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After standing roll call at 0645hrs on Sept. 11, 2001, OfficerWill Jimeno and his academyclassmate, Dominick Pezzulo,began their tour of duty workingfoot posts about a block fromeach other at the huge PortAuthority bus terminal located in

the heart of Manhattan. Everyday almost 250,000 people passthrough this terminal as theytravel the complex New Yorktransit system.

Jimeno liked working the ter-minal area. He’d been on the jobfor only nine months and deriveda lot satisfaction from helping thepublic. A native of Columbia,South America, Jimeno hadgained U.S. citizenship whileserving as a gunner’s mate in theNavy. He had always felt a strongcalling to serve, and realized hislifelong dream by becoming a

New York & New Jersey PortAuthority police officer at the ageof 33. “I love my country and Ilove my job,” he said when I orig-inally interviewed him shortlyafter the Sept. 11 attacks.

Just before 0900 hrs, Jimenowatched as two officers on an

adjacent post were enveloped inthe shadow of a large plane. Theshadow belonged to AmericanFlight 11, a Boeing 767 thatmoments later crashed intoTower Two of the World TradeCenter.

The officers were told toreturn immediately to the stationand began rapidly walking back.Jimeno could see his friend Pez-zulo walking about a block infront of him.

At the station, the officerslearned a plane had hit one of thetowers. Jimeno remembers therewas a lot of talking among theofficers, and someone said that itwas the work of terrorists. Jimenoquickly called his wife from a payphone to tell her what was hap-pening. As Jimeno ended the call,an inspector came in and startedpicking people to respond to theincident. Jimeno and Pezzulo did-n’t wait to be picked; they justgot in line and joined others on acommandeered bus that wasescorted to the site by sector carswith blaring sirens.

Jimeno remembers the banteron the bus as they were respond-ing. “We were kind of jokingaround in normal police fashion,”he said. “But we got about sixblocks from the Trade Center andwe saw an ambulance crewworking on someone. That’s howfar the debris had blown back.The bus got really quiet.”

About two blocks from theTrade Center, the bus stopped tounload the responding officers.As they exited the bus, Jimenoheard someone say, “They’rejumping.” He wasn’t sure at firstwhat this meant but quickly real-ized as he saw people jumpingfrom windows more than 100stories above the ground. “I felthelpless. Here we are sworn tohelp and we were just helpless.That’s why we wear the shield,”

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Arbitratorspeaks aboutPPB’s officers

by President Robert J. King

The Portland Police Association • Maintaining the vigil since 1942

Volume 37

Number 8

September 2006

Lessons Learned p.2

Schlegel p.4

Knife sale honors

PPB Citizen Soldiers p.7

OCPA Legislative Goals p.9

Jack Dunphy p.11

Hit & Run Kills CHP p.12

Overtime Curse p.14

Terrorist Plot Busted p.20

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Most PPA members know that when we went to arbitration in 2004 on our wages and health insurance, we won aresounding victory over the City. By the City’s estimates,the PPA’s victory in the winner-take-all arbitration formatcost it $44 million over five years.However, few have read Arbitrator Carlton Snow’s 167-page opinion. Tragically, Arbitrator Snow died of a strokelast year. However, as the following passage from his arbi-tration opinion shows, he was not only an incrediblythoughtful and erudite arbitrator, but he also had an under-standing of police officer that few outside the professionhave gained.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.

“Because the interest and welfare of the public as well assignificant labor/management concerns are affected foryears, all interest arbitration proceedings are important.But a police interest arbitration is like no other. Arbitra-tion for police personnel is different from all other inter-est arbitration in the public sector because of the rolelaw enforcement plays in a community. The communityexists because it satisfies needs of its members. Livingin a community enables citizens to advance individualand collective values. As an expression of basic humanneeds, a community has certain responsibilities for help-ing its members achieve their goals. The quality of socialliving in a community depends, in large part, on theextent to which the community functions to help facili-tate social goals.

“Every community strives for a strong economic struc-ture, and the kinds of jobs available to citizens upholdmorale and give quality to daily life. A major task ofcommunity leaders is to help establish and maintain ahealthy economy. With monies from a healthy economy,a community is able to provide basic functions thatinsure the vitality of fundamental social systems. Func-tions such as schools, health services, and essential gov-ernmental services help define the essence of a commu-nity and enable it to function as a part of a democracy.One essential governmentalservice is law enforcement.

Buried alive by Twin Towers — officer’s September 11 ordeal

by Dale StocktonLaw Officer Magazine

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It showed up on memos,orders, and official communica-tions. Where you and I wouldscrawl our initials to indicate thatwe read or were aware of a reportor document, this symbol wouldappear in the upper corner: R². Itmeant that Lieutenant RudyRitschard (RR) had scrutinizedthat document. Why write two“R’s”? The mathematical expres-sion “R to the second power”would do it all. Such was thesubtle wit and intellect of a manwho had a truly positive impacton the training of the PortlandPolice Bureau and othersthroughout the state.

Rudy had a fierce pride inhaving been a Marine duringWorld War II and Korea. Afterthree enlistments, Rudy found hissecond love – law enforcement.After three years working as adeputy in the Multnomah County

Sheriff’s Department, he joinedthe Portland Police Bureau.

While he studied for andreceived promotions, Rudy alsofound time to earn a Bachelor’sdegree in Criminal Justice andwent on to receive a Master’sDegree in Education at the Uni-versity of Portland. He lovedpolice work and being a lieu-tenant at North Precinct where“things happen.” It was a hard sellconvincing him to come to theTraining Division and become theAcademy Director.

But Rudy’s post retirement planwas to teach somewhere, so theTraining Division post made sense.The assignment would enhancehis résumé. Upon his arrival inTraining, he energetically revisedthe Bureau’s Advanced Academytraining program in line with thenew “Performance OrientedTraining” concept.

Every student would clearlyknow what he or she was expect-ed to learn in each subject. Hepainstakingly worked with ourinstructors to establish traininggoals and objectives. At Rudy’surging, the Bureau invited theleading national authority on set-ting learning and training goalsand objectives, Robert Mager, toconduct a workshop for policeagencies in the Portland area.

When he retired from theBureau in 1979, Rudy went towork for what was then calledthe Board on Police Standardsand Training, doing what he haddone for the Police Bureau. Aftermoving to Central Oregon in1989, he became a full time sub-stitute teacher. Ten years later, heand his wife, Elaine, made a finalmove to Clackamas.

At Rudy’s funeral service atWillamette National Cemetery Isaw a number of officers from ourpast. (John Potter is still workingfor the Police Bureau keepingdrivers honest with his photoradar unit.) The feeling of espritde corps was in the air. It was ajoy to see again men with whomI worked over the years, realizingonce more the excellence of thosewho make up the working bodyof the Portland Police Bureau.And newly hired officers’résumés strongly indicate thatthey will continue the ongoingquest for excellence.

Lessons Learned:• The passing of a friend is an

opportunity to recall the con-tributions he or she made inour community.

• The gathering of those weknow at those sad moments isalso an opportunity to recalland savor the memories of the past.

• We have an opportunity in thepresent to call or visit thosefrom our past and share thegood memories – before theytoo, are gone.

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For 6 days this past summer,July 23rd to the 28th, 161 kidsfrom various housing authoritiesin Oregon and Southern Wash-ington descended on the OregonCoast to attend Camp Rosen-baum. It was the 36th year thatthe “Youth Citizenship” Campprovided a stress free week ofsummer fun for kids ages 9 to 11.Held yearly at Camp Rilea inWarrenton, Oregon, CampRosenbaum is a partnershipbetween the Portland HousingAuthority, the Oregon Air &Army National Guard and thePortland Police Bureau.

