstate Avenue. The stopled to McCollister and other officers attempting to arrestKendra James. During the course of the arrest, Ms. Jamesbecame a threat of death to Officer McCollister, andOfficer McCollister defended himself.As a result of this incident, the police bureau imposed an unprecedented 900 hour suspension on OfficerMcCollister. We objected to the suspension and stood byOfficer McCollister, filing a grievance on his behalf and tak-ing his case to arbitration. At the close of the arbitration, Truesdale stated, “The strik-ing thing about this case is the disconnect between then-Chief Kroeker’s decision-making process and the true factsof this situation.”The Arbitrator based his decision on the following:•The arbitrator found that the Review Level Committee

(made up of then-assistant chiefs Berg, Foxworth, andKirkland) did not communicate to Chief Kroeker certaincritical evidence—that Officer McCollister’s trainersthought he violated no bureau rules or bureau training.

•“There can be no doubt that if Officer McCollister had stood aside and allowed Kendra James to go, andshe had run a red light or a stop sign and caused anaccident, the city would have been subject to grave liability and Officer McCollister could have faced justifi-able discipline.”

•The city did not “conduct a complete investigation” and was not “in possession of all the facts” before it disciplined Officer McCollister.

•Officer McCollister’s conduct was “in complete confor-mance with the Bureau’s policies in terms of force, escalation and de-escalation of the use of force, and the appropriate use of deadly force.”

•Kendra James “wrote the script for this incident.”•The record established that “for whatever reason,”

the city engaged in “an extraordinarily quick rush to judgment.”

At the end of the arbitration, the arbitrator, John C.Truesdale Esq., concluded, “the city did not have justcause to suspend Officer

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP)

Officer’s wifecampaigns formore support forinjured policeThe wife of a northern Idaho police officer shot in theface a year ago wants to improve support services forlaw enforcement agents injured in the line of duty.

Coeuer D’Alene police officerMike Kralicek’s line-of-duty injury lead his wife to campaignfor more support.

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President’s Message by President Robert J. King

Arbitratorreverses 900 hour suspension

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“I am working with ChiefDerrick Foxworth to ensure that community policingbecomes a priority for everyperson in the Portland PoliceBureau. Despite what you seeevery night just before turningoff the television news, crime isdown 8 percent in Portland.That is always welcome news,but it is also only a start.

“We will require our officersto fully engage the community,their true partners, in makingour streets safer by workingtogether and listening to thewisdom and experience in ourneighborhoods.

“In the next 18 months, ChiefFoxworth and I will requirecommunity policing practices bea key part of the job descriptionof every Bureau employee - andno officer will be promotedwithout a proven commitmentto them.

“Community policing will beintegrated into annual, in-serv-ice training, the advanced acade-my and field training. We willestablish an Office of ProfessionalStandards which will not onlyassist officers – but hold themaccountable as well.

“The Chief has embarked onan accreditation process toensure the police are using bestpractices and standards fromaround the country, and we willmake the police more diverse.

“And perhaps most importantto our community, precinctswill once again be open at nightand on weekends, times whenthe community often needs us most.

“And let me scotch a rumor,again – Chief Foxworth willcontinue to be the Chief ofPolice. Period.”

I just don’t get it. I read thisstuff and I get angry. What itsays to me is that nobody in thisorganization is engaged in com-

munity policing, believes incommunity policing or is quali-fied for their promoted positionbecause they haven’t “proven”that they are committed to com-munity policing. Further, itimplies that we aren’t heldaccountable and that the waywe do things isn’t the best in the country.

It’s very frustrating to readthese statements because when I look around, I see people bust-ing their ass to make Portland’sneighborhoods better. I see peo-ple putting in 20 hour days dedi-cated to putting violent crimi-nals behind bars. I see officersusing creative methods to solveproblems in their districts. I seeofficers working with communi-ty members to cooperativelysolve problems and, in the spiritof community policing, preventproblems.

I see officers displayingintegrity, compassion, accounta-bility, respect, excellence andservice each and every day.They aren’t reciting these wordsto pass some sort of test. Theyare living the meanings:IInntteeggrriittyy - Firm adherence to a code of especially moral orartistic values.CCoommppaassssiioonn - Sympathetic consciousness of others’ distresstogether with a desire to allevi-ate it.AAccccoouunnttaabbiilliittyy - An obligationor willingness to accept respon-sibility or to account for one’sactions.RReessppeecctt - An act of giving particular attention to someoneor something.EExxcceelllleennccee - Very good of itskind: Eminently good.SSeerrvviiccee - Contribution to thewelfare of others.

Portland Police officers aresome of the best in the nation.

Portland Police officers are com-mitted to community policingbecause they are out in theneighborhoods, working withpeople to make their neighbor-hoods safer and more livable.Portland Police officers do morethan talk about it, they showtheir commitment to communi-ty policing by getting theirhands dirty and doing the work.

Portland Police officersdeserve overt support from theMayor and they are not getting it.

The “new-look” Rap Sheet

The Rap Sheet has undergonea facelift and hopefully you’llenjoy the changes. Beginningwith this issue, The Rap Sheet isproduced in-house at the PPAoffice. Producing The Rap Sheetout of our office allows for a little more deadline flexibilityand better control over the endresults.

With a new look, I want toappeal to those of you who havethought about writing for TheRap Sheet. Now is the time. Putyour thoughts on paper and sendthem over. The Rap Sheet is inits 37th year of publication andis published for the officers ofthe Portland Police Bureau.

My hope is that someonefrom each and every divisionwill step up and begin writingstories for The Rap Sheet. Weneed to get the good storiesabout what we are doing out tothe public, and The Rap Sheet isone avenue to do this.

Each one of us knows thatthere is a tremendous amount ofquality work happening aroundus. Some great, funny storiesflow at roll calls and coffeestops. Put those in ink (the onesthat can be told) and share themwith a wider audience.

“This publication will be dedicated, therefore, to the principles ofobjective reporting and freedom of expression which we believeare both fundamental to the operation of a democratic organiza-tion and to the free society we are sworn to protect.”

James Fleming, former Rap Sheet editorDecember, 1970, Vol I, Issue I

Editor’sby Detective Peter Simpson

Statement Tactical Operations Division

Potter’s “State of the City”Where is the support?Below are the excerpts from the Mayor’s “State of theCity” address. Can you find any statement that could beconstrued as support for what Portland Police officersare doing on a daily basis?

Portland Police Association President Detective Robert King

Secretary- Sergeant Mitch CoppTreasurer

Editor Detective Peter Simpson Subscriptions Laurie Keller503.225.9755 503.225.9760

Advertising Kerri Simpson Design/ Susan AndersonDirector 503.225.9755 Production 503.225.9758

The Rap Sheet is the official monthly publication of the Portland Police Association.The Rap Sheet is the only publication of its kind that represents the interests of men andwomen working in law enforcement in Portland. Subscription rate is $20 per year.Email copy submissions to the editor at editor@ppavigil.org. The Rap Sheet office islocated at 1313 NW 19th, Portland, OR 97209. Phone 503.225.9760. Articles appearingunder an author’s byline do not necessarily represent the opinion of the PPA.Advertising and editorial submissions are due the first Friday of every month prior topublication.

e-mail editor@ppavigil.org web page www.ppavigil.org

Advertising 503.225.9756 Editorial fax 503.225.1158fax

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Robert King President 503-323-6015

Mitch Copp Secretary-Treasurer 503-323-9349

Scott Westerman VP-Central Precinct 503-237-0568

Kevin Warren VP-Dets./Criminalists 503-795-2422

Bob Miller VP-SE Precinct 503-237-3534

Craig Morgan VP-East Precinct 503-237-3474

Bob Foesch VP-NE Precinct 503-940-0098

Doug Justus VP-North Precinct 503-323-5053

Bryan Parman VP-Sergeants 503-823-0348

Tom Perkins VP-Services 503-920-5430

Peter Simpson VP-Services 503-237-1650

Mark Chamberlain VP-Traffic Division 503-323-9363

Daryl Turner VP-At Large 503-940-0059

Tony Christensen Safety Committee 503-250-7887

Gary Manougian Safety Committee 503-250-5169

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P.A.R.T. is a group of officers who are recovering alcoholics in the PortlandPolice Bureau. We are made up of various ranks and come from various divi-sions of the Bureau. Our mission is to help alcoholics in the Law Enforcementcommunity and their families achieve and maintain sobriety. We adhere to anethical responsibility of confidentiality, which is a promise to an officer toreveal nothing about his or her circumstance to any other Bureau member.

