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Volume 37
President’s
Message
Number 8
by President Robert J. King
September 2006
Arbitrator
speaks about
PPB’s
officers
The Portland Police Association • Maintaining the vigil since 1942
Buried alive by Twin
Towers — officer’s
September 11 ordeal
Officer Will Jimeno discusses his September 11th ordeal
and the movie, World Trade Center
Most PPA members know that when we went to arbitration
in 2004 on our wages and health insurance, we won a
resounding victory over the City. By the City’s estimates,
the PPA’s victory in the winner-take-all arbitration format
cost it $44 million over five years.
However, few have read Arbitrator Carlton Snow’s 167page opinion. Tragically, Arbitrator Snow died of a stroke
last year. However, as the following passage from his arbitration opinion shows, he was not only an incredibly
thoughtful and erudite arbitrator, but he also had an understanding of police officer that few outside the profession
have gained.
After standing roll call at 0645
hrs on Sept. 11, 2001, Officer
Will Jimeno and his academy
classmate, Dominick Pezzulo,
began their tour of duty working
foot posts about a block from
each other at the huge Port
Authority bus terminal located in
New York & New Jersey Port
Authority police officer at the age
of 33. “I love my country and I
love my job,” he said when I originally interviewed him shortly
after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Just before 0900 hrs, Jimeno
watched as two officers on an
John McLoughlin (left) and Will Jimeno
(right) at the National Memorial Candlelight Ceremony in May, 2002.
adjacent post were enveloped in
the shadow of a large plane. The
shadow belonged to American
Flight 11, a Boeing 767 that
moments later crashed into
Tower Two of the World Trade
Center.
The officers were told to
return immediately to the station
and began rapidly walking back.
Jimeno could see his friend Pezzulo walking about a block in
front of him.
“Because the interest and welfare of the public as well as
significant labor/management concerns are affected for
years, all interest arbitration proceedings are important.
But a police interest arbitration is like no other. Arbitration for police personnel is different from all other interest arbitration in the public sector because of the role
law enforcement plays in a community. The community
exists because it satisfies needs of its members. Living
in a community enables citizens to advance individual
and collective values. As an expression of basic human
needs, a community has certain responsibilities for helping its members achieve their goals. The quality of social
living in a community depends, in large part, on the
extent to which the community functions to help facilitate social goals.
“Every community strives for a strong economic structure, and the kinds of jobs available to citizens uphold
morale and give quality to daily life. A major task of
community leaders is to help establish and maintain a
healthy economy. With monies from a healthy economy,
a community is able to provide basic functions that
insure the vitality of fundamental social systems. Functions such as schools, health services, and essential governmental services help define the essence of a community and enable it to function as a part of a democracy.
One essential governmental
service is law enforcement.
Continued on page 6
Photo by Dale Stockton
We reproduce here only a few paragraphs of his decision.
We truly hope that the City’s representatives in bargaining,
and particularly the City Council, keep these thoughts
in mind.
the heart of Manhattan. Every
day almost 250,000 people pass
through this terminal as they
travel the complex New York
transit system.
Jimeno liked working the terminal area. He’d been on the job
for only nine months and derived
a lot satisfaction from helping the
public. A native of Columbia,
South America, Jimeno had
gained U.S. citizenship while
serving as a gunner’s mate in the
Navy. He had always felt a strong
calling to serve, and realized his
lifelong dream by becoming a
in this issue:
by Dale Stockton
Law Officer Magazine
At the station, the officers
learned a plane had hit one of the
towers. Jimeno remembers there
was a lot of talking among the
officers, and someone said that it
was the work of terrorists. Jimeno
quickly called his wife from a pay
phone to tell her what was happening. As Jimeno ended the call,
an inspector came in and started
picking people to respond to the
incident. Jimeno and Pezzulo didn’t wait to be picked; they just
got in line and joined others on a
commandeered bus that was
escorted to the site by sector cars
with blaring sirens.
Jimeno remembers the banter
on the bus as they were responding. “We were kind of joking
around in normal police fashion,”
he said. “But we got about six
blocks from the Trade Center and
we saw an ambulance crew
working on someone. That’s how
far the debris had blown back.
The bus got really quiet.”
About two blocks from the
Trade Center, the bus stopped to
unload the responding officers.
As they exited the bus, Jimeno
heard someone say, “They’re
jumping.” He wasn’t sure at first
what this meant but quickly realized as he saw people jumping
from windows more than 100
stories above the ground. “I felt
helpless. Here we are sworn to
help and we were just helpless.
That’s why we wear the shield,”
Continued on page 8
OCPA Legislative Goals
p.9
Lessons Learned
p.2
Jack Dunphy
Schlegel
p.4
Hit & Run Kills CHP
p.12
Overtime Curse
p.14
Terrorist Plot Busted
p.20
Knife sale honors
PPB Citizen Soldiers
p.7
p.11
Lessons
Learned
by Captain James Harvey,
Retired
When R² is not
an algebraic
element
It showed up on memos,
orders, and official communications. Where you and I would
scrawl our initials to indicate that
we read or were aware of a report
or document, this symbol would
appear in the upper corner: R². It
meant that Lieutenant Rudy
Ritschard (RR) had scrutinized
that document. Why write two
“R’s”? The mathematical expression “R to the second power”
would do it all. Such was the
subtle wit and intellect of a man
who had a truly positive impact
on the training of the Portland
Police Bureau and others
throughout the state.
Rudy had a fierce pride in
having been a Marine during
World War II and Korea. After
three enlistments, Rudy found his
second love – law enforcement.
After three years working as a
deputy in the Multnomah County
Sheriff’s Department, he joined
the Portland Police Bureau.
While he studied for and
received promotions, Rudy also
found time to earn a Bachelor’s
degree in Criminal Justice and
went on to receive a Master’s
Degree in Education at the University of Portland. He loved
police work and being a lieutenant at North Precinct where
“things happen.” It was a hard sell
convincing him to come to the
Training Division and become the
Academy Director.
But Rudy’s post retirement plan
was to teach somewhere, so the
Training Division post made sense.
The assignment would enhance
his résumé. Upon his arrival in
Training, he energetically revised
the Bureau’s Advanced Academy
training program in line with the
new “Performance Oriented
Training” concept.
Every student would clearly
know what he or she was expected to learn in each subject. He
painstakingly worked with our
instructors to establish training
goals and objectives. At Rudy’s
urging, the Bureau invited the
leading national authority on setting learning and training goals
and objectives, Robert Mager, to
conduct a workshop for police
agencies in the Portland area.
When he retired from the
Bureau in 1979, Rudy went to
work for what was then called
the Board on Police Standards
and Training, doing what he had
done for the Police Bureau. After
moving to Central Oregon in
1989, he became a full time substitute teacher. Ten years later, he
and his wife, Elaine, made a final
move to Clackamas.
At Rudy’s funeral service at
Willamette National Cemetery I
saw a number of officers from our
past. (John Potter is still working
for the Police Bureau keeping
drivers honest with his photo
radar unit.) The feeling of esprit
de corps was in the air. It was a
joy to see again men with whom
I worked over the years, realizing
once more the excellence of those
who make up the working body
of the Portland Police Bureau.
And newly hired officers’
résumés strongly indicate that
they will continue the ongoing
quest for excellence.
Lessons Learned:
• The passing of a friend is an
opportunity to recall the contributions he or she made in
our community.
• The gathering of those we
know at those sad moments is
also an opportunity to recall
and savor the memories of
the past.
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• We have an opportunity in the
present to call or visit those
from our past and share the
good memories – before they
too, are gone.
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the Rap Sheet| September 2006
Kids, cops
and Camp
Rosenbaum
For 6 days this past summer,
July 23rd to the 28th, 161 kids
from various housing authorities
in Oregon and Southern Washington descended on the Oregon
Coast to attend Camp Rosenbaum. It was the 36th year that
the “Youth Citizenship” Camp
provided a stress free week of
summer fun for kids ages 9 to 11.
Held yearly at Camp Rilea in
Warrenton, Oregon, Camp
Rosenbaum is a partnership
between the Portland Housing
Authority, the Oregon Air &
Army National Guard and the
Portland Police Bureau.
Personnel from those agencies
fill various functions for the
Camp from counselor to administrative support. Since 1992, the
Portland Police Bureau has supported Camp Rosenbaum with
Officers. In 1994 the Bureau’s
involvement stepped up to full
partner status when it provided a
dozen Officers as staff. PPB
by Sgt. Bob Gorgone
GREAT Program
cemented its connection to the
Camp while creating a pool of
counselors with an experience
base and perspective previously
lacking from the Camp.
For the many counselors and
staff representing the Bureau who
return to Camp Rosenbaum year
after year, it is a unique experience that adds balance to our law
enforcement careers. For the
kids attending Camp Rosenbaum,
they develop positive relationships with the men and women
of law enforcement while being
provided with real world practical role models. Kids, Cops and
Camp Rosenbaum; win, win no
matter how you look at it!
Sgt. F.R. Gorgone
PPB – GREAT
Off. Scott Dunick
PPB - East
Off. Lara Poirier
PPB - North
Sgt. Larry Graham
PPB - Southeast
Off. Gene Gillock
PPB - School Police
Off. Lori Sharp
PPB - Family Services
Sgt. Tom Hunt
PPB - Detectives
Off. Jenifer Goss
Troutdale PD
Officers attending and
agencies represented:
Sgt. Kelli Sheffer
PPB - Central – NRT / Detectives
Off. Kenford Howell
Newberg PD
Rick Sothern
Multnomah County Parole &
Probation (Ret. PPB)
Sgt. Joseph Colistro
Port of Portland PD
Det. Robert Clevenger
PPB - Detectives
Off. John Maul
PPB - Central
Sgt. Jose Gonzalez
PPB - Tri-Met
Off. Jan Childers
Port of Portland PD
Off. Leslie Pintarich
PPB - Southeast
Off. Rachel Strobel
PPB - Southeast
Off. Tracy Tennyson
Gresham PD
Off. Chris Verbout
PPB – Northeast
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Thoughts
at the end
of a career...
by Detective Dave Schlegel,
Retired
Unlike the
military, it
paid to
volunteer
Early on in my career I learned that it paid to volunteer. This went against what I’d heard from military
veterans, “Never volunteer.” I decided that in order to
learn and see the most I would try to take advantage of
every opportunity that came my way. I was single, living alone, no hobbies, no friends, and a sponge for the
job. I wanted to live it, breathe it, taste it, and smell it.
I felt cheated on my days off,
or even my shifts off, because
things were happening that I wasn’t a part of. I didn’t care about
the overtime earnings that some of
the older guys lived for. They
needed the special detail overtime
to pay for the cars, house, boat,
and toys that they were accumulating in their driveways. I needed
to be part of the action. I needed
to belong to the team.
µ
Prime Minister of Japan
I heard that the Prime Minister of Japan was coming to Portland for a visit. That’s what I was
talking about! My job was to
guard the basement parking
garage at the Marriott Hotel
where the Prime Minister would
be staying while in downtown
Portland.
It was a dark and gloomy
night and quiet in the concrete
tomb of the parking structure.
The lone policeman, bundled
against the cold and armed with
his trusty 6 shot revolver and 18
extra rounds of ammunition in
dump pouches, paced back and
forth in the stillness, envisioning
a terrorist attack and assassination
on the leader of arguably the second or third most powerful
nation in the world.
He imagined the attackers
would make their approach in
the middle of the night, softly
gliding through the deserted
darkness in an old beat up delivery van with a non-descript magnetic sign on the driver’s door.
The driver would stay behind
with the van so a quick escape
could be made. The killing team
would emerge from the back of
the van dressed as the Hispanic
page 4
cleaning crew in matching industrial gray coveralls with the same
logo on their backs. They would
be toting heavy bags filled with
explosives and machine guns, and
carrying vacuum cleaners and
squeegees as a disguise. The
handsome and daring young
policeman would be all that stood
between them and their prey. He
would have to be eliminated, quietly, as they made their way to
the service elevator.
Waiting alone in that basement parking garage I figured out
that my job was not to save the
Prime Minister, or the President,
or the Pope, or anybody else that
happened to be visiting Portland.
This was the time that I realized
that my job was to be the sacrificial lamb for the crazy, suicidal
hordes that would storm the castle to kill the king.
The theory was that hopefully
I would raise the alarm, by
screaming or dying in a hail of
gunfire, and allow those actually
guarding the principal to close
ranks and escape in the confusion
and carnage of the assault. Everybody expected to see the dashing
and daring uniformed policeman.