Personnel from those agenciesfill various functions for theCamp from counselor to adminis-trative support. Since 1992, thePortland Police Bureau has sup-ported Camp Rosenbaum withOfficers. In 1994 the Bureau’sinvolvement stepped up to fullpartner status when it provided adozen Officers as staff. PPB

cemented its connection to theCamp while creating a pool ofcounselors with an experiencebase and perspective previouslylacking from the Camp.

For the many counselors andstaff representing the Bureau whoreturn to Camp Rosenbaum yearafter year, it is a unique experi-ence that adds balance to our lawenforcement careers. For thekids attending Camp Rosenbaum,they develop positive relation-ships with the men and womenof law enforcement while beingprovided with real world practi-cal role models. Kids, Cops andCamp Rosenbaum; win, win nomatter how you look at it!

Officers attending and agencies represented:Sgt. Joseph ColistroPort of Portland PDSgt. Jose GonzalezPPB - Tri-Met

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Kids, copsand CampRosenbaum

by Sgt. Bob GorgoneGREAT Program

I felt cheated on my days off,or even my shifts off, becausethings were happening that I was-n’t a part of. I didn’t care aboutthe overtime earnings that some ofthe older guys lived for. Theyneeded the special detail overtimeto pay for the cars, house, boat,and toys that they were accumu-lating in their driveways. I neededto be part of the action. I neededto belong to the team.

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Prime Minister of JapanI heard that the Prime Minis-

ter of Japan was coming to Port-land for a visit. That’s what I wastalking about! My job was toguard the basement parkinggarage at the Marriott Hotelwhere the Prime Minister wouldbe staying while in downtownPortland.

It was a dark and gloomynight and quiet in the concretetomb of the parking structure.The lone policeman, bundledagainst the cold and armed withhis trusty 6 shot revolver and 18extra rounds of ammunition indump pouches, paced back andforth in the stillness, envisioninga terrorist attack and assassinationon the leader of arguably the sec-ond or third most powerfulnation in the world.

He imagined the attackerswould make their approach inthe middle of the night, softlygliding through the deserteddarkness in an old beat up deliv-ery van with a non-descript mag-netic sign on the driver’s door.The driver would stay behindwith the van so a quick escapecould be made. The killing teamwould emerge from the back ofthe van dressed as the Hispanic

cleaning crew in matching indus-trial gray coveralls with the samelogo on their backs. They wouldbe toting heavy bags filled withexplosives and machine guns, andcarrying vacuum cleaners andsqueegees as a disguise. Thehandsome and daring youngpoliceman would be all that stoodbetween them and their prey. Hewould have to be eliminated, qui-etly, as they made their way tothe service elevator.

Waiting alone in that base-ment parking garage I figured outthat my job was not to save thePrime Minister, or the President,or the Pope, or anybody else thathappened to be visiting Portland.This was the time that I realizedthat my job was to be the sacrifi-cial lamb for the crazy, suicidalhordes that would storm the cas-tle to kill the king.

The theory was that hopefullyI would raise the alarm, byscreaming or dying in a hail ofgunfire, and allow those actuallyguarding the principal to closeranks and escape in the confusionand carnage of the assault. Every-body expected to see the dashingand daring uniformed policeman.The public expected it. The manbeing guarded expected it. Thebad guys would expect it. It feltreassuring. It felt comforting. Ifelt like a goat being tethered to atree outside a safari tent on theSerengeti Plains waiting for thehunting lion to attack and bekilled by hunters lying in wait.

DING!!! The bell for serviceelevator scared the crap out ofme. The door slid open and Iwondered how in the hell thevan had made it into the base-ment and disappeared, the clean-

ing/killing crew had made it byme, the assassination had hap-pened, and the crew was nowreturning to the van which was-n’t there, without any sound onthe radio for the last half-hour. Isuddenly had to pee.

I peeked out at the elevatorfrom around a concrete supportpillar, too scared to even pull mygun out. Two Japanese guys andone white guy with a buzz cuthairdo, all in business suits, gotoff the elevator and walked intothe open area in front.

“State Department,” said thewhite guy. I stepped out from

behind the pillar. “He’s comingdown.”

“O.K. Everything’s quiet.” The white guy looked at me

and rolled his eyes as if he knewthat he’d scared the crap out ofme and that I wouldn’t know anassassination killing crew if theywalked up to me and introducedthemselves. The Two Japaneseguys just stood there and staredat me as if I was their biggestthreat. I turned my back on theelevator door and scanned thecompletely vacant parkinggarage like I knew what I wasdoing and that the biggest threatwould come from there.

I heard a car engine and ablack ‘70’s Ford station wagonwith blacked out windowscruised into the basement garage.The car was gleaming in theoverhead fluorescent light and satlow, like it weighed five tons andwas reinforced with bulletproofsteel. The Japanese use old Fords?It momentarily confused me. Itquietly purred by us, stopped,and then backed up to within 10feet of the elevator. The driverstayed put and I couldn’t seehim through the tinted win-dows. The passenger got out,moved to the back of the car,

and stood at attention. Twomore cars, both big black sedanspulled into the garage andformed a line in front of the sta-tion wagon. Nobody got out.

DING!!! The elevator dooropened and a guy that I sworewas Odd Job from the JamesBond movies came out. He washuge. He could not straighten hisarms out inside the black suitjacket that was 3 sizes too smalland straining the buttons on thefront. He was 5’6” and must haveweighed 300 pounds. His headwas the size of a bowling ball andcovered with pig bristled blackhair. Japanese slanted eyes sat far

apart on his head and were sotight that I couldn’t tell where hewas looking.

He kind of waddled back andforth as he walked to the back ofthe station wagon, his arms andlegs so muscular that a normalstride would’ve been impossible.The passenger of the car openedthe back door of station wagonand Odd Job sprang into the backlike a huge tiger, crawling overand behind an object in the back,to a single seat that faced to therear. I peered into the back of thestation wagon and saw him set-tling himself in behind a mount-ed .50 caliber machine gun thatwas completely invisible whenthe door shut. Jesus Christ, theseguys are serious.

Several minutes passed and thecars just sat idling. DING!!! Body-guards, business suits, peoplelaughing, lots of movement, cardoors opening and slamming. Itried not to look. I tried to stayfocused on the other end of thevacant parking garage where theattack would come from at anymoment. The cars acceleratedfrom the garage, tires squealing.Silence. I was alone again.

DING!!! A single Japanese guyin a suit poked his head out fromthe elevator followed by a small,older Japanese man with whitehair who looked around as ifconfused, then smiled at me.The younger Japanese man goton a radio immediately, thenlooked at me and said, “They’recoming back. They forgot thePrime Minister.”

Thoughtsat the endof a career...