P.A.R.T. members

Officer Ed Riddell NE 503.920.6781 (pgr) 503.823.5700 (wk)

Officer Rob Hawkins Tri-Met 503.920.1728 (pgr) 503.962.7566 (wk)

Sergeant Dave Grady LOS 503.790.7929 (pgr)

Captain Marty Rowley ID 503.301.5033 (pgr) 503.823.0721 (wk)

Officer Jimmy Lee SE 503.955.1229 (pgr) 503.823.3143 (wk)

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Volume 37

Number 2

February, 2006

The City's Bureau ofTransportation and the BenefitsOffice are offering companion12-week Health LivingPrograms beginning mid-February. The programs willhelp you develop, or reinforce,positive steps employees make

in weight management, exerciseand healthy lifestyle changes.

The popular "Trim the Fat"weight management programreturns to help you achieve yourweight management goals. Thecost of the program is $25.00and will include blood pressure,

weight and body fat testing, program materials, speakers, and prizes.

Early online enrollment isencouraged and begins February1, 2006. Paper enrollment formsalso will be distributed.

Testing for the “Trim the Fat”program will be held Tuesday,February 21, at the PPA officefrom 2:30 to 4:30 pm. This test-ing session’s availibility is limit-ed to current PPA members.

Check www.ppavigil.org formore information.

2006 CityWide Healthy Living Programs “Trim the Fat” and “Ten Toe Express”

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In November of 2005, NorthPrecinct command staff began aquarterly award program calledthe North Precinct EmployeeAchievement Award. The firstrecipient of this award is newlypromoted Sgt. Liani Reyna, AKA“the stolen car magnet”.

At 36 years of age, Sgt. Reynahas been with the PPB for twelveyears and at North Precinct forthe last four.

Sgt. Reyna can relate to theadversity experienced by stolen carvictims because on her first day inPortland, her car was stolen “witheverything in it.” Sgt. Reynaexplained, “People need them towork and for daily functions. It’simportant to return cars.” Andreturn them she does. In 2005, shehas recovered over 38 vehicles andaverages one recovery a week.

Once promoted to sergeant inOctober, Commander Madisonrequested that she stay at NorthPrecinct. The Commander said,“She has a good memory and agood nose for police work”, thenadded, “When there’s a stolen carmentioned at roll call, it’s like‘let’s see if we can get therebefore Liani does.’”

With her strong work ethic,tactical skills and knowledge ofher district, she is certain to be apowerful, positive addition to theNorth Precinct command staff.

Commander Madison alsowants to recognize a number of officers, sergeants and lieu-tenants who have left NorthPrecinct for their contributionsand hard work. Their names and length of service at Northfollow:

Lt. Dave Famous3/25/04 - 10/19/05Officer Todd Christensen3/16/00 - 6/29/05Lt. Keith Morse12/20/02 - 11/17/04Sgt. Michael Barkley4/10/03 - 10/19/05Officer Stephen Endicott7/5/01 - 4/20/05Sgt. Patrick Walsh12/20/02 - 11/17/04Officer Cliff Bacigalupi3/19/98 - 3/23/05Sgt. Kim Keist10/25/01 - 10/19/05Officer Robert Foster10/14/99 - 9/21/05Sgt. Timothy Sessions9/25/03 - 10/19/05Officer Jason Harris12/20/01 - 10/19/05Sgt. Frank Gorgone4/25/02 - 8/24/05

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Editor’s Note: This poem was given to Sgt. DarrenRoeser by Mrs. Ruth just before Christmas.The ForceThere you are dressed in black and blue,Our protectors, that’s you.May God Protect you as you strive to do right,May there always be sunshine in the darkest night.I salute you, we’re in a safer place,And its always pleasant to see your face.

Ruby RuthLebanon, Oregon

No gravy train for disabled officersI am writing in response to Dick Morris’ letter

of last month about disabled officers paying forunion dues.

I have been off for a long time on a medicaland am trying to think of one thing the union hasdone for me over the last almost 20 years as a dis-abled police officer. Sure they negotiate a raise foreveryone but it’s never taken into considerationwhen we as disabled folks get or don’t get retrosince it works different in our system. I canremember several times giving up retro monies ofup to like 6 months before because contracts arenever done on time and we wait on arbitrators.Great if you’re working the street, not so great ifyou’re off on disability.

A lot of you guys out there think that being onthe old plan is gravy. Try raising 2 children upthrough high school and now off to college whenthey turn 18 and your pay gets cut the day they hit18 years of age big time.

I have had to put my wife back to work just toget health insurance as I could no longer afford itand keep up our lifestyle which is not much onwhat we get. Her job now pays for Kaiser healthinsurance for all of us in the family minus co paysand such. To buy it through the city would be closeto $1000 a month. Add that to a few Rx’s a monthand it adds up.

Be careful out there. I was making more money20 years ago than I am today at times with over-time. Being off on disability is not fun financially atall. If I had been smart and wish a lot of youyounger folks would be, I would have taken out aseparate disability insurance policy. Especially inthis day and age. That’s the only way you will evenstay near the living standard you are at now.

I have no objection to paying union dues if thoseof us that are disabled are receiving something for itbut I have never heard anyone or anything writtendown even talking about our end of things.

Keep your heads down out there!Mike LindseyPPB/Med Ret.Mlind222@comcast.net

Letters

PPA MembersPlan to attend the next

General Meeting

WWeeddnneessddaayy,, MMaarrcc hh 1155

7pm at the Metro Police Club

located at 618 SE Alder Street

by Juanita DowningNorth Precinct Volunteer

Commander Madison commends North Precinct staff

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Most officers who have beenon the street for a few monthshave had minor incidents accel-erate into big deals when a sus-pect went ballistic. So I make nojudgment on what happened inthis case. But it reminded me ofother incidents in which a per-son with a bit of authority wasdetermined to exercise his orher importance in an arbitraryexercise of enforcing the “rules”.

I first became aware of thischaracteristic shortly after theCity of Portland began its“Meter Maid” program. The newagency was to enforce parkingregulations thereby allowingpolice officers to attend to“more important police duties.”Not long after the Meter Maidsbegan their work, I noticed aclearly marked Fire Bureausedan in a downtown loadingzone with a parking tag on itswindshield. That seemed to be avery odd enforcement decision.

Over the years since then, Ihave noticed others with limitedauthority that seem eager toassert themselves in matters thatseem trivial. Quite often theyare people working in local gov-ernment who deal with thepublic, such as office workerswith the job of issuing permitsor licenses. But private enter-prise also has its champions ofthe trivial. When will employ-ees be allowed to take restbreaks? When will people on awaiting list be accommodated? –Not until 6:00 PM. But it maybe 6:20 before the one in chargegets around to opening the list.

Now all of this came back tome when I decided to buy myson, Bob, a Tri-Met bus pass forChristmas. He could thenexpand his job search to the faroff markets of Hillsboro andGresham. The Tri-Met websiteshowed that a pass for one yearwould be somewhere in excess

of $800. A bit more than I want-ed to spend. So I ordered, Ithought, a pass for six months.

Bob wrote an email to thankme for my generous gift, butsaid that Tri-Met sent him sixone-month passes for the monthof December. When he calledTri-Met he was told that Iwould have to deal with thematter since the transaction wason my credit card.