The public expected it. The man
being guarded expected it. The
bad guys would expect it. It felt
reassuring. It felt comforting. I
felt like a goat being tethered to a
tree outside a safari tent on the
Serengeti Plains waiting for the
hunting lion to attack and be
killed by hunters lying in wait.
DING!!! The bell for service
elevator scared the crap out of
me. The door slid open and I
wondered how in the hell the
van had made it into the basement and disappeared, the clean-
ing/killing crew had made it by
me, the assassination had happened, and the crew was now
returning to the van which wasn’t there, without any sound on
the radio for the last half-hour. I
suddenly had to pee.
I peeked out at the elevator
from around a concrete support
pillar, too scared to even pull my
gun out. Two Japanese guys and
one white guy with a buzz cut
hairdo, all in business suits, got
off the elevator and walked into
the open area in front.
“State Department,” said the
white guy. I stepped out from
I heard a car engine and a
black ‘70’s Ford station wagon
with blacked out windows
cruised into the basement garage.
The car was gleaming in the
overhead fluorescent light and sat
low, like it weighed five tons and
was reinforced with bulletproof
steel. The Japanese use old Fords?
It momentarily confused me. It
quietly purred by us, stopped,
and then backed up to within 10
feet of the elevator. The driver
stayed put and I couldn’t see
him through the tinted windows. The passenger got out,
moved to the back of the car,
apart on his head and were so
tight that I couldn’t tell where he
was looking.
He kind of waddled back and
forth as he walked to the back of
the station wagon, his arms and
legs so muscular that a normal
stride would’ve been impossible.
The passenger of the car opened
the back door of station wagon
and Odd Job sprang into the back
like a huge tiger, crawling over
and behind an object in the back,
to a single seat that faced to the
rear. I peered into the back of the
station wagon and saw him settling himself in behind a mounted .50 caliber machine gun that
was completely invisible when
the door shut. Jesus Christ, these
guys are serious.
Several minutes passed and the
cars just sat idling. DING!!! Bodyguards, business suits, people
laughing, lots of movement, car
doors opening and slamming. I
tried not to look. I tried to stay
focused on the other end of the
vacant parking garage where the
attack would come from at any
moment. The cars accelerated
from the garage, tires squealing.
Silence. I was alone again.
DING!!! A single Japanese guy
in a suit poked his head out from
the elevator followed by a small,
older Japanese man with white
hair who looked around as if
confused, then smiled at me.
The younger Japanese man got
on a radio immediately, then
looked at me and said, “They’re
coming back. They forgot the
Prime Minister.”
“ Thi s was t he tim e tha t I r eal ize d tha t my job w as to be th e
sac ri fi cia l lam b f or th e cra zy ,
sui ci da l h or des t hat wo ul d s to rm
the c ast le to ki ll th e kin g .”
behind the pillar. “He’s coming
down.”
“O.K. Everything’s quiet.”
The white guy looked at me
and rolled his eyes as if he knew
that he’d scared the crap out of
me and that I wouldn’t know an
assassination killing crew if they
walked up to me and introduced
themselves. The Two Japanese
guys just stood there and stared
at me as if I was their biggest
threat. I turned my back on the
elevator door and scanned the
completely vacant parking
garage like I knew what I was
doing and that the biggest threat
would come from there.
and stood at attention. Two
more cars, both big black sedans
pulled into the garage and
formed a line in front of the station wagon. Nobody got out.
DING!!! The elevator door
opened and a guy that I swore
was Odd Job from the James
Bond movies came out. He was
huge. He could not straighten his
arms out inside the black suit
jacket that was 3 sizes too small
and straining the buttons on the
front. He was 5’6” and must have
weighed 300 pounds. His head
was the size of a bowling ball and
covered with pig bristled black
hair. Japanese slanted eyes sat far
CIT, TIP, CRT —
What it all means
If you have been around the Portland Police
Bureau for any length of time, I’m sure you have
heard the following acronyms, but like many
other people, you may not know the difference
between them.
Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) is based out of
the Portland Fire Bureau but respond to police situations as well. The volunteers provide on-scene
support to the family and friends. They generally
do not provide follow-up support.
Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is an officer coordinated program through the Portland Police Bureau.
Officers are called to respond to a person involved
in a mental crisis. They are trained to recognize
psychological medications and stages of diagnosed conditions. They make a safety assessment
and recommendations for the crisis at hand.
Crisis Response Team (CRT) is an officer-coordinated, volunteer-based program administered
through the Portland Police Bureau. Initially, TIP
and CRT are similar in that both programs send
volunteers to respond on-scene. The unique
aspects of calling CRT are that it provides immediate on-site support to officers, detectives, fami-
by Deborah Monk
Senior Administrative
Support Specialist
ly and friends. That support continues with a
home visit, referrals for a funeral (in case of
death) through the appointment and introduction
to the DA’s advocate.
CRT recently assisted with a search warrant where
the elderly homeowner required special consideration. Also, responder teams are specific to the
communities they serve. The current four teams
are from the African-American, Hispanic, Asian and
Sexual Minorities communities. These volunteers
are professionals who have attended the Citizen’s
Academy, workshops on grief counseling, problem
resolution and more. They have proven to be an
asset even during officer involved incidents.
Responders can be called out for homicide, SIDS,
fatal traffic accidents, aggravated assaults and
even out-of-control youth. You can initiate a callout through BOEC or by paging Officer Marci Jackson at (503) 940-0729.
Hopefully, this information will help you differentiate between these programs. If you know of a citizen who would be beneficial in the role of a
responder please refer their names to the CRT
Office at (503) 823-2095.
The Sunshine
Division has
amazing results
similar situations.
Each year their
exceptional commitment help ensure that
local families and
children do not go
hungry in times of
emergency.
Despite the morning rain, Jon and Sherri Hiner of Mattress World, were again successful at having another
fun-filled, sold out charitable golf tournament for the
Sunshine Division.
The Sunshine
Division would like
to thank Jon and
Sherri Hiner and the
proud sponsors for
the Mattress World
Charitable Golf
Tournament:
by Rebecca Hill
Sunshine Division
Thanks to their dedication
and the sponsorship of Les
Schwab, West Coast Bank and
Oregon City Golf Club at Lone
Oak it exceeded last year’s
event for a total of $62,000. In
four years this annual golf
tournament has raised a total
of $185,000 for the Sunshine
Division.
The support of the Jon and
Sherri Hiner is a true source of
inspiration for the staff at Sunshine Division. They spend
countless hours of their own
time planning, recruiting and
organizing this event. Participants are not only local businesses and local media outlets,
but family, friends and volunteering staff. Their desire to
help children and families in the
community stems from their
own personal experiences. They
truly understand the struggles
working families face when trying to make it month to month.
When Jon and Sherri were
opening their Mattress World
stores they experienced hardship
with four foreclosures, car
repossessions and asking family
members for food. When faced
with no heat, they had to convince their children that they
did not want heat because it
was more fun to camp out in
front of the fireplace and all to
sleep together.
Due to their hard work and
determination they are now able
help so many families that are in
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Mattress World
Les Schwab
West Coast Bank
Oregon City
Golf Club at
Lone Oaks
Sealy
Comcast
KGW
General Distributors
Entercom
Comforpedic
Fox 12
Arrowhead
Demark Financial
Protecta-Bed
Carpenter
Englander
KATU
Rose City Radio
Simmons
Ashley/Millenium
Clear Channel
Claudia Green
Belle Enterprises
CBS Radio
KOIN TV
Suburban Chevrolet
Alan Burrer
LaRog’s
Fullerton & Co.
Willamette Broadband
All American Hearing
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Continued from page 1
President’s
Message
Police personnel serve as an emblem of
safety that allows an economy to flourish.
“In the early, less complex days of the
United States, the community generally
did not assume responsibility for a formal
policing function. The peace was kept
informally by citizens on duty serving the
community or by village elders, parents,
and clergy. A Boston politician as late as
1815 stated:
“If there ever comes a time when Americans have to have in their cities a paid
professional police force, that will be the
end of freedom and democracy as we
have known it. (See Watson, Selected
Readings, 107 (1967).)
“Citizens in the United States later relied
on justices of the peace to keep order,
and paid police officers emerged not until
the nineteenth century. Much has
changed since the seventeenth century
when night watchmen made their hourly
rounds in a city and all males over 18
were expected to serve in the rotation.
“Law enforcement personnel today,
almost more than any other essential
governmental service, are expected to
uphold and reflect community values to a
diverse citizenry. If people were perfect,
law enforcement would be unnecessary;
but the harsh reality is that law enforcement provides a civilizing influence in a
community like no other group of public
employees, especially as other socializing
institutions have grown weaker or
become dysfunctional. Large or small,
democratic or authoritarian, communities
need law enforcement. In a democratic
society, however, law enforcement must
advance the goal of protecting life and
property while also fostering democratic
values of personal freedom. Having the
official power to use reasonable force to
balance these social imperatives places
law enforcement in a unique position to
receive both praise and damnation.
“No other governmental service has the
immediate symbolic power that is held by
law enforcement. A police officer is a
front line representative of political
power. The average citizen is daily far
more conscious of law enforcement in a
community than, for example, a city
council or a planning commission. A
police officer on street patrol performs
his or her duties in a "fishbowl" and,
rightly or wrongly, serves as a representative of the political system in a community. He or she is expected to reflect cultural values of the community and, along
with teachers or firefighters, is held to a
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higher standard of trust than many governmental
employees.
“Modern police departments have numerous opportunities
to represent official power in a community as a result of the
diverse functions now performed by police officers. Their
traditional role of protecting life and property has morphed
into performing a wide variety of community functions, and
an experienced police officer is now expected to be expert
in human relations, race relations, domestic conflicts, traffic
control, accident investigation, disputes between warring
youths, and to have a general knowledge of basic principles
of equal justice on which a democratic political system is
premised. These varied functions do not call for a collection
of ideals a community hopes to find in its police personnel.
Citizens, rather, expect law enforcement officials to be
immediately ready to handle widely diverse situations and
to do so with consummate skill. Whether or not an officer
exhibits the requisite skill while working in a "fishbowl"
environment is pivotal in the public's perception of law
enforcement as a good or bad representative of community
values. A negative perception increases a risk that voluntary law observance will be undermined and the vibrancy of
a community harmed. Public confidence in democratic institutions is essential. Few other governmental services place
employees in so many significant job performances that
can enhance or undermine public trust in community
leaders generally.
“Interest arbitration involving police personnel is unique, in
part, because no other public sector workforce but law
enforcement personnel can build or destroy public trust as
instantly through their use of individual discretion. Police
discretion is at the heart of law enforcement and has a
direct impact on the daily life of average citizens. Not all
infractions of the law lead to a citation or to an arrest, and
police officers are charged with using reasonable discretion
when enforcing expectations of the community.
“If police personnel enforced the letter of the law in every
conceivable situation, the court system would collapse or
at least have to change; and average citizens would be
outraged by such strict enforcement. Officers are expected to use good judgment and commonsense in performing their duties, and their use of police discretion is
expected to reflect community values. While individual
performance failures must be punished or employees
retrained, no mathematically precise road map exists
making clear how law enforcement personnel should handle all the nuances of situations that arise in our fastpaced, highly complex society.
“Few work forces are so persistently vulnerable to public criticism and career obstacles due to errors in the use of individual discretion. Other public employees are generally not
targeted for harm by segments of the population. Some
criminals, however, believe they gain respectability if they
can boast of harming a police officer. In that environment,
police personnel often must make quick discretionary decisions A wise use of discretionary power is an essential skill
of a police officer, but no definitive policies, guidelines, or
rules can ever remove all the ambiguities confronted in the
daily performance of regular duties by police personnel.
Basic precepts and departmental guidelines help, but police
discretion is inherent in the performance of law enforcement duties. The competent use of police discretion in the
hour-to-hour performance of regular duties, potentially with
deadly consequences, is a unique characteristic that sets
apart law enforcement personnel from public employees
performing other governmental services. It is a consideration that merits weight in an interest arbitration, and some
evidence suggested that the Employer failed to do so in
this case.”
Sergeant Major Bob
Foesch (right) nicknamed
the Canadian Sergeant
Major, “Yoda,” after the
Jedi Warrior Master. He
is a little guy, but very
sharp. The Canadians only
have a six month tour versus a 12 month tour in
Afghanistan. Photo courtesy of Bob Foesch, NE
Precinct. Bob is currently
deployed in Afghanistan.