Unlike themilitary, itpaid tovolunteerEarly on in my career I learned that it paid to volun-teer. This went against what I’d heard from militaryveterans, “Never volunteer.” I decided that in order tolearn and see the most I would try to take advantage ofevery opportunity that came my way. I was single, liv-ing alone, no hobbies, no friends, and a sponge for thejob. I wanted to live it, breathe it, taste it, and smell it.

by Detective Dave Schlegel,Retired


If you have been around the Portland PoliceBureau for any length of time, I’m sure you haveheard the following acronyms, but like many other people, you may not know the differencebetween them.Trauma Intervention Program (TIP) is based out ofthe Portland Fire Bureau but respond to police situ-ations as well. The volunteers provide on-scenesupport to the family and friends. They generallydo not provide follow-up support.Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) is an officer coordi-nated program through the Portland Police Bureau.Officers are called to respond to a person involvedin a mental crisis. They are trained to recognizepsychological medications and stages of diag-nosed conditions. They make a safety assessmentand recommendations for the crisis at hand.Crisis Response Team (CRT) is an officer-coordi-nated, volunteer-based program administeredthrough the Portland Police Bureau. Initially, TIPand CRT are similar in that both programs sendvolunteers to respond on-scene. The uniqueaspects of calling CRT are that it provides imme-diate on-site support to officers, detectives, fami-

ly and friends. That support continues with ahome visit, referrals for a funeral (in case ofdeath) through the appointment and introductionto the DA’s advocate. CRT recently assisted with a search warrant wherethe elderly homeowner required special considera-tion. Also, responder teams are specific to thecommunities they serve. The current four teamsare from the African-American, Hispanic, Asian andSexual Minorities communities. These volunteersare professionals who have attended the Citizen’sAcademy, workshops on grief counseling, problemresolution and more. They have proven to be anasset even during officer involved incidents. Responders can be called out for homicide, SIDS,fatal traffic accidents, aggravated assaults andeven out-of-control youth. You can initiate a call-out through BOEC or by paging Officer Marci Jack-son at (503) 940-0729.Hopefully, this information will help you differenti-ate between these programs. If you know of a citi-zen who would be beneficial in the role of aresponder please refer their names to the CRTOffice at (503) 823-2095.

CIT, TIP, CRT — What it all means

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Thanks to their dedicationand the sponsorship of LesSchwab, West Coast Bank andOregon City Golf Club at LoneOak it exceeded last year’s event for a total of $62,000. Infour years this annual golf tournament has raised a total of $185,000 for the SunshineDivision.

The support of the Jon andSherri Hiner is a true source ofinspiration for the staff at Sun-shine Division. They spendcountless hours of their owntime planning, recruiting andorganizing this event. Partici-pants are not only local busi-nesses and local media outlets,but family, friends and volun-teering staff. Their desire to

help children and families in thecommunity stems from theirown personal experiences. Theytruly understand the strugglesworking families face when try-ing to make it month to month.

When Jon and Sherri wereopening their Mattress Worldstores they experienced hardshipwith four foreclosures, carrepossessions and asking familymembers for food. When facedwith no heat, they had to con-vince their children that theydid not want heat because it was more fun to camp out infront of the fireplace and all tosleep together.

Due to their hard work anddetermination they are now ablehelp so many families that are in

similar situations.Each year theirexceptional commit-ment help ensure thatlocal families andchildren do not gohungry in times ofemergency.

The SunshineDivision would liketo thank Jon andSherri Hiner and theproud sponsors forthe Mattress WorldCharitable Golf Tournament:

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The SunshineDivision has amazing resultsDespite the morning rain, Jon and Sherri Hiner of Mat-tress World, were again successful at having anotherfun-filled, sold out charitable golf tournament for theSunshine Division.

by Rebecca HillSunshine Division

Police personnel serve as an emblem ofsafety that allows an economy to flourish.

“In the early, less complex days of theUnited States, the community generallydid not assume responsibility for a formalpolicing function. The peace was keptinformally by citizens on duty serving thecommunity or by village elders, parents,and clergy. A Boston politician as late as1815 stated:

“If there ever comes a time when Ameri-cans have to have in their cities a paidprofessional police force, that will be theend of freedom and democracy as wehave known it. (See Watson, SelectedReadings, 107 (1967).)

“Citizens in the United States later reliedon justices of the peace to keep order,and paid police officers emerged not untilthe nineteenth century. Much haschanged since the seventeenth centurywhen night watchmen made their hourlyrounds in a city and all males over 18were expected to serve in the rotation.

“Law enforcement personnel today,almost more than any other essentialgovernmental service, are expected to

uphold and reflect community values to adiverse citizenry. If people were perfect,law enforcement would be unnecessary;but the harsh reality is that law enforce-ment provides a civilizing influence in acommunity like no other group of publicemployees, especially as other socializinginstitutions have grown weaker orbecome dysfunctional. Large or small,democratic or authoritarian, communitiesneed law enforcement. In a democraticsociety, however, law enforcement mustadvance the goal of protecting life andproperty while also fostering democraticvalues of personal freedom. Having theofficial power to use reasonable force tobalance these social imperatives placeslaw enforcement in a unique position toreceive both praise and damnation.

“No other governmental service has theimmediate symbolic power that is held bylaw enforcement. A police officer is afront line representative of politicalpower. The average citizen is daily farmore conscious of law enforcement in acommunity than, for example, a citycouncil or a planning commission. Apolice officer on street patrol performshis or her duties in a "fishbowl" and,rightly or wrongly, serves as a represen-tative of the political system in a commu-nity. He or she is expected to reflect cul-tural values of the community and, alongwith teachers or firefighters, is held to a


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higher standard of trust than many governmentalemployees.

“Modern police departments have numerous opportunitiesto represent official power in a community as a result of thediverse functions now performed by police officers. Theirtraditional role of protecting life and property has morphedinto performing a wide variety of community functions, andan experienced police officer is now expected to be expertin human relations, race relations, domestic conflicts, trafficcontrol, accident investigation, disputes between warringyouths, and to have a general knowledge of basic principlesof equal justice on which a democratic political system ispremised. These varied functions do not call for a collectionof ideals a community hopes to find in its police personnel.Citizens, rather, expect law enforcement officials to beimmediately ready to handle widely diverse situations andto do so with consummate skill. Whether or not an officerexhibits the requisite skill while working in a "fishbowl"environment is pivotal in the public's perception of lawenforcement as a good or bad representative of communityvalues. A negative perception increases a risk that volun-tary law observance will be undermined and the vibrancy ofa community harmed. Public confidence in democratic insti-tutions is essential. Few other governmental services placeemployees in so many significant job performances thatcan enhance or undermine public trust in community leaders generally.

“Interest arbitration involving police personnel is unique, inpart, because no other public sector workforce but lawenforcement personnel can build or destroy public trust asinstantly through their use of individual discretion. Policediscretion is at the heart of law enforcement and has adirect impact on the daily life of average citizens. Not allinfractions of the law lead to a citation or to an arrest, andpolice officers are charged with using reasonable discretionwhen enforcing expectations of the community.

“If police personnel enforced the letter of the law in everyconceivable situation, the court system would collapse orat least have to change; and average citizens would beoutraged by such strict enforcement. Officers are expect-ed to use good judgment and commonsense in perform-ing their duties, and their use of police discretion isexpected to reflect community values. While individualperformance failures must be punished or employeesretrained, no mathematically precise road map existsmaking clear how law enforcement personnel should han-dle all the nuances of situations that arise in our fast-paced, highly complex society.

“Few work forces are so persistently vulnerable to public crit-icism and career obstacles due to errors in the use of indi-vidual discretion. Other public employees are generally nottargeted for harm by segments of the population. Somecriminals, however, believe they gain respectability if theycan boast of harming a police officer. In that environment,police personnel often must make quick discretionary deci-sions A wise use of discretionary power is an essential skillof a police officer, but no definitive policies, guidelines, orrules can ever remove all the ambiguities confronted in thedaily performance of regular duties by police personnel.Basic precepts and departmental guidelines help, but policediscretion is inherent in the performance of law enforce-ment duties. The competent use of police discretion in thehour-to-hour performance of regular duties, potentially withdeadly consequences, is a unique characteristic that setsapart law enforcement personnel from public employeesperforming other governmental services. It is a considera-tion that merits weight in an interest arbitration, and someevidence suggested that the Employer failed to do so inthis case.”