I called Tri-Met, explainedthe situation, and was told Iwould have to call their salesoffice. Then I was warned that Iwould probably be asked toleave a number so they couldcall me back.

The sales office has their ownversion of “call-stacking”. Itworks this way: the call ispicked up by an answeringmachine. The recorded voicesaid that incoming calls arechecked hourly, and that I couldexpect a return call in the fol-lowing hour. My call was madebefore 11:00 AM, so I remainedclose to the phone. But by 12:00PM my phone remained silent.Then, about 12:15 Tri-Met salesdid call back!

It was a pleasant conversa-tion. Bob was to retain one passand return the other five. Myaccount would be reimbursed

for those five. Then each month,Bob is to call Tri-Met and orderanother month’s bus pass, and itwill be billed to my credit card. Anice young lady. Extra fussingaround. Just company policy.

In police work we deal withmany serious issues which prob-ably give us a different perspec-tive of the importance of trivialmatters and procedures. I stillregret a decision I made as a ser-geant working in East Precinct.A District Car called for a ser-geant at a home in the Sellwoodarea where an elderly womanhad not been seen and did notanswer her telephone. I arrivedand authorized a forced entry.

There she was. A grandmoth-erly woman seated in her com-fortable chair with knitting inher lap, She was in front of asoftly running TV, looking as ifshe had just gone to sleep. Itwas a peaceful death. Then herson arrived. He was the onewho called the police. In fullauthority of the death scene, Itold him that we couldn’t letanyone in until the coronerarrived. A good man; he said heunderstood. To this day, I wish Ihad said, “Come in and say

goodbye to your mom.” It wasnot a big deal homicide scene.

Police officers must deal witha whole spectrum of humanproblems ranging from parkingviolations to violent deaths.Hopefully, experience will giveus a rational perspective in deci-sion making.Lessons Learned:

1. People with little authority arelikely to be inflexible in theexercise of their position.

2. Life and death police workevents give a sense of whatissues are truly important inour community. This viewmay not be shared by others.

3. Don’t sweat the small stuff.

4. Call-stacking is not unique tothe police service, but isunderstandably disliked by the powerless public.

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Lessons Learned by Captain Jim Harvey, Retired

The exercise of authorityHe was arrested recently in Atlanta, Georgia. Accordingto the Associated Press, Donald Pirone, 42, was hand-cuffed and subsequently cited on November 30, 2005 byTransit Police for violation of a 1992 state law by sellinga $1.75 subway token to another rider who was havingtrouble with a token vending machine. It was acknowl-edged by the Transit Authority that Pirone sold thetoken at face value and made no profit.

Treasurer’sby Secretary-Treasurer

Report Sergeant Mitch Copp

Roles of reps in disciplinary settings

Since the trend in this organization seems to be increased internalinvestigations, here are some basics related to your role and the role ofyour union rep in a disciplinary setting.

Always contact a union rep when notified of an upcoming discipli-nary interview. Whether listed as a witness or a suspect, it’s impera-tive to have a rep with you when interviewed. Give the rep as muchadvance notice as possible. If the case involves several members, or isof a serious nature, limit the number of reps to two so those reps arefamiliar with the details of your specific case and each have a broadoverview of the case.

In the days preceding the interview, make sure you obtain a copyof any police reports related to the case. Don’t wait until you are atIAD to review the reports.

If you feel there may be possible issues with the case, meet orphone the rep prior to the IAD interview date. Go over your involve-ment in the case with the rep.

When you are at IAD, you should have an opportunity to meet privately with your rep to discuss your case. Your rep will instruct you to tell the truth, listen to the questions and answer only the ques-tions that are asked. Review the reports and any other relevant docu-mentation with your rep one last time before the interview.

Per our contract you are entitled to take a break after one hour ofquestioning. Take advantage of this opportunity.

Remember you have the right to union representation if you sub-jectively believe any questioning you may face could result in disci-pline. These rights at a minimum exist under the following circum-stances: (1) Any disciplinary interview concerning a citizen complaint(2) Any disciplinary interview concerning a department initiated com-plaint (3) Any situation where you are required to give an oral orwritten statement about the use of force.

Generally PPB first line supervisors will not immediately questionyou regarding situations that may lead to discipline, but this is notalways the case. Don’t hesitate to contact me or any other PPA repre-sentative if you are unsure if the questioning could possibly result in discipline.

The PPA is committed to ensuring your rights are protected underour contract. We are willing to help you anytime, day or night. Takecare, and thanks for all you do on the street.

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JanuaryClackamas Community College 100.00Concerns of Police Survivors 100.00AAU SW Hoop Kings 7th Grade Bball 200.00Mothers Against Drunk Driving 25.00National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund 100.00Providence Child Center Foundation 25.00Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund 25.00 Softball Team 270.00 Keizer Little League 200.00 FebruaryVancouver Heat Baseball Club 120.00 MarchFranklin High School SANP 25.00 Oregon City Youth Sports 200.00 Police Unity Tour 25.00 Suncreek Little League 200.00 YMCA of the Columbia Willamette 25.00 AprilSafety Patrol Program 500.00 Oregon DI Smart Solutions 500.00 Police Activities League - Golf Tourney 400.00Oregon DI Smart Solutions (500.00)MayLoaves & Fishes Centers 25.00 Oregon City Youth Sports 200.00 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr. 400.00 MSLL Dragons 100.00 Arc of Oregon 25.00 USO - Operation Care Packages 50.00 JuneOregon School Resource Officer Assn. 200.00 PAL Bluez Basketball 300.00 JulySalvation Army 30.00 Toys For Tots 25.00 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund 50.00 Lance Armstrong Foundation 500.00

AugustBoys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon 25.00 Portland Habitat for Humanity 25.00 Badgers 600.00 Greg Williamson-Lill (cadet) 1,000.00Dustin Thoune Memorial Fund 250.00Reynolds High School Cheerleading 200.00Tualatin Valley Youth Football Assn. 200.00 SeptemberJeff Lucas Memorial Fund 250.00 Out of the Darkness - AmericanFoundation for Suicide Prevention 200.00 Center for Environmental Equity - Clean-To-Green 250.00 Friends of the Mounted Patrol 1,000.00 Oregon City Youth Football Assn. 200.00 Holy Redeemer 7th Grade Girls Bball 300.00 Bridgetown Volleyball 200.00 SERT Banquet 500.00 Emergency Disposal Unit 500.00 OctoberCanby Youth Football 200.00 Rowe Middle School Cross Country 200.00 Doernbecher Children’s Hospital 150.00 Cascade Soccer Program 200.00NovemberAAU SW Hoop Kings 8th Grade Bball 200.00First Call Families 400.00March of Dimes 200.00DecemberDove Lewis 25.00Fish Emergency Services, Inc. 25.00Blanchet House of Hospitality 25.00Arc of Oregon 25.00Cub Scout Pack 501 200.00Alissa Rhodes 200.00Wy’East Education Association 1,000.00

Grand Total 13,195.00

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Back in June of 2005, I wentto City Bible Church camp.While praying one evening, Godtold me to help His children. Ireally did not understand whatHe was trying to tell me. But inSeptember, two weeks afterHurricane Katrina hit the Missi-ssippi Gulf Coast and whilepraying again, God told me oncemore to help his children. I feltGod wanted me to help the chil-dren who suffered through thehurricane. Not just any childrenthough. I felt He wanted me totake care of the children of therescuers.

That night I went to my Dad.My Dad is a Portland PoliceBureau Detective. I told himwhat God said to me. My Dadasked me a lot of questionsabout my prayers. I told himthat I was supposed take care ofthe children of rescuers and thatI wanted to give the childrensomething they wanted, not justsomething they needed. I alsowanted to put a smile on everychild’s face.