2006 Columbia
River knife sale
to honor PPB
Citizen-Soliders
Sgt. Daren Roeser, Southeast Precinct is pleased to
announce that the 2006 annual group purchase is on
and orders are being taken. Included on this years order
form will be a space for a suggested minimum donation
of $5.00 to go toward the purchase of specially engraved
knives for presentation to the nine PPB Officers who
are currently on, or have returned from extended
deployment or activation in support of the War
on Terror.
These Officers have served
not only the citizens of Portland, but all Americans as Citizen-Soldiers. These Soldiers,
Sailors, Airmen and Marines
have volunteered for the Guard
and Reserves, hoping for “One
weekend a month, two weeks
per year,” but with the full
knowledge that activation could
come at any time. Since September 11, 2001, many of our
guard and reservists have spent
as much time overseas as they
have at home with their families
and “regular” jobs. This level of
commitment demonstrates the
highest American ideals of patriotism and volunteerism. It is
my hope that the small gift of a
commemorative knife will serve
to remind them that they are
appreciated and not forgotten.
Columbia River Knife and
Tool shows its corporate support
for uniform, and public safety
services by offering their full
line of products at substantial
savings off MSRP through this
annual group purchase. In case
you have not participated in
previous years, CRKT offers
dozens of different knives
designed by world renowned
knife makers and designers.
Names familiar to knife aficionados such as Elishewitz, Ryan,
Van Hoy, Lake, Crawford and
many others all contribute variations of their handmade, custom knives to CRKT that can be
produced commercially at
affordable prices.
Of particular interest this
year is the new TAILWIND ™
series of assisted opener knives
designed by Pat and Wes Crawford. Not a true automatic, the
user starts the blade via a thumb
stud on the blade, when the
blade reaches 30 degrees an
internal spring forcefully snaps
the blade into place. The WILD
WEASEL ™ and the VOODOO
™ are not only CRKT’s first
assisted openers, they are the
first CRKT knives made in the
USA.
Expanding on the TAILWIND™ series of assisted openers for 2006 is the “OUTBURST”
line. Also “Assisted Openers”,
these knives feature an assist
mechanism that can be easily
removed, if you prefer regular
thumb stud opening, or replaced
in case of breakage, by a single
set screw. The “KOJO HARA
ICHI” is a Japanese inspired
small knife that rests easily in
the pocket and features a
removable clip for attachment to
the pocket, belt or bags. The
“MY TIGHE” line is a commercial interpretation of one of
famous knife maker Brian
Tighe’s exciting customs designs.
A hefty, full size knife that
bridges the gap between tactical
and utility knives, I recently
acquired one and find it to be
the best CRKT knife I have had
to date. Its combination of heft,
grip and stout blade have made
it my instant favorite. The
“KOMMER FULL THROTTLE”
is a stylish, trim full size knife
that should prove popular who
those who want a full size assisted opener with a more upscale,
less “tactical” look. Featuring a
lightly textured blue/black
polyurethane hard enamel finish
over a stainless steel frame with
gold anodized accents, this
classy folder has what it takes to
stand up to corrosion, abrasion
and impacts.
Returning for 2006 are the
value priced Kommer designed
SIGNATURE HUNTER ™ line
of fixed blade knives for the
hunter and outdoorsman. This
line offers features to enhance
grip, traditional tooled leather
sheaths and three different models to suit every kind of hunting
or camp chore.
If you have been looking for
a true dagger style “boot” knife
take a look at the new for 2006,
“A.G. RUSSEL STING”. Featuring a thick spine, dual cutting
edges and one piece hot forged
1050 carbon steel, this knife can
dish it out as well as it can take
it. A non-reflective black powder coat finish and multi-position Cordura-Zytel sheath
rounds out this tough, hefty personal defense package.
For those who study knife
fighting, or just have need for a
big, hefty tactical knife, take a
look at the new ULTIMA ™
series. The ULTIMA ™ features
a blade 6.75 inches long, an overall length of over 11.6 inches, a
butt pry tip and a grip specially
designed to offer maximum purchase even in the wettest, muddiest or greasiest circumstances.
11 inches of knife just a little
bit more than you need? Looking
for something
durable, but classy
and unobtrusive
enough even for formal occasions? The
Van Hoy designed
SNAP FIRE ™ and
SNAP LOCK ™
might be just your
style. You’ve never, ever, seen
knives like these.
If Japanese martial arts interest you, the HISSATSU ™ and
FIRST STRIKE ™ lines of tactical fighting knives are inspired
by the ancient designs of Japanese knife makers and sword
smiths. These sturdy fixed blade
knives come with black ZYTEL
™ sheaths that are designed
with a belt clip and variety of
holes and slots that allow for
mounting on almost any kind of
belt, vest or gear.
page 7
Buried alive
on 9/11
said Jimeno, who asked openly to
the group of officers around him,
“What are we going to do?”
Sergeant John McLoughlin, a
Port Authority officer who
worked the Emergency Service
unit (ESU) and knew the layout
of the World Trade Center as
well as anyone, provided the
answer. McLoughlin told the officers he needed three volunteers
who knew how to use Scott air
packs. Jimeno, Pezzulo and Antonio Rodrigues all answered. They
had recently graduated from the
100th Port Authority Police
Academy (PAPD) and had
trained on the air packs. Also
answering the call was Officer
Chris Amoroso, who had been a
PAPD officer for two years.
Jimeno noted that McLoughlin
didn’t order anyone — he asked
for volunteers — but Jimeno felt
up to the job. “I felt confident
going with the sergeant
(McLoughlin) because he knew
the building like the back of his
hand,” he said.
Jimeno remembers feeling
encouraged by the calm nature of
one of the officers on scene, Officer Bruce Reynolds, a 16-year
veteran. “He came up to me and
said, ‘What a mess this is.’ I
remember that he was looking at
me and seemed very calm,” said
Jimeno. “He didn’t even have to
be there because he had a heart
condition. I was so impressed and
it comforted me that he was so
calm. I remember thinking that
this is a guy to follow.” Reynolds
was later one of 37 PAPD officers
who died that day.
Another officer on scene who
impressed Jimeno was Officer
Jimmy Lynch. Jimeno knew
Lynch was recovering from arm
surgery performed the day
before. Despite his injury, he had
responded when the call went
out. He was last seen gathering
air packs in the north tower.
As Jimeno and the others left
on their mission, an academy
instructor gave Jimeno a quick
hug and told him to be careful.
As they ran toward the complex,
debris was falling everywhere.
“It looked like a war zone,”
related Jimeno. The group
stopped briefly to store some
unneeded equipment in a
Chevrolet Suburban. Jimeno
noticed the vehicle had been hit
by a huge piece of concrete.
Donning his rescue gear, includ-
Michael Pena, the real Will Jimeno,
Nicolas Cage, and the real John McLoughlin on the movie set of World Trade Center.
Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures
ing air pack and helmet, Jimeno
found himself thinking how
odd the situation was. “I don’t
like fire. Here I am in firefighter
gear with an ax in my hand,”
he said.
McLoughlin told his four volunteers to team up and Jimeno
paired up with Pezzulo, the two
committing not to leave each
other. Throwing rescue items
into a canvas mail carrier cart,
the group pushed onward, passing a large piece of the plane
Jimeno believes was part of the
landing gear. “I know we all had
fear in our hearts but the desire
to serve these people and protect
them, it just made it seem okay,”
he said.
6th annual
Count Rosenbaum’s Halloween Ball
Saturday, October 28, 2006
the party kicks off at 8:00 pm
at the Metro Police Club
618 SE Alder Street
Count Rosenbaum's Halloween Ball is a Fundraiser for
Camp Rosenbaum, a Youth Citizenship Camp.
See www.camprosenbaum.org for pictures and camp details.
"Civil Disturbance", the Vancouver Police Benefit Band will entertain the masses with live
party music this year! As always the night will be filled with door, costume and raffle prizes!
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Jimeno pushed the cart forward as they were standing in
front of Tower Two. He passed
several PAPD officers he would
never see again, headed for different parts of the building. One
of them was another academy
classmate, Walwyn Stuart.
Jimeno and Stuart hit fists, telling
each other to be careful. Stuart is
credited with saving the lives of
hundreds of commuters when he
forced them to get back onto a
train and ordered the train to go
back, thus leaving the area just
before the collapse of the towers.
“He left behind a beautiful wife
and a little girl that he never got
to see walk,” said Jimeno, who
has shared these last moments
with the officer’s family.
Buried Alive
Jimeno was getting tired pushing the heavy cart and Rodrigues
stepped in to help, telling Jimeno
he didn’t want him to get too
tired. The group entered a corridor that would take them into
Tower One. Rodrigues began to
fall behind because of the weight
of the cart and Jimeno turned
back to help him. The two
stopped in front of a doorway and
Jimeno looked out at Tower Two,
the first tower struck by the
hijacked aircraft. Suddenly there
was a tremendous roar and a
huge fireball that Jimeno
describes as being larger than a
house. “The whole world shook
like an earthquake,” Jimeno said.
Tower Two was collapsing.
McLoughlin yelled at the team
to run toward the freight elevator
and run they did: Pezzulo,
McLoughlin, Jimeno, Rodrigues
and Amoroso, in that order. At
this point, the group was at a
location midway between the
two towers. Concrete started
coming down on them. “It was
like being body-slammed,”
Jimeno said. “I just held on to my
helmet and tried to go for my
mike. Everything just kept coming down on us and before I
knew it we were just covered.”
Jimeno was buried by debris
facing up at a 45-degree angle. He
was lying on top of his air pack.
Both of his legs were pinned and
his left leg was almost crushed.
McLoughlin was buried behind
and beneath him. Pezzulo was in
a push-up position nearby. All
were dazed by what had just happened. “I was in shock,” said
Jimeno. “I kept hearing a loud
buzz in my ears and tried to focus
on what was happening.”
McLoughlin ordered the officers to sound off. Pezzulo and
Jimeno responded, and then there
was silence. Jimeno yelled the
names of Rodrigues and Amoroso
repeatedly, but they didn’t
answer. “I looked over to Dom
and told him I didn’t think they
made it. Dom told me they were
in a better place,” said Jimeno.
Training kicked in. The three
buried officers began communicating and evaluating their situation. “Nobody could move, but I
could see a little light coming in,”
said Jimeno. “I could see this
hole, but I couldn’t see the sky.
“We knew we were one level
under the concourse so that light
meant a way out. We tried everything, but it seemed nothing
worked. The radios were dead,”
said Jimeno.
Pezzulo eventually managed
to free himself to the point he
could move around in a small
cavern-like area. At McLoughlin’s
direction, Pezzulo began working
to see if he could free Jimeno. “I
think Dom could have easily
gone out the hole, but he was
working to try and free me,” said
Jimeno.
Pezzulo’s efforts to free Jimeno
proved futile. Despite his
strength, Pezzulo was unable to
move a large piece of concrete
held in place by rebar. Pezzulo
was working valiantly to free his
friend when tragedy struck once
again. “He was trying to free me
when Tower One fell,” said
Jimeno. “I told him something big
is coming again and then something huge came through and hit
him. He was hurt really bad.”
The collapse of Tower One
mortally wounded Pezzulo and
pushed additional debris on top
of McLoughlin. Jimeno remained
pinned by the huge piece of concrete and covered with debris. He
talked to Pezzulo as the life slowly ebbed from his friend’s body.
“Dom was fighting for his life,”
Jimeno related. “We talked and I
Continued on page 10
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OCPA sets 2007
legislative goals
The Oregon Council of Police
Associations set its legislative
goals for the 2007 Session (With
2003 and 2005 Bill #’s) at the
April 2006 general meeting.
High Priority
Revise the SB 750 (1995) language dealing with the definition of “Safety” when used in
what are mandatory subjects of
bargaining. Clarification of what
are safety issues, including
potential safety issues. (SB 446
in 2003, SB321 in 2005).
Change the current Definition
of Supervisory Personnel in Law
that was negatively altered by SB
750 in 1995. That change was an
effort to limit membership to
organizations by mid level
employees as a way to weaken the
organizations. OCPA would alter
the definition by using the factor
of whether the employee has the
ability to recommend economic
sanctions or dismissal of another
employee as to whether that person is a supervisor (SB 445 in
2003, SB320 in 2005).