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2006 ColumbiaRiver knife sale to honor PPB Citizen-SolidersSgt. Daren Roeser, Southeast Precinct is pleased toannounce that the 2006 annual group purchase is onand orders are being taken. Included on this years orderform will be a space for a suggested minimum donationof $5.00 to go toward the purchase of specially engravedknives for presentation to the nine PPB Officers whoare currently on, or have returned from extendeddeployment or activation in support of the War on Terror.

Sergeant Major BobFoesch (right) nicknamedthe Canadian SergeantMajor, “Yoda,” after theJedi Warrior Master. Heis a little guy, but verysharp. The Canadians onlyhave a six month tour ver-sus a 12 month tour inAfghanistan. Photo cour-tesy of Bob Foesch, NEPrecinct. Bob is currentlydeployed in Afghanistan.

said Jimeno, who asked openly tothe group of officers around him,“What are we going to do?”

Sergeant John McLoughlin, aPort Authority officer whoworked the Emergency Serviceunit (ESU) and knew the layoutof the World Trade Center aswell as anyone, provided theanswer. McLoughlin told the offi-cers he needed three volunteerswho knew how to use Scott airpacks. Jimeno, Pezzulo and Anto-nio Rodrigues all answered. Theyhad recently graduated from the100th Port Authority PoliceAcademy (PAPD) and hadtrained on the air packs. Alsoanswering the call was OfficerChris Amoroso, who had been aPAPD officer for two years.Jimeno noted that McLoughlindidn’t order anyone — he askedfor volunteers — but Jimeno feltup to the job. “I felt confidentgoing with the sergeant(McLoughlin) because he knewthe building like the back of hishand,” he said.Jimeno remembers feeling

encouraged by the calm nature of

one of the officers on scene, Offi-cer Bruce Reynolds, a 16-yearveteran. “He came up to me andsaid, ‘What a mess this is.’ Iremember that he was looking atme and seemed very calm,” saidJimeno. “He didn’t even have tobe there because he had a heartcondition. I was so impressed andit comforted me that he was socalm. I remember thinking thatthis is a guy to follow.” Reynoldswas later one of 37 PAPD officerswho died that day.

Another officer on scene whoimpressed Jimeno was OfficerJimmy Lynch. Jimeno knewLynch was recovering from armsurgery performed the daybefore. Despite his injury, he hadresponded when the call wentout. He was last seen gatheringair packs in the north tower.

As Jimeno and the others lefton their mission, an academyinstructor gave Jimeno a quickhug 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 groupstopped briefly to store someunneeded equipment in aChevrolet Suburban. Jimenonoticed the vehicle had been hitby a huge piece of concrete.Donning his rescue gear, includ-

ing air pack and helmet, Jimenofound himself thinking how odd the situation was. “I don’tlike fire. Here I am in firefightergear with an ax in my hand,” he said.

McLoughlin told his four vol-unteers to team up and Jimenopaired up with Pezzulo, the twocommitting not to leave eachother. Throwing rescue itemsinto a canvas mail carrier cart,the group pushed onward, pass-ing a large piece of the planeJimeno believes was part of thelanding gear. “I know we all hadfear in our hearts but the desireto serve these people and protectthem, it just made it seem okay,”he said.

Jimeno pushed the cart for-ward as they were standing infront of Tower Two. He passedseveral PAPD officers he wouldnever see again, headed for dif-ferent parts of the building. Oneof them was another academyclassmate, Walwyn Stuart.Jimeno and Stuart hit fists, tellingeach other to be careful. Stuart iscredited with saving the lives ofhundreds of commuters when heforced them to get back onto atrain and ordered the train to goback, thus leaving the area justbefore the collapse of the towers.“He left behind a beautiful wifeand a little girl that he never gotto see walk,” said Jimeno, whohas shared these last momentswith the officer’s family.

Buried AliveJimeno was getting tired push-

ing the heavy cart and Rodriguesstepped in to help, telling Jimenohe didn’t want him to get tootired. The group entered a corri-dor that would take them intoTower One. Rodrigues began tofall behind because of the weightof the cart and Jimeno turnedback to help him. The twostopped in front of a doorway andJimeno looked out at Tower Two,the first tower struck by thehijacked aircraft. Suddenly therewas a tremendous roar and ahuge fireball that Jimenodescribes as being larger than ahouse. “The whole world shooklike an earthquake,” Jimeno said.Tower Two was collapsing.

McLoughlin yelled at the teamto run toward the freight elevatorand run they did: Pezzulo,McLoughlin, Jimeno, Rodriguesand Amoroso, in that order. Atthis point, the group was at alocation midway between thetwo towers. Concrete startedcoming down on them. “It waslike being body-slammed,”Jimeno said. “I just held on to myhelmet and tried to go for mymike. Everything just kept com-ing down on us and before Iknew it we were just covered.”

Jimeno was buried by debrisfacing up at a 45-degree angle. Hewas lying on top of his air pack.Both of his legs were pinned andhis left leg was almost crushed.McLoughlin was buried behindand beneath him. Pezzulo was ina push-up position nearby. Allwere dazed by what had just hap-pened. “I was in shock,” saidJimeno. “I kept hearing a loudbuzz in my ears and tried to focuson what was happening.”

McLoughlin ordered the offi-cers to sound off. Pezzulo andJimeno responded, and then therewas silence. Jimeno yelled thenames of Rodrigues and Amorosorepeatedly, but they didn’tanswer. “I looked over to Domand told him I didn’t think theymade it. Dom told me they werein a better place,” said Jimeno.

Training kicked in. The threeburied officers began communi-cating and evaluating their situa-tion. “Nobody could move, but Icould see a little light coming in,”said Jimeno. “I could see thishole, but I couldn’t see the sky.

“We knew we were one levelunder the concourse so that lightmeant a way out. We tried every-thing, but it seemed nothingworked. The radios were dead,”said Jimeno.

Pezzulo eventually managedto free himself to the point hecould move around in a smallcavern-like area. At McLoughlin’sdirection, Pezzulo began workingto see if he could free Jimeno. “Ithink Dom could have easilygone out the hole, but he wasworking to try and free me,” saidJimeno.

Pezzulo’s efforts to free Jimenoproved futile. Despite hisstrength, Pezzulo was unable tomove a large piece of concreteheld in place by rebar. Pezzulowas working valiantly to free hisfriend when tragedy struck onceagain. “He was trying to free mewhen Tower One fell,” saidJimeno. “I told him something bigis coming again and then some-thing huge came through and hithim. He was hurt really bad.”

The collapse of Tower Onemortally wounded Pezzulo andpushed additional debris on topof McLoughlin. Jimeno remainedpinned by the huge piece of con-crete and covered with debris. Hetalked to Pezzulo as the life slow-ly ebbed from his friend’s body. “Dom was fighting for his life,”Jimeno related. “We talked and I


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Michael Pena, the real Will Jimeno, Nicolas Cage, and the real John McLough-lin on the movie set of World Trade Center.Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures

The Oregon Council of PoliceAssociations set its legislativegoals for the 2007 Session (With2003 and 2005 Bill #’s) at theApril 2006 general meeting.

High PriorityRevise the SB 750 (1995) lan-

guage dealing with the defini-tion of “Safety” when used inwhat are mandatory subjects ofbargaining. Clarification of whatare safety issues, includingpotential safety issues. (SB 446in 2003, SB321 in 2005).

Change the current Definitionof Supervisory Personnel in Lawthat was negatively altered by SB750 in 1995. That change was aneffort to limit membership toorganizations by mid levelemployees as a way to weaken theorganizations. OCPA would alterthe definition by using the factorof whether the employee has theability to recommend economicsanctions or dismissal of anotheremployee as to whether that per-son is a supervisor (SB 445 in2003, SB320 in 2005).