We both decided that the“rescuers” included the policeofficers, firefighters, paramedics,and emergency dispatchers. MyDad took out a map of the GulfCoast and asked me where I feltwe needed to help. Since somuch attention has been given tothe New Orleans area, I pickedMississippi. When I looked atMississippi, I chose the city ofBiloxi because it is in the middleof the state and on the coastline.Later on we added Gulfport sinceit is so close to Biloxi.

I did not know how to makethis happen. My Dad suggestedwe talk to First Call Families,which is a non-profit organiza-tion that helps first respondersthrough local churches. Sincemy Dad is on the Board ofDirectors and on the leadershipteam, we made an appointment

to meet with the organization’sPresident, retired PortlandPolice Bureau’s Assistant ChiefDavid Williams.

After meeting with Dave, theBoard approved Erin’s Project,made me the Project Directorand gave me a large team tohelp me.

We contacted police officers,firefighters, paramedics, andemergency dispatchers fromGulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi.We sent cards to them to give totheir children to fill out.

Some of the requests were forBarbies, X-Boxes, iPods, bicy-cles, Brat dolls, board games,game boy games, Batman, TeddyBears, clothes, skateboards, artsupply kit, a baby bed for aninfant child, and a lot more.

We gave the cards to people in the Gresham and Portland,Oregon area. The sponsors helpedus by buying a gift for a child orby donating money toward achild’s gift.

Sponsors included people fromGood Shepherd CommunityChurch, City Bible Church,Dexter McCarty Middle School,Portland Fire Bureau, PortlandFire Bureau’s Toy and Joy pro-gram, Portland Fire Chief’sAssociation, Portland FirefightersAssociation, Portland PoliceBureau, Portland PoliceAssociation, American MedicalResponse, Portland Bureau ofEmergency Communications,Alaskan Airlines, Bridgestone-Firestone Tires. Neighbors,friends, and family.

All together, people donatedapproximately $30,000 worth ofgifts, money, and in-kind dona-tions. Thank you so much for allof the donations.

First Call Families helped mein every way. They helpedorganize the project, collect thegifts, and send them to Biloxi,Mississippi. They also sent me to

Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippito personally handout the giftsto the children.

With the left over cash dona-tions we bought extra gifts. I amglad we bought the extra gifts,because we needed them.

People from the GoodShepherd Community Churchhelped me put the brochures andcards together, staff support, anddonations of gifts and money.

Bridgestone-Firestone Tireshelped by driving all of thedonated gifts, weighing approxi-mately one ton, from Gresham,Oregon to Biloxi, Mississippi freeof charge. “Larry the BridgestoneGuy” was our driver. We couldnot have done this project with-out their support.

The things that I saw down inMississippi were terrible. It

brought tears to my eyes to lookaround. I saw casinos that weresupposed to be in the water upon land. And on the other side ofthe highway, a long bridge totallycollapsed like dominoes. Casinoswere smashed into hotels,smashed up cars were every-where. A fire station (GulfportStation #7) looked like it wasblown up (it’s now a carport).Garbage was in all the trees, his-torical buildings were gone, stair-ways climbed to nowhere (stair-ways survived, but the buildingsdid not). Boats were in parkinglots. I saw lots of bent metal,twisted signs, sad faces, and awhole lot more stuff. Thedestruction went on for milesand miles, from city to city. Itjust never ended.

First Call Families sent DaveWilliams, Chris Green (VicePresident of Relations), MichaelMcCormick (retired PortlandFirefighter), and ScottChamberlain (Portland Police

Bureau Detective and my Dad)to Biloxi, Mississippi to helphand out the gifts. There are alot of stories I could tell youabout, but I will only tell youtwo of them.

There was a little girl whosegift request got lost so we didnot have a specific gift for her.We took her to the box with allof the extra gifts so she couldpick one.

The little girl didn’t see any-thing she liked. When she heardme tell my dad there were extrabikes, her whole face lit up. Herfather, a first responder, told uswe didn’t have to give away abicycle to her. We told him webrought the bicycles just for atime like this. He got lots oftears in his eyes as his daughterran to pick out her bicycle.

This little 6 month old baby,Emma, asked for “Love” so I gother a Build-A-Bear. I named theBear “Erin” so when she growsup her parents can tell her aboutme and all my friends back inOregon. I also recorded myvoice so she can hear it when shesqueezes the bear’s hand. Therecording says, “Hug me Emma,Jesus loves you and so do I.”Emma’s father is a Detective withthe Biloxi Police Department.

Every child got whateverthey asked for or something likeit, even the X-Boxes, MP3Players, and bicycles. We sawmany tears from the childrenand their parents. I also cried alot (see photo).

After we handed out all ofthe gifts, we went to see awoman and her family. She wasmarried to a police officer. Theyhave three children and threegrandchildren. Her husband waskilled with another police offi-cer (just two weeks before we

got there) while investigating adomestic assault.

We took all of the gifts thatwere left over and poured themonto her living room floor. Thenwe told her grandchildren totake whatever they wanted. Theremaining gifts were laterdonated to the Biloxi Police andFire Dispatch Center.

Gulfport and Biloxi, Missi-ssippi still need a lot more help.They told us it will probablytake three years to get back ontotheir feet and figure out whattheir new normal will be. 60%of all Gulfport Police personnellost their homes. 100% of thepersonnel in the Waveland andSt. Bay Louis Police and Firedepartments lost their homes.

I met David Greenhalgh, aretired Canadian Police ser-

geant, who is inGulfport workingto build orrebuild thehomes of firstresponders in theGulfcoast area.He is a nice andgood man tryingto do his part. Itwill take aboutten years beforethe MississippiGulf coast is com-pletely rebuilt.

I would like tothank everyonethat helped outwith Erin’sProject. Thankyou to all of youfrom the Portlandand Gresham area

who believed in Erin’s Projectand sponsored the children offirst responders in Gulfport andBiloxi, Mississippi. Thank youBeth and David Faul (David is aEngineer for the Gulfport FireDept.) for all your help in hand-ing out the gifts and to Ashleyand Aldon Helmert (Aldon is aDetective with the Biloxi PoliceDepartment) for all you did.Especially for giving us a touraround all the devastated areas. I will never forget all I saw.

I would also like to thankJohn, Susie, and Olivia Jennings(John is a Deputy Fire Chief forBiloxi Fire Dept.) for letting usstay at their home and use theirnew Ford pickup. They are ournew family in Vancleave, Missi-ssippi. I would also like to thankGod for giving me a chance toserve Him and to take care ofHis children.

Erin may be contacted aterin.chamberlain@fcfamily.orgor c/o First Call Families; 38715 Barlow Parkway; Sandy, OR 97055.

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by Erin Chamberlain

Erin’s Projectbrings joy tofirst responderfamiliesI am Erin Chamberlain, the ProjectDirector of Erin’s Project. I am elevenyears old and I am a 6th grader atDexter McCarty Middle School, in Gresham, Oregon.

Gulfport Station #7 in Gulfport, Mississippi, seen through the eyes of 11 year - old Erin Chamberlain, Project Director for Erin’s Project.

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A headline on page A37 in theDecember 14th edition of TheLos Angeles Times reads: “LargeFuneral Planned for Williams,Friend Says.” The brief story thatfollows tells of preparations beingmade by Stanley “Tookie”Williams’s longtime friend andcollaborator Barbara Becnel toreceive the executed man’s bodyand stage a large public funeral inLos Angeles. The ceremony, thestory says, will be “on a scale ofthe funeral for Rosa Parks.”

So, in the eyes of BarbaraBecnel (and, apparently, manyothers), a man who murderedfour helpless people during thecommission of two robberies,and who is sometimes creditedwith founding a street gangresponsible for thousands ofadditional murders, is deservingof no less a tribute than thatgiven to a pioneer of the civil-rights movement.