Revise the SB 750 (1995) change
in Strike Barred employee’s negotiations that establish Weighted Criteria. By eliminating the weighted
criteria, we would revert to the
equal weight for all issues, thus releveling the negotiating field (SB
444 in 2003, SB 319 in 2005).
Continue to participate in the
Attorney General’s or any other
group’s bill related to Use of
Lethal Force Task Force and mitigation of any legislation on this
issue. Mitigate if possible as many
of the bad impacts on officers
(SB301 2005 Session). Also refer to
Police Officers Bill of Rights(#8).
Establish statue that provides
for due process in investigations
and sanctions by the Department
of Public Safety Standards and
Training (DPSST). Set process for
investigation, hearing by and
report to ALJ. Revise system as
used by Policy Sub-committees
and DPSST Board.
DPSST Recomposition. Reduce
overall members and balance
membership with more line personnel on both the policy groups
and Board. (SB 990 2005 Session)
Caseload issue, limiting case
loads for reasons of effectiveness
& safety (public & P&PO’s.) Arizona Law or other options. (Introduced as SB 586, 2005 Session)
7.(a) Interfering with a Peace
Officer. To support/co-operate
with other labor entities or governmental agencies that promote
repairs to ORS 162.247, which was
rendered useless by court rulings.
To continue efforts from 2005 Session; See - SB 548 & HB 3025.
Medium Priority
Police Officers Bill of Rights to
establish uniform protections for
Officers who are not covered by
collective bargaining agreements.
This legislation directed at issues
of review of Officers Rights in
discipline or investigations (Use
the California Model if possible,
HB 2965 in 2005).
Reintroduce Workers Comp
Presumption related to exposures
to HEP-C and other blood born
exposures (With focus, if needed
on Corrections and Emergency
employees and if possible bundle
bill with other employees, i.e.
health care workers, if such a bill
is being introduced).
NAPO wins legislative
vic tory with passage of
Pension Protec tion Act
Over a year of hard work by the National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO) has culminated in
the passage of the “Pension Protection Act of 2006,”
H.R. 4, on August 3, 2006. H.R. 4 contains key provisions that aid retired law enforcement officers including
the “H.E.L.P.S. Retirees Act” and exemptions to the
10% early withdrawal tax.
The “H.E.L.P.S. Retirees Act” provision included in
H.R. 4, under Title VII, Section 845, allows retired public safety officers to use up to $3,000 annually from
their pension funds, including defined benefit plans
and defined contribution plans, to pay for qualified
health insurance premiums without taxing these
distributions.
Limit ability of anyone to access
PSO home address via public
records such as voting or tax
records through county offices
(Perhaps dovetail with DMV use of
work address for taxes and voting
records)(Tigard and Portland); Or,
pass law that the clerks have to
withhold the information if the
officers file a form requesting the
info be withheld (Possible need for
clean up of HB 2724 2005 Session
to fix issue with Counties).
Review and adjust the definition of spouse in the Public Safety
Memorial Fund to include partners for the purposes of survivor
benefits.
Clarify in PERS law that the
IAP can offer a lifetime annuity
to retiring members in order to
avoid the IRS 10% penalty if you
access the money prior to age 59
½ or do not or can not use one of
the other methods to get around
the IRS penalty.
Ability of Officers to wear uniforms in political campaigns during off-hours. Currently employers say they own the uniform and
deny use - in our endorsed races
or ballot measures (Refer: Little
Hatch Act).
Reserve Goals
Privacy Act: Alter the act with a
presumption that anyone knowingly in the presence of a police officer
will not have any expectation of
privacy, especially with regards to
video & audio recordings. (Likely
defer to cities/counties efforts)
OSPOA may introduce a fix.
Expansion of the current law
dealing with Firefighters and
heart and lung diseases to include
presumption for all other Public
Safety Officers as well. Also
expands the presumption to
include cancer.
Establish an ability to appeal
failure to cite an employer by
OROSHA for employer safety
violations (SB 395 in 2003).
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who selflessly serve and protect our communities.”
The final compromise bill also includes the DROP
Provision, which waives the 10% early withdrawal
penalty tax for any distributions from pension plans
for public safety officers who retire from service on or
after the age of 50 (Title VIII, Sec. 828).
NAPO has been a primary supporter of the
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have fought to see it included in the final conference
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the final bill. We are looking forward to seeing the
President sign it into law.
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Buried alive
on 9/11
told him to hang on. We cracked
a couple of jokes, but Dom knew
he was dying.
“With his last couple of
breaths he reached out his arm
and fired a shot toward the hole
of light to try and get someone’s
attention. He said, ‘Will, don’t
forget that I died trying to save
you guys,’ then he slumped over
and passed,” Jimeno related.
“This was really tough for me.
Dom was a total gentleman,
father of two kids, and he had a
beautiful wife.”
Trapped beneath tons of rubble and witnessing his good
friend and academy classmate die
in front of him, Jimeno was overwhelmed by the situation, but it
was about to get worse. “It seems
crazy, almost unbelievable, but
there was fire that kept coming
into the area where we were, I
guess from the jet fuel. I told the
sergeant I thought we were going
to burn,” said Jimeno.
Time after time, fireballs three
and four feet in diameter would
roll through the area where
Jimeno was trapped. Each time
they got close, the fireballs would
dissipate. “It just seemed like
there were angels down there
because these fireballs kept extinguishing themselves. It was really
hairy,” said Jimeno.
As Jimeno and McLoughlin lay
trapped, they heard gunfire that
Jimeno thought was the sound of
a fierce gun battle. Later he
learned that U.S. Customs had an
armory in a nearby building and
the ammunition was exploding
because of the fire. “I told the sergeant that I thought the guys
were shooting it out with terrorists,” said Jimeno, adding that he
kept yelling ‘eight-13,’ the radio
call sign for an officer in distress.
When evening came, there
was a lot of sharing and a lot of
praying taking place deep in the
rubble. McLoughlin, despite his
intense pain, kept trying to use
his radio but never got a
response. The rolling fireballs
continued and, at one point, came
so close that the pistol used by
Pezzulo began firing on its own,
causing Jimeno to fear he was
going to be killed by his fallen
partner’s weapon. “I didn’t realize
it was Dom’s gun at first,” said
Jimeno. “Then I heard more shots
and ricochets. It was about four
feet from me. He had fired one
round, leaving 15. How I didn’t
get hit, I don’t know. The sparks
were only a couple of inches
from my head. I could cover my
face but couldn’t move because I
was buried from the waist down.”
Jimeno made his peace with
God, feeling that he and
McLoughlin had done everything
humanly possible. “I asked God to
take care of my wife who was
pregnant, and my 4-year-old. I
just asked God to let me see my
baby in heaven,” said Jimeno.
“I thanked God for a great 33
years and that I had become a
Port Authority police officer. I
thought at least my family would
be proud I had tried to help peo-
ple. If I was going to die, I couldn’t think of a more honorable
way to go,” related Jimeno.
“At some point I kind of
passed out and had a vision. I’m
not really overly religious, but I
was really, really thirsty,”
Jimeno said. “I saw what I
thought was Jesus coming over
to me with a bottle of water.
Over his shoulder was a sea of
waving grass and over the other
shoulder was a lake.
“Here I am in the middle of
hell, and there’s Jesus with a bottle of Evian. I think Jesus really
came to me that day,” said
Jimeno. “It really helped inspire
me. No one signs on to see what
we did, but I woke up with a
fighting spirit, and I told the sergeant that we’re going to get out
of here some way.”
Jimeno feels strongly other
officers should learn from his
experience and never, never quit
trying. “One thing I hope I can
contribute to other officers is to
keep calm. Somehow God helped
me to keep my cool and stay professional,” related Jimeno. “Hopefully, the lessons I learned can
help some other officer — don’t
ever give up. When you’re thrust
into a terrible situation, if you
can reach down deep and find
that meaning in your life, you
can survive.”
Jimeno felt he had to do
something to work toward freedom, and he took a pair of
Smith and Wesson handcuffs
out of their pouch to use as a
tool, chipping slowly away at
the concrete. “Although they
didn’t make a big difference in
getting me free, it was a big help
to me mentally because I felt
like I was doing something,”
related Jimeno.
After dropping his handcuffs
when he passed out briefly,
Jimeno tried to work his sidearm
out of its holster so he could try
to summon help. Unfortunately,
he ended up dislodging the magazine, making it useless as a
firearm. Jimeno then used the
pistol to hammer away at his
concrete enclosure. He also
pulled repeatedly on a piece of
nearby pipe, letting it go so that
it would make a loud ping. As
he worked, McLoughlin encouraged him to keep trying.
“We kept each other going,”
said Jimeno. “We fed off each
other and kept each other
awake.” Buried deep in the rubble, the two officers had no way
of knowing what was taking
place around them.
“It was getting dark and Sarge
said that they won’t come in to
get us, it’s too unstable. He said
they would come in the morning
and I told him I didn’t know if
we could make it through the
night,” said Jimeno.
Saved
About 2015 hrs, Jimeno heard
someone yell, “U.S. Marines.” He
immediately yelled back, “Eight13, Port Authority PD, officers
down.”
The rescuers called out to the
trapped officer, encouraging him
to keep yelling. “God blessed me
with big lungs,” said Jimeno. “I
kept yelling to them. Because
they said they were Marines, I
told Sarge that I thought we were
at war.”
Above ground, U.S. Marine
Reserve Staff Sergeant David
Karnes, an accountant from Connecticut who had responded on
his own to the disaster, set into
motion one of the most dramatic
rescue operations of Sept. 11.
Because cell phone systems in the
area were jammed, he was unable
to reach any local number to call
for assistance. He managed to
reach his sister in Pittsburgh and
told her what was happening. She
in turn called her local police
department and they managed to
get through to police officials in
New York. As a result, two ESU
officers, Scott Strauss and Paddy
McGee, along with a paramedic
named Chuck Serelka, were sent
to the scene with other rescue
personnel.
Conditions were downright
dangerous. Flames were everywhere, razor sharp debris littered
the area and the access to the
trapped officers was so tight there
was virtually no working room.
Any movement of the debris
could instantly end the lives of
the trapped officers and their rescuers. Jimeno, hearing the cries of
pain from McLoughlin, bravely
told the officers to take care of his
sergeant first. This wasn’t practical, though, because McLoughlin
was buried farther down in the
debris than Jimeno. Extricating
Jimeno took a very long time
because his left leg had been
crushed by a huge piece of concrete. Surgical tools and IV bottles were on hand in the event
that amputation was necessary,
but the rescuers were committed
to saving Jimeno’s leg.
“McLoughlin’s yells were driving me crazy and it was taking a
long time,” said Jimeno. “I told
Strauss, ‘Just cut my leg off,’ but
Strauss said, ‘No way, you’re
coming out in one piece.’ I still
have both legs thanks to him.”
When he was finally freed,
Jimeno had been buried for
more than 13 hours. It would
take another eight hours for a
fresh rescue team to extricate
McLoughlin. Both were in
tremendous pain and had been
seriously injured by the collapse.
Jimeno nearly died at the hospital. “They told me I flatlined
twice on the table. It’s a miracle
I made it out of there,” said
Jimeno.
Jimeno’s recovery has not
been without challenges, and he
is the first to admit that at times
he was psychologically overwhelmed by what he had been
through. He has actively sought
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In defense of
the “Warrior Cop”—
There’s a time
and place for
intimidation
by Jack Dunphy
LAPD
At about 4:30 in the afternoon on June 30, a dark-colored SUV pulled to a stop on 49th Street, just east of
Central Avenue in south Los Angeles. While the driver
waited in the SUV, two men armed with rifles got out
and began shooting at a group of people gathered in the
front yard of a home. Together the gunmen fired 38
rounds, and when they drove off moments later, two
young men and a 10-year-old boy lay mortally wounded
among the shell casings littering the street. A fourth
victim, a 12-year-old boy, was struck by gunfire but survived. Despite the offer of $105,000 in reward money,
no arrests have been made in the case.
But for the number of people
shot and the age of the youngest
victim, this shooting was in no
way an unusual incident in South
Los Angeles. There are 19 patrol
divisions in the LAPD, but of the
253 murders committed in the
city this year as of July 15, nearly
half have occurred in the four
divisions that cover South L.A.,
an area that makes up only 43 of
the city’s 473 square miles. Over
the same period, a total of 634
people were shot in these same
four divisions, compared with
501 shooting victims in the 15
divisions that cover the rest of
the city.