Revise the SB 750 (1995) changein Strike Barred employee’s negoti-ations that establish Weighted Cri-teria. By eliminating the weightedcriteria, we would revert to theequal weight for all issues, thus re-leveling the negotiating field (SB444 in 2003, SB 319 in 2005).

Continue to participate in theAttorney General’s or any othergroup’s bill related to Use ofLethal Force Task Force and miti-gation of any legislation on thisissue. Mitigate if possible as manyof the bad impacts on officers(SB301 2005 Session). Also refer toPolice Officers Bill of Rights(#8).

Establish statue that providesfor due process in investigationsand sanctions by the Departmentof Public Safety Standards andTraining (DPSST). Set process forinvestigation, hearing by andreport to ALJ. Revise system asused by Policy Sub-committeesand DPSST Board.

DPSST Recomposition. Reduceoverall members and balancemembership with more line per-sonnel on both the policy groupsand Board. (SB 990 2005 Session)

Caseload issue, limiting caseloads for reasons of effectiveness& safety (public & P&PO’s.) Ari-zona Law or other options. (Intro-duced as SB 586, 2005 Session)

7.(a) Interfering with a PeaceOfficer. To support/co-operatewith other labor entities or gov-ernmental agencies that promoterepairs to ORS 162.247, which wasrendered useless by court rulings.To continue efforts from 2005 Ses-sion; See - SB 548 & HB 3025.

Medium PriorityPolice Officers Bill of Rights to

establish uniform protections forOfficers who are not covered bycollective bargaining agreements.This legislation directed at issuesof review of Officers Rights indiscipline or investigations (Usethe California Model if possible,HB 2965 in 2005).

Reintroduce Workers CompPresumption related to exposuresto HEP-C and other blood bornexposures (With focus, if neededon Corrections and Emergencyemployees and if possible bundlebill with other employees, i.e.health care workers, if such a billis being introduced).

Limit ability of anyone to accessPSO home address via publicrecords such as voting or taxrecords through county offices(Perhaps dovetail with DMV use ofwork address for taxes and votingrecords)(Tigard and Portland); Or,pass law that the clerks have towithhold the information if theofficers file a form requesting theinfo be withheld (Possible need forclean up of HB 2724 2005 Sessionto fix issue with Counties).

Review and adjust the defini-tion of spouse in the Public SafetyMemorial Fund to include part-ners for the purposes of survivorbenefits.

Clarify in PERS law that theIAP can offer a lifetime annuityto retiring members in order toavoid the IRS 10% penalty if youaccess the money prior to age 59½ or do not or can not use one ofthe other methods to get aroundthe IRS penalty.

Ability of Officers to wear uni-forms in political campaigns dur-ing off-hours. Currently employ-ers say they own the uniform anddeny use - in our endorsed racesor ballot measures (Refer: LittleHatch Act).

Reserve GoalsPrivacy Act: Alter the act with a

presumption that anyone knowing-ly in the presence of a police officerwill not have any expectation ofprivacy, especially with regards tovideo & audio recordings. (Likelydefer to cities/counties efforts)OSPOA may introduce a fix.

Expansion of the current lawdealing with Firefighters andheart and lung diseases to includepresumption for all other PublicSafety Officers as well. Alsoexpands the presumption toinclude cancer.

Establish an ability to appealfailure to cite an employer byOROSHA for employer safetyviolations (SB 395 in 2003).


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The “H.E.L.P.S. Retirees Act” provision included inH.R. 4, under Title VII, Section 845, allows retired pub-lic safety officers to use up to $3,000 annually fromtheir pension funds, including defined benefit plansand defined contribution plans, to pay for qualifiedhealth insurance premiums without taxing these distributions.

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told him to hang on. We crackeda couple of jokes, but Dom knewhe was dying.

“With his last couple ofbreaths he reached out his armand fired a shot toward the holeof light to try and get someone’sattention. He said, ‘Will, don’tforget that I died trying to saveyou guys,’ then he slumped overand passed,” Jimeno related.“This was really tough for me.Dom was a total gentleman,father of two kids, and he had abeautiful wife.”

Trapped beneath tons of rub-ble and witnessing his goodfriend and academy classmate diein front of him, Jimeno was over-whelmed by the situation, but itwas about to get worse. “It seemscrazy, almost unbelievable, butthere was fire that kept cominginto the area where we were, Iguess from the jet fuel. I told thesergeant I thought we were goingto burn,” said Jimeno.

Time after time, fireballs threeand four feet in diameter wouldroll through the area whereJimeno was trapped. Each timethey got close, the fireballs woulddissipate. “It just seemed likethere were angels down therebecause these fireballs kept extin-guishing themselves. It was reallyhairy,” said Jimeno.

As Jimeno and McLoughlin laytrapped, they heard gunfire thatJimeno thought was the sound of

a fierce gun battle. Later helearned that U.S. Customs had anarmory in a nearby building andthe ammunition was explodingbecause of the fire. “I told the ser-geant that I thought the guyswere shooting it out with terror-ists,” said Jimeno, adding that hekept yelling ‘eight-13,’ the radiocall sign for an officer in distress.

When evening came, therewas a lot of sharing and a lot ofpraying taking place deep in therubble. McLoughlin, despite hisintense pain, kept trying to usehis radio but never got aresponse. The rolling fireballscontinued and, at one point, cameso close that the pistol used byPezzulo began firing on its own,causing Jimeno to fear he wasgoing to be killed by his fallenpartner’s weapon. “I didn’t realizeit was Dom’s gun at first,” saidJimeno. “Then I heard more shotsand ricochets. It was about fourfeet from me. He had fired oneround, leaving 15. How I didn’tget hit, I don’t know. The sparkswere only a couple of inchesfrom my head. I could cover myface but couldn’t move because Iwas buried from the waist down.”

Jimeno made his peace withGod, feeling that he andMcLoughlin had done everythinghumanly possible. “I asked God totake care of my wife who waspregnant, and my 4-year-old. Ijust asked God to let me see mybaby in heaven,” said Jimeno.

“I thanked God for a great 33years and that I had become aPort Authority police officer. Ithought at least my family wouldbe proud I had tried to help peo-

ple. If I was going to die, I could-n’t think of a more honorableway to go,” related Jimeno.

“At some point I kind ofpassed out and had a vision. I’mnot really overly religious, but Iwas really, really thirsty,”Jimeno said. “I saw what Ithought was Jesus coming overto me with a bottle of water.Over his shoulder was a sea ofwaving grass and over the othershoulder was a lake.

“Here I am in the middle ofhell, and there’s Jesus with a bot-tle of Evian. I think Jesus reallycame to me that day,” saidJimeno. “It really helped inspireme. No one signs on to see whatwe did, but I woke up with afighting spirit, and I told the ser-geant that we’re going to get outof here some way.”

Jimeno feels strongly otherofficers should learn from hisexperience and never, never quittrying. “One thing I hope I cancontribute to other officers is tokeep calm. Somehow God helpedme to keep my cool and stay pro-fessional,” related Jimeno. “Hope-fully, the lessons I learned canhelp some other officer — don’tever give up. When you’re thrustinto a terrible situation, if youcan reach down deep and findthat meaning in your life, youcan survive.”

Jimeno felt he had to dosomething to work toward free-dom, and he took a pair ofSmith and Wesson handcuffsout of their pouch to use as atool, chipping slowly away atthe concrete. “Although theydidn’t make a big difference in

getting me free, it was a big helpto me mentally because I feltlike I was doing something,”related Jimeno.