This is what passes for enlight-ened thinking on the fringes ofthe American Left, which foryears has lionized such homicidalthugs as Fidel Castro, CheGuevara, and Yasser Arafat, andwhich now very noisily placesTookie Williams, like convictedcop-killer Mumia Abu Jamalbefore him, in this pantheon ofheroes. How long will it bebefore someone proposes to namean elementary school after him?

I watched and listened to thetelevision and radio coverage ofWilliams’s execution, not to takeany glee in the man’s death butrather to see that justice, at longlast, had been done. Though Isupport capital punishment andencouraged Governor Schwar-zenegger to deny Williams’s peti-tion for clemency, I admit I wastroubled by the broadcastdescriptions of the condemnedman’s final hours. Only the trulyheartless can be unmoved by thethought of a man, no matter howheinous his crimes, being led tothe death chamber and killed.

I acknowledge my qualmsabout capital punishment even asI support it, and I can understandand engage in dialogue with

those whose religious or moralconvictions lead them to anopposite conclusion. My ownwife is one such person. Likeme, she is a Catholic, and shebelieves that all human life issacred and can only be extin-guished at the time of God’schoosing. I, on the other hand,hew to the Old Testament stan-dard that holds some crimes tobe so grievous as to demand theperpetrator pay with his ownlife. (The instruction that mur-derers should be put to death isthe only law that appears in allfive books of the Torah.)

But while my wife and I maydisagree on the morality of capi-tal punishment, we are equallybaffled by those death-penaltyopponents who would go to theabsurd extremes seen in therecent effort to spare as despica-ble a man as Tookie Williams.

Some of Williams’s support-ers, against all evidence andcommon sense, declared himinnocent. Others said that evenif guilty he was deserving ofclemency for having been“redeemed,” the evidence ofwhich was his authorship of aseries of children’s books thatalmost no one read and whoseimpact was negligible at best.

Typical of Williams’s support-ers was the ubiquitous JesseJackson, who on Tuesday morn-ing stood vigil with a thousand orso other protesters outside thegates of San Quentin Prison.Tellingly, Jackson was unable toname even one of Williams’s fourvictims when asked to do so by aLos Angeles talk-radio host.

It’s most often difficult to findanyone more shameless that Jesse

Jackson, but Barbara Becnel’shysterics at the prison madeJackson seem like a piker bycomparison. She and two otherWilliams supporters were amongthe witnesses to the execution,and when Williams was declareddead, the three of them shoutedin unison, “The state of Californiajust killed an innocent man.” Shethen appeared before the crowdoutside the prison and describedwhat she had seen. “[Williams]suffered,” she said. “He waswrithing, lifting his head up andfussing” at the prison staff fortaking so long. “It was horrible.To me, it was torture. It took 35minutes to kill him.”

Perhaps Miss Becnel wouldhave preferred to see Williamsdispatched more quickly and efficiently, say, with a shotgunblast or two, the method he him-self employed in slaughtering hisfour victims.

The moral chasm between theopposing sides in the death penal-ty debate was perhaps best dis-played on Monday’s Larry KingShow, which featured defenseattorney Mark Geragos, retireddeputy D.A. Robert Martin (whoprosecuted Williams), and syndi-cated radio host Dennis Prager.Also appearing were death-penal-ty opponents Mike Farrell andSister Helen Prejean, who wasmade famous when she was por-trayed by Susan Sarandon in thefilm Dead Man Walking.

Prager, a practicing Jew, a bib-lical scholar, and as decent andmoral a man as one can hope tomeet, expounded the traditionalcase for capital punishment, i.e.that crimes such as those com-mitted by Tookie Williams cryout for the ultimate punishment,that for Williams to keep his lifeafter taking the lives of fourdefenseless people is an affront tojustice. Incredibly, both Geragosand Farrell proceeded completelyto mischaracterize Prager’s state-ment as to mean that anyonewho takes another’s life shouldbe executed.

I’ll give Geragos and Farrellthe benefit of the doubt in say-ing they may have misunder-stood Prager during what was aheated exchange, but the cynicmight be forgiven for suspecting

they deliberately distorted hiswords so as to portray him as amadman.

“[Y]ou sit there and lick yourlips about the death of a humanbeing,” Farrell shouted at Prager,“you disgust me.” “Exactly right,”added Geragos.

But the signal moment in theprogram, the moment that distilledthe entire debate, came in a briefexchange between Prager andSister Prejean. Was it immoral,Prager asked her, for Israel to exe-cute Adolph Eichmann, the archi-tect of the Holocaust? Prejeanhemmed and hawed, she bobbedand weaved, but she could not

bring herself to endorse the execu-tion of a man with the blood ofmillions on his hands.

There was another headline in the same copy of the L.A. Times,this one buried in the second sec-tion: “Boys, 14 and 17, Killed inSeparate Gang Shootings.” So thedebate will continue, but the linescannot be more clearly drawn.

— Jack Dunphy is an officer inthe Los Angeles Police Depar-tment. “Jack Dunphy” is theauthor’s nom de cyber. The opin-ions expressed are his own andalmost certainly do not reflectthose of the LAPD management.

by Jack Dunphy

The Moral Chasm-Tookie Williams’execution reveals the gulf between Left and Right

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When I qualified with arevolver in the basement range at2nd and Oak, something waswrong with the range. To shootat 25 yards they put cones ateither end of a hallway and I shotfrom an office across the hall andinto the range. Never having shota handgun before, I was nervousand I felt like I was going toshoot a hole in the wall. After 50rounds, I was qualified.

The Bureau sold me a brandnew Smith and Wesson model10, gave me 18 bullets and sentme on my way with a loadedgun stuck in my waistband. I gotthe rest of the day off, holidaythe next day!

Back to work a couple dayslater riding around with KevinGriffey, who had been my back-ground investigator. We wentout to the Frisbee LeatherCompany for a gun belt andpinch book, then to Nudelman’sfor a uniform. A cheap shoulderholster would come later, alongwith hours of rubbing it withNeats Feet oil.

I was the only Portland officer out of about 30 cops atMonmouth for the BPST basicacademy. I learned about all the

perks of working for Portlandfrom a guy from Stayton, who wasjealous of my free practice ammo.

Bob Tobin, the Captain ofTraining, interviewed me afterguys posing as Portland cops tookliberties with the old academysecretary. Tobin told me to keepmy head down.

Once, some Western Oregonstudents on campus reported acell of the KKK was active at theacademy when they saw peoplewith white hoods on roof of thebuilding. Several of us weremerely hiding our identity fromthe night desk guy at the acade-my while we waited to waterballoon him on his way to work.This little stunt cost one guy hisjob, cost another our class presi-dency and his right to graduatewith us.

Another kid lost his job aftera drunken night out at the StoneLion in Independence where hewas drinking heavy and actingthe fool after a failed relation-ship. He broke somebody’swindshield out with his fists,and we had to handcuff, ducttape, and flex-tie him into sub-mission before taking him homein somebody’s trunk.

I heard from Portland peoplewho attended the next academythat there were some rulechanges and some pretty goodstories about our class.

We watched movies about howdangerous it was to be a policeofficer. During the first few daysof the academy they showed usfilmed reenactments of cops get-ting killed and interviews withcops who survived police shoot-ings. We learned about theNewhall Incident in Californiawhere several police officers werekilled during a traffic stop andabout undercover police officersshooting it out with uniformed

police officers in a case of mistak-en identity. We heard storiesabout cops getting shot, stabbed,and beaten to death.

As the academy staff scared usand prepared us, I wondered whyI took this job. This is where I firstheard the saying, “Just becauseyou’re paranoid, it doesn’t meanthey’re not out to get you.”

One of our instructors asked ifanyone in the class of newly hiredpolice officers had been involvedin a shooting yet, and 2 guys froman agency on the east side of theCascades raised their hands. Theinstructor gently asked if theywould care to share their storywith the rest of the class.