Against this backdrop of carnage comes (yet another) report
on the LAPD’s Rampart scandal,
this one produced by a specially
appointed “Blue Ribbon Rampart
Review Panel.” Headed by civilrights attorney Constance Rice,
the panel’s charge was to determine whether the LAPD had sufficiently reformed itself in the
wake of what has been called,
against all reason, “one of the
worst police scandals in American history.”
One must delve deeply into
the report’s appendices in order
to discover the true magnitude of
the Rampart scandal, but when
viewed strictly in terms of the
number of officers involved it
scarcely warrants such a grave
description. A total of nine officers were charged with crimes in
connection with the scandal. Of
these, five pled guilty to state
and/or federal charges, and three
officers were convicted by a jury
and a fourth was acquitted in a
case that was at best tangential to
the core of the scandal. But these
convictions were later overturned
by the trial judge, a ruling subsequently upheld by an appellate
court. (Three of these officers
were later awarded $5 million
each by a federal jury that found
that LAPD internal-affairs investigators had arrested them without probable cause.) Of the 86
officers sent to “boards of rights,”
i.e. quasi-judicial administrative
hearings, 54 were found not
guilty on all counts, seven were
fired or resigned, and 23 were
suspended or reprimanded.
(Information on two officers was
not available to the board.) A
stain on the LAPD, to be sure,
but hardly one of the worst police
scandals in American history.
In addition to reexamining the
Rampart scandal, the report’s
authors make an effort at prognostication, all but predicting
another riot in south Los Angeles
if a number of sweeping changes
(read: an infusion of tax dollars)
are not instituted. After a predictable litany of the social ills
afflicting south L.A., there appears
on page 21 of the report this ominous sentence: “These are not just
underclass poverty descriptors;
they are the trigger conditions for
the city’s next riot.”
Among the potential sparks to
this looming riot, the report
claims, is the persistence of a
“warrior mentality” within the
LAPD, characterized by “loyalty,
silence, retaliation, control, and
aggression.” This mentality has
been replaced by a more friendly,
problem-solving model of policing
in Rampart Division, says the
report, but it persists in the highcrime neighborhoods of south Los
Angeles. Heather Mac Donald, a
fellow at the Manhattan Institute,
effectively shredded this contention in Sunday’s Los Angeles
Times. “As for the allegation that
inner-city officers cling stubbornly
to an arrogant ‘warrior mentality,’”
Mac Donald writes, “the report
offers no hint that any panel member ever rode along with officers or
observed their interactions with
the public.”
Indeed, the report is rife with
anecdotes and innuendoes, but
there is little in the way of hard
data that would support its main
thesis. A further quote from Mac
Donald’s piece illustrates the point:
“The panel’s remaining conclusions are just as unsubstantiated. It charges that planting evidence “may not be a thing of the
past” based on one sting that provoked questionable behavior on
the part of a Rampart officer. The
report does not disclose how
many stings were conducted over
what period of time before one
proved fruitful — a data-free
method of analysis that characterizes the entire report. This anecdote more accurately supports the
opposite conclusion: that the
LAPD is relentlessly monitoring
itself to make sure Rampart corruption does not reoccur.”
What the report merely hints
at, and what Mac Donald touches
on only briefly, is the difference
between the neighborhoods in
the now cleaned-up Rampart
Division and those in the yet
untamed regions beyond the
Santa Monica Freeway. Rampart,
just west of downtown L.A. has
for years been predominantly
Latino, while much of south Los
Angeles remains mostly black. I
know we’re not supposed to talk
about such things, but violent
crime in Los Angeles is much
more prevalent among blacks
than among Latinos, as evidenced
by the city’s murder statistics for
2005. There were 486 murders
committed in Los Angeles last
year, and though blacks constituted only about 11 percent of the
city’s population they made up 40
percent of its known murder suspects. By comparison, Latinos
made up about 45 percent of the
city’s population and about half
of its murder suspects in 2005.
Whites accounted for just six percent of the city’s murders last
year.
One can argue all day long
about the reasons for this disparity, but the numbers can neither
be ignored or hidden behind plat-
itudes about “problem-solving”
policing. The main problem
afflicting south Los Angeles, at
least as far as its police are concerned, is that of people shooting
each other. Though the latest
Rampart report decries what it
describes as intimidation tactics
among south L.A.’s “warrior”
cops, it’s fair to say that the two
men mentioned above whom, in
broad daylight and at close range,
murdered a 10-year-old and two
others, were not feeling overly
intimidated.
May they feel it soon.
— Jack Dunphy is an officer in the
Los Angeles Police Department.
“Jack Dunphy” is the author’s nom
de cyber. The opinions expressed
are his own and almost certainly
do not reflect those of the LAPD
management. Past articles can be
found online at www.nationalreview.com
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be a Marine, and he
always had this fascination with the CHP from
watching TV and
movies,’’ said Ann Marie
Uyematsu. “CHiPs —
that was his favorite
show.’’
Her brother lived out
the first dream and was
in the middle of the second when he died Sunday August 6th of
injuries he suffered in a
hit-and-run crash on
Interstate 880 in Oakland.
Clearman, 33, died at Highland Hospital in Oakland of
massive injuries he sustained the
night before when a hit-and-run
driver struck him at 10:35 p.m.
on the 66th Avenue on-ramp to
northbound Interstate 880.
Clearman had left his patrol car
to investigate a minor crash on
the left side of the ramp.
Clearman, who lived with his
wife, Cathy Jo, in Concord, is
the seventh CHP officer to be
killed in the line of duty since
Sept. 23, 2005.
The CHP was looking into
whether one of two vehicles
may have been involved in the
incident. A statewide search was
on for a champagne-colored
Buick LeSabre, model year 1992
to 1998, which is now missing
its Buick hood ornament and
has significant damage to the
grille on the driver’s side.
Anyone with information on
the Buick is asked to phone
(800) 835-5247 (TELL-CHP).
The other vehicle, a silver
2000 Pontiac Grand Am, was
located by Oakland police Sunday night, and its driver was
taken into custody. The Pontiac
had been stolen during a carjacking near the site of the hitand-run only minutes before,
CHP spokesman Officer Mike
Wright said.
Investigators were interviewing the Pontiac driver to see if
the vehicle was involved in the
hit-and-run, Wright said. Oakland police spotted the car and
Officers gather to honor another fallen
hero, CHP Officer Brent Clearman. Officer
Clearman was also a Staff Sergeant in the
United States Marine Corps and an Iraq
War veteran. Photo courtesy of:
www.IraqWarHeroes.org
driver near 36th Avenue and
Wood Street.
“We’re hoping we can find
the suspect who fled the scene
and prosecute him aggressively,’’
said CHP Commissioner
Michael Brown, who went to
Oakland after the accident. “No
one should leave the scene of an
accident, especially after hitting
a Highway Patrol officer.’’
Clearman joined the CHP
two years ago, and started working out of the Oakland office
immediately after graduating
from the CHP academy.
The officer grew with four
sisters up in Ocean Park, Washington, Uyematsu said. She and
their father, William, said Brent
played with his father’s old
Army gear and photographs
when he was little. When he
grew older, he went on ridealongs with law enforcement
agencies and joined a shore
patrol that used personal watercraft to rescue people off the
Long Beach shoreline in Washington.
“As a dad, I didn’t always
understand what he was trying
to do,’’ said his father, saying
that his son had more interest in
those activities than in school.
“He was a very, very smart
kid,’’ Uyematsu said. “School
wasn’t enough for him.’’
Clearman spent 12 years in
the U.S. Marine Corps, including service in Iraq. A sharpshooter and expert in mountaineering and mountain
warfare, he left the Marines in
2003 as a staff sergeant.
Before joining the CHP, he
traveled the United States and
Canada training snipers for law
enforcement agencies, including
the Highway Patrol.
He and Cathy Jo were married in Virginia City, Nev., in
the late 1990s, his father said.
With the
CHP, Clearman
went to
Louisiana after
Hurricane Katrina, where Commissioner Brown
met him.
“From what I
saw, he’s the
poster child of
what we are
looking for in
the Highway
Patrol — someone who’s good
at what they do, shows respect
for the public and is proud of
the job he is asked to do,’’
Brown said.
Colleagues in the Oakland
office said Clearman was softspoken and hard-working. Capt.
James Leonard said Clearman
and his partner in one recent
month arrested 33 people on
suspicion of driving under the
influence — an uncommonly
high number.
“We lost a hero last night,’’
Leonard said. “He was out there
protecting our families, and he
got killed doing it.’’
In addition to his wife, father
and sister, Clearman is survived
by his mother, Caroline, of
Ocean Park, Washington; and
sisters Tara Stull of Beaverton,
Oregon, Julie Clearman, of
Woodland, Washington, and
Amy Clearman of Portland,
Oregon.
After the last death of a CHP
officer in the line of duty, in
February, Brown ordered a safety “stand down” at all 108 CHP
field offices to allow officers to
discuss their concerns and ways
to improve their safety.
Brown said the agency gathered valuable information during those sessions and is evaluating ideas such as installing
cameras in each patrol car.
“We’re trying to make the
job safer all around...,’’ Brown
said. “This accident shows the
perils of the job. This is a dangerous job.’’
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union conducting
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civilian review
candidate
from The Eugene
Register Guard
EUGENE, OR – The Eugene
Police Employees’ Association
has never had much use for the
independent police auditor and
civilian review board approved
by Eugene voters last November.
The union’s opposition is
understandable. The auditor
function is new to Eugene. Right
now there are many more questions than answers about how the
process will work. It’s naive to
expect anything but suspicion
from union members for an
untested system that moves oversight of complaints against police
outside of the department.
The Eugene Police Department’s 230 union-covered
employees negotiate job security
and working conditions through
a collective bargaining process
with the city.
The independent police auditor introduces a wild card that
gives union leaders pause.
The police union fears the
oversight system - which
employs an auditor who is hired
by and reports to the City Council, combined with a councilappointed civilian review board Continued from page 12
Deaths in the line of duty
Brent Clearman is the 210th
CHP officer killed in the line of
duty since the agency was
formed in 1929 and the seventh
since Sept. 23, 2005.
In the same period, seven
members of other law enforcement agencies across California
died in the line of duty.
Since 2000, 17 CHP officers
have died in the line of duty,
according to the California
Association of Highway Patrolmen.
Four were shot; 13 deaths
were traffic-related.
CHP line-of-duty deaths
since Sept. 23, 2005:
will be vulnerable to political
influence. A process hijacked by
politics would be a nightmare for
police officers.
The police union has made
good use of many appropriate
tools with which to express its
opposition - campaigning against
the charter amendment, testifying at Eugene Police Commission
hearings and writing guest viewpoint columns in The RegisterGuard.
But last Tuesday the union
suggested it’s considering another
tactic, one we believe would be
ill-advised.
In expressing his displeasure
with the City Council’s top
choice for the auditor job, union
president Willy Edewaard said
the police union will likely conduct its own background investigation on the finalist. Never
mind that the city’s Human
Resources Department is
responsible for background and
reference checks, or that City
Councilors George Poling and
Bonny Bettman will fly to Massachusetts to conduct the on-site
reference and background
Officer David Romero, 47,
struck on motorcycle Sept. 23,
2005, in City of Industry by a
suspected drunken driver at a
red light.
Officer Andy Stevens, 37, shot
Nov. 17, 2005, during traffic
stop on a rural road north of
Sacramento.
Officer Erick Manny, 35, died in
patrol car Dec. 21, 2005, when it
overturned during a chase on
Interstate 5 between Los Angeles and Bakersfield.
Lt. Michael Walker, 47, struck
Dec. 31, 2005, on Highway 17 in
the Santa Cruz Mountains while
setting safety flares. A car
plowed into a parked Caltrans
truck that hit Walker.
checks with the help of a professional investigator hired by the
city.
No, in addition to whatever
she is required to undergo from
the city’s thorough standard
process, auditor candidate Cristina Beamud needs to know she’s
going to get a special investigation courtesy of the police officers whose conduct she might be
hired to evaluate.
Beamud has every right to
wonder what kinds of things cops
in Eugene might be asking their
colleagues in Cambridge, Mass.,
in an investigation that isn’t part
of her formal hiring process.
Edewaard may not mean to
intimidate Beamud with his
police-initiated background
check; after all, it’s something the
union does with candidates for
police chief. On the other hand,
the auditor isn’t a police department employee, and Edewaard
has made no secret of the fact
that he isn’t interested in seeing
Beamud get the auditor’s job.