After dropping his handcuffswhen he passed out briefly,Jimeno tried to work his sidearmout of its holster so he could tryto summon help. Unfortunately,he ended up dislodging the mag-azine, making it useless as afirearm. Jimeno then used thepistol to hammer away at hisconcrete enclosure. He alsopulled repeatedly on a piece ofnearby pipe, letting it go so thatit would make a loud ping. Ashe worked, McLoughlin encour-aged him to keep trying.

“We kept each other going,”said Jimeno. “We fed off eachother and kept each otherawake.” Buried deep in the rub-ble, the two officers had no wayof knowing what was takingplace around them.

“It was getting dark and Sargesaid that they won’t come in toget us, it’s too unstable. He saidthey would come in the morningand I told him I didn’t know ifwe could make it through thenight,” said Jimeno.

SavedAbout 2015 hrs, Jimeno heard

someone yell, “U.S. Marines.” Heimmediately yelled back, “Eight-13, Port Authority PD, officersdown.”

The rescuers called out to thetrapped officer, encouraging himto keep yelling. “God blessed mewith big lungs,” said Jimeno. “Ikept yelling to them. Becausethey said they were Marines, I

told Sarge that I thought we wereat war.”

Above ground, U.S. MarineReserve Staff Sergeant DavidKarnes, an accountant from Con-necticut who had responded onhis own to the disaster, set intomotion one of the most dramaticrescue operations of Sept. 11.Because cell phone systems in thearea were jammed, he was unableto reach any local number to callfor assistance. He managed toreach his sister in Pittsburgh andtold her what was happening. Shein turn called her local policedepartment and they managed toget through to police officials inNew York. As a result, two ESUofficers, Scott Strauss and PaddyMcGee, along with a paramedicnamed Chuck Serelka, were sentto the scene with other rescuepersonnel.

Conditions were downrightdangerous. Flames were every-where, razor sharp debris litteredthe area and the access to thetrapped officers was so tight therewas virtually no working room.Any movement of the debriscould instantly end the lives ofthe trapped officers and their res-cuers. Jimeno, hearing the cries ofpain from McLoughlin, bravelytold the officers to take care of hissergeant first. This wasn’t practi-cal, though, because McLoughlinwas buried farther down in thedebris than Jimeno. ExtricatingJimeno took a very long timebecause his left leg had beencrushed by a huge piece of con-crete. Surgical tools and IV bot-tles were on hand in the eventthat amputation was necessary,but the rescuers were committedto saving Jimeno’s leg.

“McLoughlin’s yells were driv-ing me crazy and it was taking along time,” said Jimeno. “I toldStrauss, ‘Just cut my leg off,’ butStrauss said, ‘No way, you’recoming out in one piece.’ I stillhave both legs thanks to him.”

When he was finally freed,Jimeno had been buried formore than 13 hours. It wouldtake another eight hours for afresh rescue team to extricateMcLoughlin. Both were intremendous pain and had beenseriously injured by the collapse.Jimeno nearly died at the hospi-tal. “They told me I flatlinedtwice on the table. It’s a miracleI made it out of there,” saidJimeno.

Jimeno’s recovery has notbeen without challenges, and heis the first to admit that at timeshe was psychologically over-whelmed by what he had beenthrough. He has actively sought



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But for the number of peopleshot and the age of the youngestvictim, this shooting was in noway an unusual incident in SouthLos Angeles. There are 19 patroldivisions in the LAPD, but of the253 murders committed in thecity this year as of July 15, nearlyhalf have occurred in the fourdivisions that cover South L.A.,an area that makes up only 43 ofthe city’s 473 square miles. Overthe same period, a total of 634people were shot in these samefour divisions, compared with501 shooting victims in the 15divisions that cover the rest of the city.

Against this backdrop of car-nage comes (yet another) reporton the LAPD’s Rampart scandal,this one produced by a speciallyappointed “Blue Ribbon RampartReview Panel.” Headed by civil-rights attorney Constance Rice,the panel’s charge was to deter-mine whether the LAPD had suf-ficiently reformed itself in thewake of what has been called,against all reason, “one of theworst police scandals in Ameri-can history.”

One must delve deeply intothe report’s appendices in orderto discover the true magnitude ofthe Rampart scandal, but whenviewed strictly in terms of thenumber of officers involved itscarcely warrants such a gravedescription. A total of nine offi-cers were charged with crimes inconnection with the scandal. Ofthese, five pled guilty to stateand/or federal charges, and threeofficers were convicted by a jury

and a fourth was acquitted in acase that was at best tangential tothe core of the scandal. But theseconvictions were later overturnedby the trial judge, a ruling subse-quently upheld by an appellatecourt. (Three of these officerswere later awarded $5 millioneach by a federal jury that foundthat LAPD internal-affairs inves-tigators had arrested them with-out probable cause.) Of the 86officers sent to “boards of rights,”i.e. quasi-judicial administrativehearings, 54 were found notguilty on all counts, seven werefired or resigned, and 23 weresuspended or reprimanded.(Information on two officers wasnot available to the board.) Astain on the LAPD, to be sure,but hardly one of the worst policescandals in American history.

In addition to reexamining theRampart scandal, the report’sauthors make an effort at prog-nostication, all but predictinganother riot in south Los Angelesif a number of sweeping changes(read: an infusion of tax dollars)are not instituted. After a pre-dictable litany of the social illsafflicting south L.A., there appearson page 21 of the report this omi-nous sentence: “These are not justunderclass poverty descriptors;they are the trigger conditions forthe city’s next riot.”

Among the potential sparks tothis looming riot, the reportclaims, is the persistence of a“warrior mentality” within theLAPD, characterized by “loyalty,silence, retaliation, control, andaggression.” This mentality has

been replaced by a more friendly,problem-solving model of policingin Rampart Division, says thereport, but it persists in the high-crime neighborhoods of south LosAngeles. Heather Mac Donald, afellow at the Manhattan Institute,effectively shredded this con-tention in Sunday’s Los AngelesTimes. “As for the allegation thatinner-city officers cling stubbornlyto an arrogant ‘warrior mentality,’”Mac Donald writes, “the reportoffers no hint that any panel mem-ber ever rode along with officers orobserved their interactions withthe public.”

Indeed, the report is rife withanecdotes and innuendoes, butthere is little in the way of harddata that would support its mainthesis. A further quote from MacDonald’s piece illustrates the point:

“The panel’s remaining con-clusions are just as unsubstantiat-ed. It charges that planting evi-dence “may not be a thing of thepast” based on one sting that pro-voked questionable behavior onthe part of a Rampart officer. Thereport does not disclose howmany stings were conducted overwhat period of time before oneproved fruitful — a data-freemethod of analysis that character-izes the entire report. This anec-dote more accurately supports theopposite conclusion: that theLAPD is relentlessly monitoringitself to make sure Rampart cor-ruption does not reoccur.”

What the report merely hintsat, and what Mac Donald toucheson only briefly, is the differencebetween the neighborhoods inthe now cleaned-up RampartDivision and those in the yetuntamed regions beyond theSanta Monica Freeway. Rampart,just west of downtown L.A. hasfor years been predominantlyLatino, while much of south LosAngeles remains mostly black. Iknow we’re not supposed to talkabout such things, but violentcrime in Los Angeles is muchmore prevalent among blacksthan among Latinos, as evidencedby the city’s murder statistics for2005. There were 486 murderscommitted in Los Angeles lastyear, and though blacks constitut-ed only about 11 percent of thecity’s population they made up 40percent of its known murder sus-pects. By comparison, Latinosmade up about 45 percent of thecity’s population and about halfof its murder suspects in 2005.Whites accounted for just six per-cent of the city’s murders lastyear.