They said they had been senton a call to a gas station wherethere was a dispute over paymentof a tank full of gas. When theofficers pulled into the stationbehind an old beater car, the car,loaded with “bad guys” and full of presumably stolen fuel, startedup and began to drive away. Theofficers, quickly deciding that the suspects were “fleeing felons”and thereby shoot-able [back inthose days], drew their trusty .41Magnum service revolvers andemptied them into the rear end ofthe car to absolutely no effect.

The instructor quickly asked,“Anybody else been involved in

a shooting?”The concept that, as

police officers, we werealways at risk was ham-mered into us. We weretold that in every situationthere was always a guninvolved, because we werebringing the gun. Welearned that if we wereshot on the job, chances

were high it be with our owngun someone had taken from us.

I’ve seen the FBI shootout inMiami and the LAPD bank rob-bery shootout in countless films,and in numerous classes I’veattended. I watched a video aboutthe dangers of edged weapons,and learned that a man with aknife can cover 21 feet and attackme before I can pull the triggeron my drawn and aimed firearm.

After seeing that particularvideo, several of us were involvedin a traffic stop one night with adrunk who had a small SwissArmy knife on a key chain.When the drunk tried to hand ushis keys we dove over our policecars, pulled out our guns, andscreamed at him to drop the knifeand get on the ground.

After basic academy I reportedfor duty to Sgt. Ivan Murphy atthe Portland Police Bureau’s EastPrecinct. My first coach wasWayne Gwilliam on day shift,who was working the 730 car. Heasked me if I drank coffee andsmoked, and when I said yes toboth he said we’d get along fine.

Gwilliam took me up to Mt.Tabor so I could “get called apig,” he said, and he alwaysgrumbled that trainees shouldall be working graveyard shiftinstead of days.

We dealt with lost kids andcold burglaries and I learnedhow to write police reports. Iremember thinking he was old,although he couldn’t have beenmore than 30.

I took a cold burglary at achurch that had been vandalizedduring the crime. I wrote a 7page report, noted in my evalua-tion as being very thorough andwell written. Also noted in myfirst few evaluations was my diffi-culty with geographic orienta-tion. To this day I can’t find myway around North Portland,Gresham, or the West Hills with-out a Thomas Brothers guide.

I was with a group of detec-tives once in North Portlandtracking down a suspect who hadbeat another officer in the facewith a 40 ounce beer bottle.When the foot chase started noneof us knew which direction wewere running. 5 Detectives, run-ning flat out, winded, coats,radios, and guns flapping all over,and we had to call out streets aswe passed them so the dispatcherwould know where we were.Some things never change. Mycurrent partner usually drives andwould say I still have difficultieswith my geographic orientation!

Editor’s Note: This is the first ina series of stories by Dave thatwill appear over the next severalmonths in The Rap Sheet.

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Scott McCollister for 900 hourswithout pay. The union’s griev-ance is sustained. I direct that the suspension be expunged fromhis file.”

The arbitrator went on to say“My finding is based on my con-clusion that the failure to conductan IAD investigation led to a fatalgap in the information availableto the chief on which to make his decision.”

The union had confidence inOfficer McCollister’s actions fromthe night the incident occurred

and has always believed that oncethe facts were available, to anobjective decision-maker, no dis-cipline could be sustained againstthis officer.

The PPA would like to thankall of its members who helpedprepare for the arbitration andthe members who testified insupport of Officer McCollister. I also want to express my appre-ciation to PPA attorneys, WillAitchison and Mark Crabtree,who represented the union at the arbitration.

McCollister’s grievance upheld

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Thoughts at the end of a career...

Some thingsnever changeMy first day was December 31, 1981, sworn in byActing Chief Gary Haynes and the City Auditor. I was25. I had my picture taken with Elmer Brown, who wasretiring from the Personnel Division that day.

by Detective Dave SchlegelCentral Precinct

Portland Police Highland Guard

The Portland Police Highland Guard is proud to serve the members of the PPBand our community with the provision of music in the tradition of Scottish military

and police bands. Our organization is comprised of Portland Police officers, firefighters, dispatchers and family members of the same.

The Highland Guard seeks new members. Interested parties should contact the Director of New Member Training, Officer Brian Kelly at East Precinct 503-823-4800.

The Highland Guard is a 501-c3, not-for-profit, organization. Your contributions are our primary funding resource and they are greatly appreciated!

Please mail them to:PPHG, PO Box 4072, Portland, OR 97208

Dave Schlegel on his first day on patrol (Ok, ok, it’s really Albert Bigelow).

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Police Officer Peter GALLUCCI(DPSST # 7776) East Precinct retired from the Bureau after twentyyears of service (and six years with MCSO)effective December 19, 2005.

Police Records Mgr.Debra HAUGEN (DPSST # 7446) Records Division is retiring from theBureau after thirtyyears of service effective December31, 2005.

Police Officer Kimberly ADAMS(DPSST #25636) SoutheastPrecinct transferred to NorthPrecinct effective 1/12/06.Police Officer Christian BARK-ER (DPSST #28069) returned toduty from a Leave of Service andwas assigned to North Precincteffective 1/5/06. Police Officer Robert BENDER(DPSST #27544) North Precincttransferred to the TrainingDivision/PVO Instructor effective1/12/06.Police Officer Jacob CLARK(DPSST #43501) North Precincttransferred to East Precinct effective 1/12/06.Police Officer Scott ELLIOTT(DPSST #17887) SoutheastPrecinct was assigned as CadetAdvisor – Detached positioneffective 12/6/05. Police Officer Kai HO(DPSST #39661) Central Precinctresigned from the Bureau effective 12/6/05.Police Officer Brian HUNZEKER(DPSST #39600) Central Precincttransferred to the Traffic Division/Motorcycle Unit effective12/29/05.Police Officer Hythum ISMAIL(DPSST #41302) Central Precincttransferred to the Traffic Division/Motorcycle Unit effective1/26/06.Police Officer Kristina JONES(DPSST #41759) SoutheastPrecinct transferred to the Tri-MetDivision effective 12/15/05.Lieutenant Randall KILLINGER(DPSST #7381) SoutheastPrecinct was promoted to Captainand assigned to the RecordsDivision effective 1/5/06.Detective Amber LEWIS(DPSST #26979) DetectiveDivision - Fraud Detail moved tothe Sergeant position in Fraudeffective 12/15/05.Police Officer Joseph LUIZ(DPSST #23994) East Precincttransferred to the Tri-Met Divisioneffective 12/15/05.

Police Officer James MCCLAIN(DPSST #15531) SoutheastPrecinct was placed on Leave ofService effective 10/20/05.Program Specialist VeronicaNORDEEN (DPSST #38179)Records Division transferred tothe Office of NeighborhoodInvolvement effective 12/15/05.Police Officer Paul PARK(DPSST #29512) was reinstatedfrom medical layoff to PoliceOfficer and assigned to EastPrecinct effective 12/1/05.Crime Analyst Scott PARTRIDGE(DPSST #23706) Planning andSupport Division transferred tothe Drugs and Vice Division effective 12/22/05.Police Officer Heather RIPPE(DPSST #34493) East Precincttransferred to the Traffic Division/Cadet Coordinator effective12/29/05.Senior Police AdministrativeSupport Specialist Cathy ROSSETTO (DPSST #35807)Chief’s Office transferred back tothe Internal Affairs Division effec-tive 12/9/05.Sergeant Eric SCHOBER(DPSST #13702) Drugs and Vice Division was promoted toLieutenant and assigned toSoutheast Precinct effective1/5/06.Lieutenant John SMITH(DPSST #19657) PropertyEvidence Division transferred tothe Detective Division effective1/5/06.Police Officer Sean SOTHERN(DPSST #28796) North Precinctwas placed on Leave of Serviceeffective 12/14/05.Police Officer Jennifer THOMPSON (DPSST #43484)Northeast Precinct transferred to Central Precinct effective1/12/06.Lieutenant Scott WINEGAR(DPSST #12791) OperationsSupport/Telephone Report Unitwas promoted to Captain andassigned to the Property EvidenceDivision effective 1/5/06.