Granted, Beamud is seeking a
job in which a certain level of
hostility from police officers is
part of the portfolio. Having been
a police officer herself, as well as
a lawyer and now legal adviser to
the Cambridge Police Department, Beamud probably isn’t easily intimidated.
But Eugene’s police union
needs to confine its participation
in the auditor hiring process to
the interview panels on which it
has been asked to serve and the
other official feedback mechanisms set up by the City Council.
No matter how benign its
intentions, a separate police
union background check is
unnecessary and particularly
inappropriate in this case.
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Overtime:
Blessing or
curse?
by Melodie Swan
Police Live Contributor
for Officer.com
Is your cop working too much?
With our 20-year wedding
anniversary approaching, I was
reminiscing the other day about
an incident from our early years
that became a catalyst for a turning point in our marriage. It started on the weekend of our third
anniversary, when I found myself
playing the all-too-frequent game
of waiting for my husband to
come home from work in time
for a social or recreational outing.
Charlie was over two hours late
for our long-anticipated anniversary celebration, and there I was
plunked on my little pity potty
(well, actually our new couch), all
dressed up with nowhere to go.
The kids had long since been
dropped off at Grandma’s, the
Suburban had been gassed up, and
the Dave Matthews Band tickets
were tucked securely in my purse.
I thought I looked pretty hot as I
sat there in my new summer outfit, with carefully applied makeup
and an upswept do, my freshly
manicured nails tapping a nearby
end table while my foot bobbed
with vigorous impatience at the
end of its crossed leg. “So much
for trying to ‘wow’ my husband
and have a fun date celebrating
us,” I sighed.
It was after 2100 hours (9:00
PM) when he finally came
through the door, by which time
we’d blown off the concert (and
$200 for the tickets), and our
anniversary was pretty much
toast. Charlie was tired from his
14-hour day, but pumped about
the pursuit he’d been in and the
resulting drug bust they’d made.
Standing there in my bathrobe,
with my up-do by then resembling a broom head, I wasn’t
interested in his apologies or
explanations. High points from
the argument that ensued included claims that “You care more
about that damn job than you do
about our anniversary” and, “No,
you just don’t understand what it
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takes to be a cop! I can’t just say,
‘Gee, it’s 5 o’clock—time for me
to punch out.’ “
“Inspired” Overtime
He was right, I didn’t get it.
Worried that my husband was a
bona fide workaholic, I needed to
find the answer. A few days later,
I made arrangements (with Charlie’s blessing) to have coffee with
one of his department buddies
whose judgment we both trusted.
I asked “Jim” if he had any
insights into the job and Charlie’s
work ethic. Was all the overtime
necessary—normal? Jim knew I’d
worked as a civilian for another
local agency. I knew cops and
understood police work—or so I
thought. He described, with tense
candor, the demands of the job,
and talked about the almost animalistic, chase-like drive that
police work provokes in the cop.
“It’s the thrill of the hunt, the
thing that makes him wanna go
back for more.” But, drive, dedication and adrenalin addiction
aside, it was something else Jim
said that had an even greater
impact on me: “Besides, when our
wives want something, we feel
compelled to provide it for
them.” He gave examples of ideas
his wife would tell him about—
for landscaping, home remodeling projects, new furniture, a bigger house. Later he’d hear from
her that she was just sort of daydreaming out loud.
“What she didn’t realize was
that even when she would just
ponder an idea or wish, I took it
seriously. I wanted to make her
happy. I’d mull it over and figure
a way I could make it happen.
Then she’d complain when I
worked so much overtime.”
Though pay varies from
department to department and
region to region, most cops go
into the profession knowing
they’re not going to get rich. The
good ones choose the trade
because they’re attracted to the
work. But in most agencies
there’s plenty of potential for
increased earning through working overtime. Add to this the
desire to provide well for their
families, and cops find they can
do the work they love while
making more money, thus keeping their spouses happier at the
same time.
Princess Bride, or Just Along
for the Ride?
Right now you might be
thinking, “Hey, wait a minute. It
wasn’t my idea to buy the motorcycle, the boat, the 1-ton dually
and the custom golf clubs.” I
could say the same. But after I
considered this concept of
“spouse-inspired overtime,” I had
to examine my wants and desires.
Was my yearning for a dream
vacation, a nice car, beautiful
clothes and new furniture driving my husband to work more? I
reflected on the scene from the
night of our bombed anniversary date. There I was in the
house I’d wanted, in the room
I’d decorated, surrounded by the
new furniture I’d pined for,
dressed in the expensive outfit
I’d bought, sporting the nails and
hair I’d had professionally done.
A young mom, I wasn’t working
at the time. We were newly married and overextended financially. Now, that’s not to say Charlie’s missing our anniversary date
was tied solely to my greed—the
demands of police work make
things more complicated than
that. But I began to see how I’d
contributed to our indulgences,
and realized where I could do my
part to sacrifice.
King of the Castle or Slave?
Living beyond your means is,
of course, all too common in contemporary Western culture. As
Vali Stone points out in Cops
Don’t Cry, “All families find that
overextending themselves both
financially and physically adds
more pressure.” But, as she
expounds, “with an officer it adds
stress to an already burdened
lifestyle.”
Tim Dees, Officer.com’s editor
in chief, also writes about this in
his recent editorial about cops
and sleeping on the job, mainly as
it’s related to fatigue from overworking. In “Working a Beat in
the Magic Forest,” he acknowledges that “...some cops are so
poorly paid…they would have
difficulty supporting their families without the additional
income that the optional overtime assignments bring.” But, he
adds that, “just as many are using
that extra money to pay for the
Jet Skis and the Harleys that fall
into the ‘nice to have’ category.”
It’s easy for a cop to become a
slave caught in the overtime trap.
Finding Balance
Obviously, the key is balance.
And, for couples, this starts with
ongoing open communication. In
I Love a Cop, Ellen Kirschman
writes extensively on the subject
of working long hours. I’ve summarized some of her tips for navigating the choices involved in
overworking, and incorporated
some of my own ideas as well:
Have each partner write down
a list of priorities. What do you
value in life? What are your
needs, your wants and dreams?
Compare lists.
Agree on financial goals by
first considering what it will take
to meet them. What sacrifices are
you willing to make? Where do
you want to be financially and in
terms of goals and possessions in
one year, five years, ten?
How will your goals and sacrifices affect your family? Make
clear verbal agreements about the
importance of your family, and
hold each other to these agreements. Keep in mind that children need quality and quantity
time with a parent.
Manage your finances wisely.
Establish a budget and stick to it.
If you need help, take a budgeting class or find information on
line. Oprah recently reran an
excellent series on how to get out
of debt. (See link below.)
Spend carefully, and consider
the consequences of buying
expensive toys. It’s amazing how
easily a shiny Harley can morph
into a monkey on your back if
you can’t afford it or are working
so hard to pay for it you have no
time to enjoy it.
Consider setting aside a percentage of your collective takehome pay and putting half of it in
individual bank accounts so that
each spouse has some discretionary money for personal
expenses.
Insist that your mate deal with
you and not use the job as an
excuse. Set up a regularly scheduled couple hour in which you
each talk about important issues
in your life but neither of you
talks about work. Do whatever
you can to create more time for
each other.
All of this isn’t rocket science
or things you don’t already
know. But maybe this friendly
reminder will get you thinking
about the importance of knowing where you’re going and getting on the same page with your
officer. I can’t tell you that
Charlie rarely works overtime
anymore—he still regularly puts
in two or three more hours after
his shift’s scheduled end time.
But I can say that, as a couple,
we’re better in sync with our
goals, plans and life direction.
And maybe one day I’ll get over
missing that Dave Matthews
Band concert. Forgiveness?
That’s a whole other article.
Married for over 19 years to a
police officer, Melodie Swan lives
in a small city in the western U.S.
She met her husband while working as a civilian for another local
agency, and their blended family
consists of two daughters-one
grown and married and one teen
at home. Melodie can be reached
at: [email protected]
Buried alive
on 9/11
help for both his physical and
mental trauma. Jimeno says one
of the most trying times was
when he went to Amoroso’s
funeral.
“I had been hospitalized during the other funerals,” Jimeno
explained. “I was asked to give his
wife a flag, and I was very honored, but it was so very hard. To
be there at the funeral with his
wife and his 2-year-old little girl,
it was tough. I was in a wheelchair, and I thank God I was able
to make it. He was a teammate
and he loved his job. Chris led so
many people out and went back.
He just embodies heroism.”
In May 2002, Jimeno made the
trip to Washington, D.C., for the
annual Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial services. He and
McLoughlin were honored at the
candlelight ceremony with a prolonged standing ovation by thousands of fellow officers. “It was
painful because they were saluting
officers who had given their lives.
It hurts so much to lose just one
officer. We lost 37,” Jimeno said.
At the U.S. Capitol ceremonies, Jimeno accompanied
Jeanette Pezzulo forward as she
placed the flower honoring her
fallen husband into the large
memorial wreath. Together they
heard President Bush speak of the
heroic efforts of the fallen officers
and specifically recognize Pezzulo, saying, “In his final moments,
trapped in rubble, Officer
Dominick Pezzulo called out to
one of his fellow officers, and he
said, ‘Just remember me.’ The last
voice he heard was Officer Will
Jimeno, promising him they
would never forget. So,
Dominick, today we remember
— we remember courage and
bravery and sacrifice.”
Jimeno later met the president.
Leaning heavily on a cane for
support, Jimeno proudly extended
his hand and introduced himself.
President Bush replied, “I know
who you are, son. God bless you.”
As the president gave Jimeno’s
arm a squeeze, the Columbianborn, PAPD rookie was overwhelmed. The President of the
United States had just told him he
knew who he was.
Today, & the Big Screen
Fast forward to the present.
Will Jimeno retired from the
PAPD; the injury to his leg was
just too severe and the pain too
great. He’s endured incredible
struggles with pain, rehabilitation
and post-traumatic stress disorder. But something happened last
year that brought a whole new
light to what he’d been through.
Actors portraying PAPD officers in World
Trade Center look toward the towers on the
set. Jimeno says, “You can see me behind
Michael Peña [fourth from the left]. It was
an honor to be part of the film and to be
able to wear my uniform again even if it
was just for a moment.” Photo courtesy of
Paramount Pictures.
Seems the story of Sergeant John
McLoughlin and Officer Will
Jimeno came to the attention of
Hollywood.
“Actually, John and I wanted
to do a book as a legacy for our
fellow officers and their children,” Jimeno says. “We were
approached by a movie agent and
went reluctantly. We weren’t
even walking yet. We listened,
and he said we had an interesting
story; we told him to come back
when he had something.
“Maybe a year later, he comes
back with a lovely lady named
Debra Hill, and she was very
moved by the story. She didn’t
see the story as just cops; she saw
it as how America came together,
and she also saw the importance
of the families. This was a really
important part of the story —
what the families went through,”
Jimeno says. “Later we were
approached by producer Michael
Shamberg [known for producing
Erin Brockovich], who wanted to
buy the rights to the story.
“We really laid down the rules
— the story had to be done right
and truly tell the story. They
brought in an excellent story, and
then Oliver Stone got involved;
he promised to make a movie
that was true to the event,”
Jimeno says.
On Memorial Day in 2005,
everything came together. There
was a script and the actors had
been cast. Nicolas Cage would
play McLoughlin and Michael
Peña would play Jimeno. “Oliver
Stone seemed to be blown away
by the script,” Jimeno explains.
The next few months happened fast for Jimeno. He flew
back and forth to Los Angeles to
serve as a technical advisor on the
set, a role he took seriously and
enjoyed. “Oliver really kept me
and John involved. Filmmaking
has a life of its own because
something may need to be
changed to flow with the film.
But if I saw something and said,
‘Hey, that’s not the way it would
happen — cops will know,’ he
[Stone] would listen.’”
Jimeno said when he told
Stone he was surprised an
Oscar-winning director would
pay attention to him, Stone
explained Jimeno was the truth,
the real deal, and that was
important to the movie. “He
understands the importance of
camaraderie. He kept us in the
loop and frequently wanted me
to show him exactly how things
happened,” Jimeno says.
Jimeno was not the only one
brought out to Los Angeles; 10
PAPD officers, five NYPD ESU
Truck 1 officers (the unit that
rescued Jimeno) and eight FDNY
Truck 5 personnel (who rescued
McLoughlin) also came to the set.