One can argue all day longabout the reasons for this dispari-ty, but the numbers can neitherbe ignored or hidden behind plat-

itudes about “problem-solving”policing. The main problemafflicting south Los Angeles, atleast as far as its police are con-cerned, is that of people shootingeach other. Though the latestRampart report decries what itdescribes as intimidation tacticsamong south L.A.’s “warrior”cops, it’s fair to say that the twomen mentioned above whom, inbroad daylight and at close range,murdered a 10-year-old and two

others, were not feeling overlyintimidated.

May they feel it soon.

— Jack Dunphy is an officer in theLos Angeles Police Department.“Jack Dunphy” is the author’s nomde cyber. The opinions expressedare his own and almost certainlydo not reflect those of the LAPDmanagement. Past articles can befound online at www.nationalre-view.com


In defense of the “Warrior Cop”—There’s a time and place forintimidation

by Jack DunphyLAPD

At about 4:30 in the afternoon on June 30, a dark-col-ored SUV pulled to a stop on 49th Street, just east ofCentral Avenue in south Los Angeles. While the driverwaited in the SUV, two men armed with rifles got outand began shooting at a group of people gathered in thefront yard of a home. Together the gunmen fired 38rounds, and when they drove off moments later, twoyoung men and a 10-year-old boy lay mortally woundedamong the shell casings littering the street. A fourthvictim, a 12-year-old boy, was struck by gunfire but sur-vived. Despite the offer of $105,000 in reward money,no arrests have been made in the case.

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“He always wanted tobe a Marine, and healways had this fascina-tion with the CHP fromwatching TV andmovies,’’ said Ann MarieUyematsu. “CHiPs —that was his favoriteshow.’’

Her brother lived outthe first dream and wasin the middle of the sec-ond when he died Sun-day August 6th ofinjuries he suffered in ahit-and-run crash onInterstate 880 in Oakland.

Clearman, 33, died at High-land Hospital in Oakland ofmassive injuries he sustained thenight before when a hit-and-rundriver struck him at 10:35 p.m.on the 66th Avenue on-ramp tonorthbound Interstate 880.Clearman had left his patrol carto investigate a minor crash onthe left side of the ramp.

Clearman, who lived with hiswife, Cathy Jo, in Concord, isthe seventh CHP officer to bekilled in the line of duty sinceSept. 23, 2005.

The CHP was looking intowhether one of two vehiclesmay have been involved in theincident. A statewide search wason for a champagne-coloredBuick LeSabre, model year 1992to 1998, which is now missingits Buick hood ornament andhas significant damage to thegrille on the driver’s side.

Anyone with information onthe Buick is asked to phone(800) 835-5247 (TELL-CHP).

The other vehicle, a silver2000 Pontiac Grand Am, waslocated by Oakland police Sun-day night, and its driver wastaken into custody. The Pontiachad been stolen during a car-jacking near the site of the hit-and-run only minutes before,CHP spokesman Officer MikeWright said.

Investigators were interview-ing the Pontiac driver to see ifthe vehicle was involved in thehit-and-run, Wright said. Oak-land police spotted the car and

driver near 36th Avenue andWood Street.

“We’re hoping we can findthe suspect who fled the sceneand prosecute him aggressively,’’said CHP CommissionerMichael Brown, who went toOakland after the accident. “Noone should leave the scene of anaccident, especially after hittinga Highway Patrol officer.’’

Clearman joined the CHPtwo years ago, and started work-ing out of the Oakland officeimmediately after graduatingfrom the CHP academy.

The officer grew with foursisters up in Ocean Park, Wash-ington, Uyematsu said. She andtheir father, William, said Brentplayed with his father’s oldArmy gear and photographswhen he was little. When hegrew older, he went on ridea-longs with law enforcementagencies and joined a shorepatrol that used personal water-craft to rescue people off theLong Beach shoreline in Wash-ington.

“As a dad, I didn’t alwaysunderstand what he was tryingto do,’’ said his father, sayingthat his son had more interest inthose activities than in school.

“He was a very, very smartkid,’’ Uyematsu said. “Schoolwasn’t enough for him.’’

Clearman spent 12 years inthe U.S. Marine Corps, includ-ing service in Iraq. A sharp-shooter and expert in moun-taineering and mountainwarfare, he left the Marines in2003 as a staff sergeant.

Before joining the CHP, hetraveled the United States andCanada training snipers for lawenforcement agencies, includingthe Highway Patrol.

He and Cathy Jo were mar-ried in Virginia City, Nev., inthe late 1990s, his father said.

With theCHP, Clearmanwent toLouisiana afterHurricane Katri-na, where Com-missioner Brownmet him.

“From what Isaw, he’s theposter child ofwhat we arelooking for inthe HighwayPatrol — some-one who’s good

at what they do, shows respectfor the public and is proud ofthe job he is asked to do,’’Brown said.

Colleagues in the Oaklandoffice said Clearman was soft-spoken and hard-working. Capt.James Leonard said Clearmanand his partner in one recentmonth arrested 33 people onsuspicion of driving under theinfluence — an uncommonlyhigh number.

“We lost a hero last night,’’Leonard said. “He was out thereprotecting our families, and hegot killed doing it.’’

In addition to his wife, fatherand sister, Clearman is survivedby his mother, Caroline, ofOcean Park, Washington; andsisters Tara Stull of Beaverton,Oregon, Julie Clearman, ofWoodland, Washington, andAmy Clearman of Portland,Oregon.

After the last death of a CHPofficer in the line of duty, inFebruary, Brown ordered a safe-ty “stand down” at all 108 CHPfield offices to allow officers todiscuss their concerns and waysto improve their safety.

Brown said the agency gath-ered valuable information dur-ing those sessions and is evaluat-ing ideas such as installingcameras in each patrol car.

“We’re trying to make thejob safer all around...,’’ Brownsaid. “This accident shows theperils of the job. This is a dan-gerous job.’’

CHP officerdies after hit-and-runBuick sought; driver of stolen car held for questioning

When Brent Clearman was a boy, his sister recalls, he had two dreams: to be a Marine, and to join the California Highway Patrol.

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EUGENE, OR – The EugenePolice Employees’ Associationhas never had much use for theindependent police auditor andcivilian review board approvedby Eugene voters last November.

The union’s opposition isunderstandable. The auditorfunction is new to Eugene. Rightnow there are many more ques-tions than answers about how theprocess will work. It’s naive toexpect anything but suspicionfrom union members for anuntested system that moves over-sight of complaints against policeoutside of the department.

The Eugene Police Depart-ment’s 230 union-coveredemployees negotiate job securityand working conditions througha collective bargaining processwith the city.

The independent police audi-tor introduces a wild card thatgives union leaders pause.

The police union fears theoversight system - whichemploys an auditor who is hiredby and reports to the City Coun-cil, combined with a council-appointed civilian review board -

will be vulnerable to politicalinfluence. A process hijacked bypolitics would be a nightmare forpolice officers.

The police union has madegood use of many appropriatetools with which to express itsopposition - campaigning againstthe charter amendment, testify-ing at Eugene Police Commissionhearings and writing guest view-point columns in The Register-Guard.

But last Tuesday the unionsuggested it’s considering anothertactic, one we believe would beill-advised.

In expressing his displeasurewith the City Council’s topchoice for the auditor job, unionpresident Willy Edewaard saidthe police union will likely con-duct its own background inves-tigation on the finalist. Nevermind that the city’s HumanResources Department isresponsible for background andreference checks, or that CityCouncilors George Poling andBonny Bettman will fly to Mass-achusetts to conduct the on-sitereference and background

checks with the help of a profes-sional investigator hired by thecity.