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The following Recruit Officers completed probation on January 8,2006. Their transfers were effective January 12, 2006:Name DPSST From ToDEFRAIN, James 44436 SE SEFLEMING, James 44437 SE SEHARRIS, Charles 44438 N NKENNEY, Zachary 44439 CE NEORELLANA, Mitchell 44440 CE CEVERBOUT, Christopher 44441 CE NE

The following Police Officers were hired in January 2006:Officer DPSST Officer DPSSTANUSCHAT, Max 41752 KOROTEYEV, AleksandrCARROLL, Julian 33550 SENZER, JessicaCOLE, Aaron YOUNG, John 44217

Movers & Shakers

Recent Retirements

Recent appointments, promotions, resignations

Police Officer Richard OLSEN(DPSST # 12247) Traffic Division will retire from the Bureau aftertwenty-six years ofservice effectiveDecember 31, 2005.

Police Officer John SEDRA (DPSST # 7791) East Precinct retired from the Bureau after twentyyears of service (and six years withMCSO) effective December 21, 2005.

Olsen

Haugen

Gallucci

Every day, they left the security of their homes . . .so you could feel secure in yours. Now you can say “Thank You.”

Please join us in showing our local heroes your appreciation at the

Portland Police Retirement BanquetTuesday, February 21, 2006

6:15 pm at the Double Tree - Lloyd CenterTickets: $35.00

Corporate Tables available

Sponsored by the Citizens’ Police Retirement CommitteeFor reservations, call the Police Employee Assistance Program office at 503-823-0091.

Portland Police Retirement Banquet Registration#

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Two months ago, researchersfrom the University College ofthe Fraser Valley and SFUreleased a study concluding thatpolice numbers have not keptpace with the burgeoning work-load. Not only is Canada under-policed when compared withother industrialized countries,but B.C. lags behind Ontario andQuebec in police per capitarates, despite our higher crimerates. Police work is more com-plex and time consumingchanges in legislation and caselaw have made investigationsmore complex and time consum-ing. The end result is that thereis less policing capacity today,than in the past.

In the recent civic elections,crime was a major concern forvoters in all regions of the lowermainland, and two of the threemajor political parties inVancouver campaigned on theplatform of hiring 50 morepolice officers for 2006. Thereare some who believe thathomelessness, social justice, andeconomic equality must beaddressed in order to improvecommunity safety. However,there are several recent studiesthat verify what our intuitiontells us: that more police officerswill lead to a reduction of crime.

Why is this hard for some tobelieve? Most students of policingover the past three decades wereexposed to the Kansas City Patrolexperiment. In the early 1970s,Kansas City was divided into dif-ferent patrol districts that all hadvarying levels of random patrol.A follow-up study found no dis-cernable differences in criminalactivity, reported crime, and citi-zen fear of crime. However, oneof the authors of this study,George Kelling, has often

remarked that it is dangerous togeneralize and assume that anarchaic deployment tactic (ran-dom patrols) means more policeare ineffective.

Kelling is better known as aco-author of the Broken Windowsapproach to crime control,which posited that a focus onlower-level quality of life issueswould lead to a reduction inmore serious crimes. The BrokenWindows approach (targetingfare jumpers and petty crimes)was applied by New York MayorRudolph Giuliani in the 1990sand New York enjoyed signifi-cant decreases in minor andserious crime in the 1990s.These new tactics were accom-panied by an increase of 6000police officers (19%) from 1990to 1994.

Most economic research intocrime is based on a model devel-oped by economist Gary Beckerwho predicted that individualswould be less likely to commit acrime when police presenceincreases because of the increasedprobability of detection andarrest. A more recent economicstudy is from Steven Levitt,author of the 2005 bestsellerFreakonomics. Levitt observedthat police staffing increasesoccurred in American mayoraland gubernatorial election years,but not in off-election years. Hethen used the timing of the elec-tions to examine crime rates andfound that a marginal increasein the police force leads to lowercrime rates.

More significant effects wereobserved after “natural experi-ments” were studied in the wakeof terrorist attacks and alerts. InLondon, The Economist maga-zine reported that the additionalpolice officers deployed in the

streets of London following the July 2005 attacks on thepublic transit system have con-tributed to reduce the crimelevel in the city.

In Washington DC, nonpub-lic terror alert advisories werequietly accompanied byincreased police patrols in thedowntown National Mall areawhere sensitive federal buildings(White House, Congress) werelocated. Researchers concludedthat there was strong statisticalevidence that more policereduced crime and concludedthat an increase of approximate-ly 50% in police presence isexpected to lead to a statisticallysignificant reduction of between12 to 16% in the crime level. Asimilar conclusion was reachedby other researchers who stud-ied crime rates in Buenos Ariesfollowing an increased policepresence in the aftermath of aterrorist attack.

An analysis of data collectedfrom 56 U.S. cities over twentyyears found that increases in thenumber of police officers dotend to reduce crime in the sub-sequent year. A similar study ofcrime in the Netherlands esti-mated that a 10% increase of

police resources would reduceproperty crime by 5% and vio-lent crime by 7%, and that theeffects of more police would begreater in urban areas.

Another recent study was con-ducted in the City of Cincinnati.The Police Department becamethe subject of intense publicscrutiny and federal monitoringover inappropriate racial profiling.Officers, who were afraid to takeenforcement action, reduced their

proactive policing activities byapproximately 50% and the Cityexperienced an increase in violentand property crimes of 16%.

The VPD is working to imple-ment our strategic policing planby working closely with commu-nity partners such as crime pre-vention centers, and by deployingour resources effectively. A cur-rent joint study with City staffand external consultants isreviewing staffing levels and willbe reporting to City Council thisspring. Recent empirical studiesback our view that deployingmore officers will make a Citysafer. The residents of Vancouverdesire and deserve no less.

by Deputy Chief Jim ChuVancouver (BC) Police Department

More police equal less crimeA December 29, 2005 Vancouver Sun editorial(Surprise, surprise: Underpoliced Canada is no longer a safe haven) described recent gun violence, the shatter-ing of our illusion of safety, and observed that Canadianpolice per capita rates lag those in other industrializedcountries. While we agree with the majority of the editorial, we disagree with the comment “There’s nohard evidence that the level of crime will drop if thenumber of police officers rises”. Recent real-worldresearch dispels this view.

Around the world studies are showing thatincreases in police presence lead to areduction in crime. Interestingly, whenofficers are fail to take action because offear of discipline or public scrutiny, violentand property crimes dramatically increase.

On December 12th, the Chief ’s Forum, a public advisorygroup to Chief Derrick Foxworth,held its annual awards ceremony,which recognizes communitymembersand Bureaumembersfor theircontribu-tions tocommunitypolicing.

TheForum honoredOfficer Paul Warethis yearwith itshighest honor—the NathanThomas Memorial Award.Officer Paul Ware was recog-nized for his ongoing contribu-tion to the Bureau’s CrisisIntervention Team, working asthe CIT coordinator. He was alsohonored for his ability to applyhis CIT skills last January whenhe helped diffuse a situation

involving a distraught man whowas holding a knife to his throatat the State Capitol. The award isnamed for Nathan Thomas, a 12-year-old boy who was accidental-

ly killed in January 1992 byPortland Police while being heldhostage in his home by a burglar.