Not only did they serve as advisors, they also took on the role of
actors. “Oliver put them in the
film and bumped out real actors,”
Jimeno says. “They played some
of the rescuers. That was important to Oliver, but it was really
important to John and me
because they were the ones who
rescued us.”
Asked why so much effort was
made to consult the cops and fire
personnel and to place them in
the actual movie, producer Shamberg says, “It doesn’t matter what
people’s opinion of the film is as
long as it [the film] is true. It is so
important to pay tribute to those
who risked or lost their lives that
day. They [the emergency personnel] kept saying, ‘Please don’t
do that Hollywood thing and
make it look so ridiculous.’ Hopefully it will look very real to
those involved in law enforce-
ment and fire. It’s a matter of
being respectful,” Shamberg says.
He was also quick to praise those
who helped with the film. “We
had a great experience with these
guys. The cops and firemen who
were involved in the rescue were
just incredible.”
The Hollywood set was not an
easy environment for the officers
or fire personnel. “When they
went out to that rubble field, it
broke them down because it
brought back so much of what
they went through,” Jimeno
says, who himself had a tough
time dealing with one particular
scene. “Nicolas Cage was playing
John and there was a scene
where he was screaming in pain.
I had to leave the set; I just
couldn’t take it.”
Recently, a screening of the
first 26 minutes of the movie was
held for many of the officers. The
viewing brought back a lot of
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Detective Division Dinner
Saturday, October 21, 2006
at the Riverside Golf & Country Club
Festivities begin at 5:00 pm with a no-host bar
Dinner will be served at 7:00 pm
$31.50 per person includes a dinner buffet featuring
baked salmon and baron of beef.
There will be raffle prizes and a silent auction
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All present, past and retired detectives and non-sworn
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Police Officer William HUBNER
(DPSST # 22464) Southeast
Precinct transferred to the Training Division.
Recent appointments, promotions,
resignations and retirements
Lindsay HUNT was appointed to
the rank of Police Officer.
Detective Paul DOLBEY (DPSST
# 29984) Chief’s Office transferred to Central Precinct/Detectives.
Sergeant Ron ALEXANDER
(DPSST # 28648) Personnel
Division was promoted to Lieutenant and assigned to East
Precinct.
Sergeant Erin ANDERSON
(DPSST # 22178) was reverted
to Police Officer and was
assigned to East Precinct.
Captain George BABNICK
(DPSST # 11681) Training Division transferred to School Police.
Sergeant Margaret BAHNSON
Precinct/ATTF transferred to the
Family Services Division/DVRU.
Police Officer Adam BARR
Precinct transferred to Central
Precinct.
Commander Rod BEARD
(DPSST # 14159) Detective
Division was promoted to Assistant Chief and assigned to the
Chief’s Office.
Commander Dave BENSON
(DPSST # 17995) Central
Precinct transferred to the Tactical Operations Division.
Police Officer Ryan BREN
(DPSST # 45124) completed
probation and was assigned to
Northeast Precinct.
Police Officer Gregory BURN
Precinct transferred to the Traffic
Division/Motorcycle Unit.
Justin BURNS was appointed to
the rank of Police Officer.
Police Officer Derek CARMON
(DPSST # 38197) Northeast
Precinct.
Police Officer Tracy CHAMBERLIN (DPSST # 32087) Training
Division was assigned to SERT
(detached) assignment.
Police Officer Chauncey CURL
(DPSST # 18156) Tactical
Operations Division transferred
to the Detective Division/DA
Investigator.
Sergeant Robert DAY (DPSST #
23474) Training Division was
promoted to Lieutenant and
assigned to Northeast Precinct.
Police Officer Chris DEVLIN
Precinct transferred to the Drugs
and Vice Division.
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Police Officer Charles DUANE
Division/Telephone Report Unit
transferred to Southeast
Precinct.
Lieutenant John ECKHART
Division was promoted to Captain and assigned to the Family
Services Division.
Police Officer David ENZ
(DPSST # 33849) Traffic Division transferred to North
Precinct.
Police Officer Celeste FENDER
Precinct/NRT transferred to the
Family Services Division/CARES.
Assistant Chief James FERRARIS
(DPSST # 11406) Chief’s Office
was reverted to Commander and
assigned to North Precinct.
Police Chief Derrick FOXWORTH
was demoted to Commander
and assigned to Southeast
Precinct.
Police Officer Curtis GILLOCK
(DPSST # 32016) School Police
transferred to Family Services
Division/Runaway Juveniles.
Police Officer Eric HALL (DPSST
# 45767) Training Division/Basic
Academy was discharged from
the Bureau.
Sergeant Ed HAMANN (DPSST
# 16415) Tactical Operations
Division/GET was promoted to
Lieutenant and assigned to
North Precinct.
Police Officer Joseph HANOUSEK
Precinct transferred to the Detective Division/Telephone Report Unit.
Police Officer Kimberly HECHT
(DPSST # 45126) completed
probation and was assigned to
North Precinct.
Lieutenant Robert HEIMBACH
transferred to the Family Services Division.
Lieutenant Eric HENDRICKS
Operations Division was promoted to Captain and assigned to
the Training Division.
Sergeant David HENDRIE
Precinct transferred to the
Detective Division / Robbery
Detail.
Police Officer John HOLBROOK
(DPSST # 32026) Drugs and
Vice Division transferred to Central Precinct.
Police Officer Marci JACKSON
(DPSST # 28013) School Police
transferred to Northeast
Precinct/ CRT Coordinator.
Lieutenant Randy KANE
(DPSST # 14403) North
Precinct transferred to the Family
Services Division.
Detective Troy KING (DPSST #
28652) Detective Division transferred to Sergeant and will
remain in the Detective Division
/ SPI Detail.
Police Officer Shelly KIRKLAND
Precinct resigned from the
Bureau.
Police Officer Wendi KRAUSE
(DPSST # 45681) East Precinct
transferred to Central Precinct.
Police Officer Anthony LARSON
(DPSST # 44625) Operation
Support / Telephone Report Unit
resigned from the Bureau.
Sergeant Michael LEE (DPSST
# 22944) Central Precinct was
promoted to Lieutenant and will
remain at Central.
Lieutenant Michael LELOFF
transferred to the Tactical Operations Division.
Sergeant Rod LUCICH (DPSST
# 12241) Traffic Division/Motorcycles was promoted to Lieutenant and assigned to the Training Division.
Sergeant Kathleen LYNCH
(DPSST # 26854) Criminal
Intelligence Unit transferred to
the Personnel Division/EIS
Administrator.
Captain Jim MACIAG (DPSST #
13829) School Police transferred
to the Drugs and Vice Division.
Commander Cliff MADISON
Detective Division.
Police Officer Scott MCCOLLISTER (DPSST # 40709) East
Precinct was placed on Leave of
Service.
Christopher MCDONALD was
appointed to the rank of Police
Officer.
Police Officer Jerami MCKINLAY
transferred to Southeast
Precinct.
Police Officer James POWELL
Detective Division/Telephone
Report Unit.
Captain Mike REESE (DPSST #
23000) Drugs and Vice Division
was promoted to Commander
and assigned to Central Precinct.
Recent
Retirements
Police Officer Edward RIDDELL
Precinct resigned from the
Bureau.
Lieutenant J. Philip BARKER
Precinct retired from the Bureau
after twenty years of service.
Sergeant Pamela ROSENTRETER (DPSST # 19439)
North Precinct transferred to the
Detective Division/Telephone
Report Unit.
Captain Frank ROMANAGGI
(DPSST # 9814) ROCN was
promoted to Commander and
remain at ROCN.
Police Officer Patrick BENDER
(DPSST) Traffic Division / SERT
retired from the Bureau after
twenty-five years of service.
Detective
Gary BOEK
(DPSST #
8590) Family
Services / CAT
retired from the
Bureau after
twentynine years
of service.
Police Officer Aaron SCHMAUTZ
Precinct.
Captain Ron SCHWARTZ
(DPSST # 14405) Family Services Division transferred to the
Identification Division.
Police Officer Lori SHARP
(DPSST # 28927) Family Service Division/CAT transferred to
the Drugs and Vice Division.
Elizabeth SLYTER (DPSST #
28929) has been reinstated to
the rank of Police Officer and
was assigned to Northeast
Precinct.
Detective Mark SNYDER
Division voluntarily reverted to
Police Officer and was assigned
to North Precinct.
Police Officer Monica SORENSON (DPSST # 45180) completed probation and was
assigned to North Precinct.
Matthew TOBEY was appointed
to the rank of Police Officer.
Police Officer Eric TORGERSON
Precinct was placed on Administrative Leave.
Police Officer Robby TRUONG
was placed on Leave of Service.
Sergeant Arnold WARREN
Operations Division/GET transferred to TOD/MGTF (Metro Gang
Task Force).
Police Officer Carl WELDON
transferred to Central Precinct.
Police Officer Nicole WHITLEY
(DPSST # 46058) Training Division resigned from the Bureau.
Tyrone WILLARD was appointed
to the rank of Police Officer.
Police Officer Anthony ZOELLER
Precinct transferred to East
Precinct.
Assistant Chief
Dorothy ELMORE
(DPSST #
14162) Chief’s
Office retired
from the Bureau
after twentyfive years
of service.
Police Officer Marcia CARSON
(DPSST # 4916) Drugs and
Vice Division retired from the
Bureau after twenty-five years of
service.
Sergeant Garret CEROTSKY
(DPSST #
6933) Traffic
Division
retired from
the Bureau
after twentysix years of
service.
Sergeant John CORDELL
(DPSST # 8750) Detective Division / Robbery Detail retired from
the Bureau after twenty-eight
years of service.
Sergeant Randy
DAY (DPSST #
7847) Detective
Division / SPI
Detail retired from
the Bureau after
twenty-nine
years of service.
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years of
service.
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Police Officer Mark BUTLER
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Bureau after thirty-one years of
service.
Police Officer William BROWN
(DPSST #
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Telephone
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the Bureau
after twentynine years
of service.
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after twenty-six
years of
service.
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retired from the Bureau after
twenty-eight years of service.
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Retiree’s
Corner
The “Over the Hill Gang”
met for lunch at The Refectory
on June 28th. The crowd was
down again, but it must be
because it’s summer and vacation time. It shouldn’t make any
difference with us older retiree’s
since our week consists of six
Saturday’s and one Sunday.
We had a few attendee’s that
don’t come too often, such as
Maurie Greenstein, John Shaw,
Harry Boggs, Bud Lewis and
Clell Winters. Norm Rosenbloom was doing the honors of
MC since Ed Savage was missing. Norm introduced the guest
speakers, which were PPB Det.
Sgt. Shawn Doble and Ted
Hausen from ETS. (Electronic
Tracking System). It is a system
used by many police departments across the country to
track bank robbery suspects
after a bank heist. It was a very
interesting subject, and many
questions were asked. Bob Benson and Ed Clark both worked
that detail before they retired,
and told of some of their experiences. Their have been many
refinements made in the system
since their time.
Other Portland retirees present included Bob Cox, Bob Svilar, Matt Bisenius, Glen Griffitts, Mace Flye, Norm Brown,
Hal Gowing, Dick and Doris
Kuntz, Frank Springer, and
Gordy Morgan.
Everyone enjoyed the meal
and thought it was a very interesting program. Remember that
this is held on the 4th Wednesday of each month, at the Refectory, just North of NE 122nd
and Halsey.
June 28th was a day of epicurean delight. Prior to attending the “Over the Hill” lunch, I
was invited to an early morning
breakfast at the Backyard Grill,
SE 82nd and Powell. It was sort
of like a “fly-in” since many
came by motorcycle. The occasion was a retirement breakfast
of steak and eggs, for Dale
Janzen. I felt privileged to join
some of my old bike crew, such
as Scott Smith, Greg White,
Mike Foss, M.F. “Robbie”
Roberts, Jan Foster, Ron Fox,
Larry Nelson, Bob Moyer, and
Terry Long, just to name a few. I
quickly lost count, and didn’t
recognize many, who are present day Traffic officers.
Some others that I did recognize were Butch Thomas, Peter
Bates, Pete Gallucci, Mike
McDonald, Terry Barker, Doug
McKillips, Rick Olsen, Tom Fenpage 18
by Lieutenant Bob Roberts.
Retired
nell, Ron Sloan and Joe
Mitchum.
It was a real blast and gave
me a chance to show off my
Harley and side-car. There were
many beautiful bikes parked in
the back parking lot.
Dale not only retired, but he
and Diane are moving to Lake
Fork, Idaho. They are looking
forward to their retirement.
July 10th was our early
morning breakfast at Dennys. I
picked up Randy Tucker on the
way and found many others had
already arrived, including
George Porter and Bruce Sherman, who drove in from Lincoln City. We were happy to see
Henry Groepper, and even Larry
Kanzler arrived, in uniform.
Larry informed me that the
range at the Jim Brouillette
Center, SE 82nd and Sunnybrook, (CCSO) is ready to qualify retired police officers, to satisfy the requirements of HR 218,
to carry in other states. The fee
includes the ammo.
Don Seamster and Gary
Fantz joined us, as well as
Randy Pulley, Glen Griffitts,
Mace Flye, Joe Murillo, Ray
Gericke and Scott Field. We
also had Ken Zapp, Bob Dorney,
Peter Bates, Gene Thoming and
Howard Soumie in the group.
This is another good group
you can join. We get together
the 2nd Monday of each month,
at 7:30am, Dennys, 12101 SE
82nd.
On July 8th, we were happy
to attend a big mile-stone event
for the Peschka’s, Bob and
Shirley, as their children put on
a big celebration in honor of
their 50th wedding anniversary.
Their children, Gary, Greg,
Steve, Stuart and Lynn outdid
themselves with a fabulous
spread of very fine food and
drink.
The gala affair was held at St.
Philip Catholic Church, in Dallas, Oregon, and was attended
by many of their RV group, of
which Bob and Shirley are
heavily involved.
Bob told me they would soon
be heading south down the coast
again, as they are again volunteering with the Oregon Fish
and Wildlife. I believe it will be
around Port Orford, at the Elk
River Fish Hatchery. They are
busy people.
Our Friday Lydia’s Lunch
Bunch is now brunching at Pig
and Pancake, NE 122nd and
Glisan. We met June 30, July 7,
14, and 21. Our usual group has
been Lee Cromwell, Bob Schippers, “Tootsie-Roll Bob”, Mel
Nilsen, Al Dean, Bob McPhail,
Walt Wier and Bob Cosby.
Frank Smith is back again, and
Ken Zapp joined a couple of
times. Bud Bladow dropped in
and so did Don Seamster and
Ed Patterson.
Anyway, we plan to continue
to meet at Pig and Pancake on
Friday’s, about 9:30-10am.
I recently got word from Darwin Bogus, in Lincoln City that
another of our retirees made
good. Steven Bechard has been
named Chief of Police of Lincoln City.
Steve retired from PPB in
June as Commander of the
Detective Division. He had also
been Captain of the Regional
Organized Crime and Narcotics
Task Force, and had 27 years
with Portland.
He was one of seven finalists,
after a nationwide search for the
job. Our congratulations to
Steve.
Bogie also told me that he
and Carol are heading to Hawaii
for a couple of weeks. Have fun
guys.
When I was promoted to Sgt.,
I was one but it was hard to
spell, hence the abbreviation.
Last Sunday I became an octogenarian. Again, I am one, but also
hard to spell. Anyway, Linda
threw me a small birthday party
for the occasion, with lots of
desserts, and my daughter
brought me flowers. It was a
great day.
While talking to Hal Gowing
recently, he told me that Dean
Littell’s wife, Norma, fell and
Buried alive
on 9/11
emotions. “Guys who have
enough medals to choke an elephant, they were in tears,”
Jimeno says. “We were all really
moved.”
Jimeno is the first to admit
it’s not all been a bed of roses,
and his life has had a series of
ups and downs. Both he and
McLoughlin had to retire, and
both have serious injuries that
continue to cause them a lot of
pain. Ever the optimist though,
Jimeno is quick to put it in perspective: “We have a saying, ‘If
you’re walking and talking,
there’s no reason to complain,’”
he says.
For those who say the country is not ready for this story to
be told, Jimeno has a strong
response. “Let’s start healing,”
broke her hip badly. We wish
them the best and for a speedy
recovery.
We visited with Emma Lou
Jozaitis recently, and she was
looking good, in spite of her
chemo treatment for lung cancer.
We also talked to Lucy
Thompson recently, who is
being treated for a pancreatic
tumor. We wish them both a
speedy recovery.
I heard from Sharon Lowery
recently and learned that Ken
had recent surgery, and is in
critical care at St. Vincent’s. I
now understand that he is in
Good Sam, for rehab.
Some of you old-timers will
remember the late Gilbert Chipman. While going through the
obits, (my daily chore), I saw
the name of Edith Mary Chipman, ex-wife of Gilbert. She
died June 30th at age 89.
We would like to offer our
condolences to Gene Thoming
on the recent loss of his brother.
There was a memorial service, with a potluck lunch, held
on July 5th, 2006 for Robert C.
“Bob” Loop, who died November 21st, 2005. The service was
held at Chinook Park in Chinook, Washington, on the coast.
It is with great trepidation
that I must report the passing of
a very close friend, and a friend
to many. On July 18th, Ervin T.
Osbourn left us after a courageous battle with his heart.
“Blackie” will be mourned by
many.
Taps
Elwyn “Tom” Lein, born June
28, 1927 in Portland, died July
3, 2006 at age 79. He graduated
from Benson High School and
joined the Navy in 1944. In
1949 he married Suzanne Cook.
He joined the Portland Police
January 15th, 1952. He worked
as a street officer, later working
Records and the Jail. He retired
March 16th, 1978. He also
owned a used appliance store in
SE Portland. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening.
He was preceded in death by
his wife in 2004. He was also
preceded in death by his sons,
David and John.
Survivors include his sons,
Bruce Lein, Frank Lein and Gary
Lein; a daughter, Arlene Lesh;
six grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.
Ervin T. Osbourn, born September 30th, 1928, died July
18th, 2006 at age 77. He joined
the Portland Police Nov. 16,
1950, working many different
positions, including Lieutenant
in charge of the Intelligence
Division. He retired as a Lieutenant on December 1st, 1979.
He had an extended military
career, and was in the Army
National Guard, as a pilot. He
spent some time in Vietnam,
and on one flight received some
holes in his plane from enemy
fire He attained the rank of
Brigadier General before retiring.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, Polly.
We offer our condolences to
the families of these.
he says. “Some will say it’s too
soon, but we can’t lose sight of
what happened and the positive
of what we can do. We need to
face the truth and remember
what was lost. By remembering
that, we will become stronger
and the terrorists will never
win. It is never too soon to
honor our heroes.”
There is no doubt Sept. 11
changed the world as we know
it for virtually every American.
Few were impacted as dramatically as Will Jimeno. However,
we can all gain strength and
encouragement from Jimeno’s
indomitable spirit. “I live for
every officer who gave his life
and for every one who died in
the towers. These terrorists
thought they could keep us
down, but I’m going to show
them you just can’t do this to
America,” says Jimeno. That
message of determination and
triumph is also the primary
theme of the movie World
Trade Center, which opened
nationwide on August 9th.
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Terrorist plot
busted: 7 ways
police can learn
from the incident
by Scott Buhrmaster
Managing Editor
PoliceOne.com
After diffusing a plot to blow up as many as 10 Britainto-U.S. flights and arresting 24 suspected terrorists, officials have raised the terrorism threat level and escalated
security measures. News reports continue to flow as
details on the plot and the infiltration of the group
responsible for it surface.
What can law enforcement
learn from this situation and how
can you use it to be better prepared? PoliceOne.com posed that
question to two terrorism experts.
Here’s what they suggest:
1. Leverage the intel
opportunity
“Breaking up this plot gives
law enforcement officers of all
levels an opportunity to get an
inside look at how terrorists
think, what they want to
accomplish and what strategies
they will try to employ to reach
their goals,” said Dr. Vincent
q
Henry, Founder and Director of
Long Island University’s Homeland Security Management
Institute.
“As an officer, you should be
paying extremely close attention
to the intelligence that surfaces
from this situation in the weeks
and months to come and try to
apply it to your own areas of
responsibility. Keep an eye out
for things that are different from
other incidents you’re aware of
and see what you can learn and
how this new information can
help you be better prepared.”
Chief Clark Staten, Chief
Analyst and CEO of the Emergency Response and Research
Institute, agrees. “Always keep
an eye on what is happening in
other countries,” he said. “Those
attack tactics and strategies you
see used overseas will come
here. Just because they haven’t
been used here yet doesn’t
mean they won’t be used in the
U.S. Now is the time to study
those tactics and prepare
for them.”
2. Think creatively.
Dr. Henry suggests you consider where the tactics the terrorists were planning to employ
could be used elsewhere.
“Just because this attack was
being planned for planes doesn’t
mean officers who don’t work in
or near airports can stand
down,” said Dr. Henry. “All officers should be looking at the
tactics they were going to use
and imagining where they could
be used in other areas, like commuter trains, subway stations,
buses, crowded buildings.”
“Officers must learn to think
like a terrorist. In order to do
that, you need to know what
terrorists think. Studying this
incident and others very closely
will give you an opportunity to
figure that out.”
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3. Regardless of where you
work, never underestimate
your impact on homeland
security.
“Just because you’re a street
cop doesn’t mean you’re not in a
position to play a major role in
breaking up a terrorist plot,”
Henry said. “It’s hard to impress
upon an officer who walks
down Main Street in the heartland that he does play a role in
homeland security...but he
does.”
Henry cited a case in Brooklyn several years ago where
hundreds of lives were likely
saved because a transit cop
working the beat in the middle
of the night was wise enough to
take serious note of a yet unrecognized terrorist.
The terrorist, in his preattack nervousness, decided to
take a late-night stroll down to
the New York subway station he
was going to bomb the next
morning.
“The bomber,” Henry
explained, “walked up to the
transit officer and in broken
English mumbled, ‘Boom.
Boom.’
“That officer could have easily looked at that man, disregarded him as a typical nut roaming
around in the middle of the
night and told him to go sleep it
off. Instead, he trusted his
instincts and training and
looked further into what seemed
an odd and potentially ominous
statement.
“Ultimately, that decision
ended up preventing an attack.”
Which leads to the next
point…
4. Educate yourself and the
public on the definition of
“out of the ordinary” and
“suspicious”
“It’s not enough just to tell
people, ‘Be sure to call us if you
see something out of the ordinary or suspicious,’” said Henry.
“You need to educate them—
and yourself—as to what ‘out of
the ordinary’ and ‘suspicious’
means in that context.
“If you see some guy walking
down the street wearing two
different colored shoes or mumbling to himself, that’s by definition out of the ordinary, but
it’s likely not cause for enough
alarm to alert authorities.
“However, if you see someone hiding a suspicious package
in a crowded area, alarm bells
should be sounding.”
Help empower the public
with enough information to
make an educated decision as to
what warrants contact with
authorities, but also try to help
prevent potentially counter-productive hyper-vigilance.
5. Remember the importance
of subtleties
In this instance, the terrorist
plot involved everyday items.
There were likely not going to
be any overt signs of a pending
attack or any kind of high-profile, easily noticeable “equipment” that could raise red flags.
As the news has reported, simple, everyday liquids and small
personal electronic devices were
going to be enough to launch
the attacks.
Henry suggests that this
serves as a good reminder to
officers that staying alert to
more subtle cues—things like
signs of noticeable nervousness,
excessive loitering, or evasive
movements when approached
by law enforcement—can play a
key role in spotting potential
terrorist activity.
6. Be sure you are tactically
sound in your “everyday”
police work.
“I’m really concerned for the
street cop who ends up running
into an armed terrorist,” says
Chief Staten.
“What’s going to happen if
that unsuspecting officer pulls
over a car being driven by a terrorist who’s on the run or in the
midst of some kind of attack
preparation? That terrorist will
not hesitate to kill that cop and
walk away smiling. Officers
need to remember that they can
run into these people anywhere,
anytime.”
Staten urges you to take
every traffic stop and street
encounter seriously and to stay
focused on using the officer survival tactics that can help you
spot and engage a threat.
“Terrorists have a deadly
mindset and solid attack training,” said Staten. “Officers need
to be constantly vigilant, fully
focused on officer survival and
prepared to encounter the deadly terrorist mindset when they
may least expect it.”
7. Share information
Chief Staten also urges all law
enforcement to share information from the top down and
from the street up.
“These terrorists keep evolving. They come up with new
strategies that we all need to be
aware of. The key to staying on
top of their evolutionary development is information sharing
within all rank levels and all
emergency service channels.”

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