Other awards included:Community Policing/Problem SolvingOfficer Jason Christensen, North PrecinctOfcs. Jason Harris and Jeffrey Dorn, North PrecinctOfc. David Sessum, citizensWilliam Bray, Paul Wiggington,Pete Macias, PIR race trackDave Smith, East volunteer block captain coordinatorAnne Massier and PeggyGlascock, Parks and RecreationLibby Lescalleet, Boys and Girls ClubCertificates of AppreciationOfcs. Travis Fields and Frank Schoening, DDA JessieGnaananthan, Lt. Gary Moore,Police Reserve, Cynthia Warren,TriMet driver, Doug Thompson,PDOT, Friend of Mt. Tabor Park,Kathy Fuerstenau, Cully NA,Pastor Mary Overstreet, RuthHander, CNN

Youth RecognitionEast Precinct Cadet ProgramSpecial RecognitionRoy Pittman

From the Community PolicingNews, published by the PortlandPolice Bureau and available atwww.portlandpolice.com

From the December 2005 editionof Community Policing News

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It was in that studio thatDuncan, along with three of hisclosest friends, was murdered inDecember 2005, shot to death bya killer or killers who have yet tobe found. Whoever carried outthe executions, it seems clearenough to me that young Duncanand hisfriends wereamong thelatest victimsof the pro-foundly self-destructiveculturalinfluencesthat havespread like a cancerthroughmuch of the black communityand beyond.

I keep wondering when lead-ers of eminence will step forwardand declare, unambiguously, thatenough is enough, as they did inthe heyday of the civil rightsmovement, when the enemy waswhite racism.

It is time to blow the whistleon the nitwits who have so suc-cessfully promoted a values sys-tem that embraces murder, drug-dealing, gang membership,misogyny, child abandonmentand a sense of self so diseasedthat it teaches children to viewthe men in their orbit as niggazand the women as hoes.

However this madness devel-oped, it’s time to bring it to an end.

I noticed that Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan,Snoop Dogg and other “leaders”and celebrities turned out inSouth Central Los Angeles forthe funeral of Stanley “Tookie”Williams, the convicted killerand co-founder of the Cripsstreet gang who was executed in California.

I remember talking over theyears to parents in Los Angelesand elsewhere who were petri-fied that their children would bekilled in cold blood - summarilyexecuted, without any possibilityof a defense or an appeal - by theCrips or some other gang because

they just happened to be wearingthe wrong color cap or jacket orwhatever.

The enthusiastic turnout atTookie Williams’s funeral tellsyou much of what you need toknow about the current state ofblack leadership in the U.S.

The slaughter of E. J. Duncan,who was 21, and his friends -Jason Bachiller, 21; JihadChankhour, 22; and ChristopherVieira, 19 - was all but literallyaccompanied by a hip-hopsoundtrack. Duncan, Bachillerand Vieira were members of arap group called Graveside,which favored the rough lan-guage and violent imagery thathas enthralled so many young-sters and bolstered the bottomlines of major entertainmentcompanies.

This mindless celebration ofviolence, the essence of gangstarap, is a reflection of thenihilism that has taken root inone neighborhood after anotherover the past few decades,destroying many, many lives.The authorities here have not

suggested that Duncan or hisfriends were involved in anycriminal behavior. But theappeal of the hip-hop environ-ment is strong, and a lot of goodkids are striving to conform toimages established by clownslike 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg.

The members of Gravesidewanted badly to make it as rap-pers. Said one police officer,“They probably didn’t even knowthey were playing with fire.”

The Rev. Eugene Rivers, whohas been fighting for years toreduce youth violence in Bostonand elsewhere, was a neighbor ofE. J. Duncan’s. “My son Malcolmknew E. J. well,” he told me.

He described the murders asa massacre and said he has longbeen worried about the glorifi-cation of violence and antisocialbehavior. “Thug life,” he said,“is now being globalized,”thanks to the powerful market-ing influence of internationalcorporations.

This problem is not limited to the black community. E. J.Duncan and his friends camefrom a variety of ethnic back-

grounds. But it is primarily ablack problem, and it is impossi-ble to overstate its dimensions.

I understand that jobs are hardto come by for many people, andthat many schools are substan-dard, and that racial discrimina-tion is still widespread. But thoseare not good reasons for commit-ting cultural suicide.

I’ll paraphrase Sam Cooke: Achange has got to come. Reason-able standards of behavior thatinclude real respect for life,learning and the law have to bere-established in those segmentsof the black community wherechaos now reigns.

This has to start with a com-mitment to protect and nurtureall of the community’s children.That may seem at the momentlike a task worthy of Sisyphusbecause it will require overcom-ing what the Rev. Rivers hasdescribed as “the sins of thefathers who have cursed theirsons by their abandonment and neglect.”

Sisyphean or not, it’s a job thathas to be done.

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by Bob Herbert The New York Times

Blowing the whistle on gangsta cultureBOSTON - Edwin “E. J.” Duncan was a young man froma decent family who spent a great deal of time with hisfriends in an amateur recording studio his parents hadset up for him in the basement of their home in theDorchester neighborhood.

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SAVANNAH, Ga. - True loveis hard to find — unless it drives fast, attracts girls, and is called a “’vette.”

But Alan Poster found whenit comes to that ‘68 blueCorvette he spent his last nickelto buy, love is fleeting. Ifabsence makes the heart growfonder, you’ll understand whyafter 36 years, the Californiatransplant from Brooklyn issmitten again.

“This thing has come back tome for whatever reason,” Postersays, “and I’m going to figureout why.”

The saga of his stolen andfinally found Corvette starts inManhattan.

Poster’s “egocentric musclecar,” as he called it, went miss-ing from a parking garage that is

now a bank. It was just one of78,000 cars stolen in New Yorkin 1969. Fat chance it wouldever be found.

And it wasn’t — until lastDecember, on thedocks of LongBeach, Calif.,when a customsagent routinelychecked the IDnumber of an oldCorvette boundfor Sweden.

Bingo!The National

Insurance CrimeBureau in Chicagosaid it’s a “hot car”and the case wasturned over to two New Yorkdetectives. It was needle in ahaystack for sure, but Cliff Bieder

and William Heiser had to try.The two sleuths started lookingthrough old — very old — stolencar reports. Three days and10,000 files later they shockedother cops who bet them steakdinners they’d never find the guywho owned the stolen ‘vette.

Hair may turn gray, but onceCorvettes get in your blood,they stay in your blood. Cometo think of it, old guys are aboutthe only ones who can afford‘vettes these days.

Poster, who’s 63, doesn’tintend to sell his. But FYI, amint ‘68 could fetch $100,000.

“I’m keeping it,” he insists.You just can’t sell true love,

once found.

C.W. Jensen blog postgives citizens someinsight into officer-involved shootings21 years ago this month I shot and killed an armed robber who was holding a hostage at knifepoint and threatening to kill him.To this day I can see the eyes of the man held hostage. They werefocused on me, not the knife poised above him. Because he knew thatI, not the knife, was his only hope of survival.And I shot. And I killed. And the hostage lived. He promised me hewould always stay in touch. But I have never heard from him again.But he is in my dreams. And I bet I am in his.Police work is tough. Killing people is tougher. Sometimes it is blackand white, sometimes gray.Cops do the best they can. Really. No one goes to work hoping theywill kill someone.I have been to the funerals of officers and of citizens and they are allsad and senseless.Who the hell am I? Just some retired cop. But I have actually done thejob, done the awful job of killing.You can listen to the commanders and spokesmen and sheriffs andchiefs who tell you the officer had no choice.But for the most part all those cops never pulled the trigger.For us shooter cops we know we had a choice.And we made the right choice.The full transcript of this blog can be found at: http://bojack.org/mt-arc/002651.html

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Corvette ownerreunites with his old flame Stolen in 1969, muscle car is miraculously recovered 36 years later

Alan Poster’s 1968 Corvette. Stolen in1969, it was recovered and returned . . .36 years later.

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iinn tthhiiss iissssuuee:: Arbitrator reverses suspension p.1 ||

Officer’s wife campaigns for injured officer p.1 ||

Where’s the support? p.2 || Lessons Learned p.4 ||

Erin’s Project p.6 || Moral Chasm p.7 ||

End of a Career p.8 || More police = less crime p.10 ||

Blowing the whistle on gangsta culture p.11 ||