No, in addition to whatevershe is required to undergo fromthe city’s thorough standardprocess, auditor candidate Cristi-na Beamud needs to know she’sgoing to get a special investiga-tion courtesy of the police offi-cers whose conduct she might behired to evaluate.

Beamud has every right towonder what kinds of things copsin Eugene might be asking theircolleagues in Cambridge, Mass.,in an investigation that isn’t partof her formal hiring process.

Edewaard may not mean tointimidate Beamud with hispolice-initiated backgroundcheck; after all, it’s something theunion does with candidates forpolice chief. On the other hand,the auditor isn’t a police depart-ment employee, and Edewaardhas made no secret of the factthat he isn’t interested in seeingBeamud get the auditor’s job.

Granted, Beamud is seeking ajob in which a certain level ofhostility from police officers ispart of the portfolio. Having beena police officer herself, as well asa lawyer and now legal adviser tothe Cambridge Police Depart-ment, Beamud probably isn’t eas-ily intimidated.

But Eugene’s police unionneeds to confine its participationin the auditor hiring process tothe interview panels on which ithas been asked to serve and theother official feedback mecha-nisms set up by the City Council.

No matter how benign itsintentions, a separate policeunion background check isunnecessary and particularlyinappropriate in this case.

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Brent Clearman is the 210thCHP officer killed in the line ofduty since the agency wasformed in 1929 and the seventhsince Sept. 23, 2005.

In the same period, sevenmembers of other law enforce-ment agencies across Californiadied in the line of duty.

Since 2000, 17 CHP officershave died in the line of duty,according to the CaliforniaAssociation of Highway Patrol-men.

Four were shot; 13 deathswere traffic-related.

CHP line-of-duty deathssince Sept. 23, 2005:

Officer David Romero, 47,struck on motorcycle Sept. 23,2005, in City of Industry by asuspected drunken driver at ared light.

Officer Andy Stevens, 37, shotNov. 17, 2005, during trafficstop on a rural road north ofSacramento.

Officer Erick Manny, 35, died inpatrol car Dec. 21, 2005, when itoverturned during a chase onInterstate 5 between Los Ange-les and Bakersfield.

Lt. Michael Walker, 47, struckDec. 31, 2005, on Highway 17 inthe Santa Cruz Mountains whilesetting safety flares. A carplowed into a parked Caltranstruck that hit Walker.

Officer Earl Scott, 36, shot Feb.17 during a traffic stop on High-way 99 in Salida (StanislausCounty), north of Modesto.

Officer Gregory Bailey, 36,struck on motorcycle by adrunken driver Feb. 25, 80 mileseast of Los Angeles on Interstate15 after pulling over anothersuspected drunken driver.

Officer Brent Clearman, 33,died Sunday of injuries receivedSaturday in a hit-and-run on66th Avenue on-ramp to Inter-state 880 in Oakland.

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With our 20-year weddinganniversary approaching, I wasreminiscing the other day aboutan incident from our early yearsthat became a catalyst for a turn-ing point in our marriage. It start-ed on the weekend of our thirdanniversary, when I found myselfplaying the all-too-frequent gameof waiting for my husband tocome home from work in timefor a social or recreational outing.

Charlie was over two hours latefor our long-anticipated anniver-sary celebration, and there I wasplunked on my little pity potty(well, actually our new couch), alldressed up with nowhere to go.The kids had long since beendropped off at Grandma’s, theSuburban had been gassed up, andthe Dave Matthews Band ticketswere tucked securely in my purse.I thought I looked pretty hot as Isat there in my new summer out-fit, with carefully applied makeupand an upswept do, my freshly

manicured nails tapping a nearbyend table while my foot bobbedwith vigorous impatience at theend of its crossed leg. “So muchfor trying to ‘wow’ my husbandand have a fun date celebratingus,” I sighed.

It was after 2100 hours (9:00PM) when he finally camethrough the door, by which timewe’d blown off the concert (and$200 for the tickets), and ouranniversary was pretty muchtoast. Charlie was tired from his14-hour day, but pumped aboutthe pursuit he’d been in and theresulting drug bust they’d made.Standing there in my bathrobe,with my up-do by then resem-bling a broom head, I wasn’tinterested in his apologies orexplanations. High points fromthe argument that ensued includ-ed claims that “You care moreabout that damn job than you doabout our anniversary” and, “No,you just don’t understand what it

takes to be a cop! I can’t just say,‘Gee, it’s 5 o’clock—time for meto punch out.’ “

“Inspired” Overtime He was right, I didn’t get it.

Worried that my husband was abona fide workaholic, I needed tofind the answer. A few days later,I made arrangements (with Char-lie’s blessing) to have coffee withone of his department buddieswhose judgment we both trusted.I asked “Jim” if he had anyinsights into the job and Charlie’swork ethic. Was all the overtimenecessary—normal? Jim knew I’dworked as a civilian for anotherlocal agency. I knew cops andunderstood police work—or so Ithought. He described, with tensecandor, the demands of the job,and talked about the almost ani-malistic, chase-like drive thatpolice work provokes in the cop.“It’s the thrill of the hunt, thething that makes him wanna goback for more.” But, drive, dedi-cation and adrenalin addictionaside, it was something else Jimsaid that had an even greaterimpact on me: “Besides, when ourwives want something, we feelcompelled to provide it forthem.” He gave examples of ideashis wife would tell him about—for landscaping, home remodel-ing projects, new furniture, a big-ger house. Later he’d hear fromher that she was just sort of day-dreaming out loud.

“What she didn’t realize wasthat even when she would justponder an idea or wish, I took itseriously. I wanted to make herhappy. I’d mull it over and figurea way I could make it happen.Then she’d complain when Iworked so much overtime.”

Though pay varies fromdepartment to department andregion to region, most cops gointo the profession knowingthey’re not going to get rich. Thegood ones choose the tradebecause they’re attracted to thework. But in most agenciesthere’s plenty of potential forincreased earning through work-ing overtime. Add to this thedesire to provide well for theirfamilies, and cops find they cando the work they love whilemaking more money, thus keep-ing their spouses happier at thesame time.

Princess Bride, or Just Alongfor the Ride?

Right now you might bethinking, “Hey, wait a minute. Itwasn’t my idea to buy the motor-cycle, the boat, the 1-ton duallyand the custom golf clubs.” Icould say the same. But after Iconsidered this concept of

“spouse-inspired overtime,” I hadto examine my wants and desires.Was my yearning for a dreamvacation, a nice car, beautifulclothes and new furniture driv-ing my husband to work more? Ireflected on the scene from thenight of our bombed anniver-sary date. There I was in thehouse I’d wanted, in the roomI’d decorated, surrounded by thenew furniture I’d pined for,dressed in the expensive outfitI’d bought, sporting the nails andhair I’d had professionally done.A young mom, I wasn’t workingat the time. We were newly mar-ried and overextended financial-ly. Now, that’s not to say Char-lie’s missing our anniversary datewas tied solely to my greed—thedemands of police work makethings more complicated thanthat. But I began to see how I’dcontributed to our indulgences,and realized where I could do mypart to sacrifice.

King of the Castle or Slave? Living beyond your means is,

of course, all too common in con-temporary Western culture. AsVali Stone points out in CopsDon’t Cry, “All families find thatoverextending themselves bothfinancially and physically addsmore pressure.” But, as sheexpounds, “with an officer it addsstress to an already burdenedlifestyle.”

Tim Dees, Officer.com’s editorin chief, also writes about this inhis recent editorial about copsand sleeping on the job, mainly asit’s related to fatigue from over-working. In “Working a Beat inthe Magic Forest,” he acknowl-edges that “...some cops are sopoorly paid…they would havedifficulty supporting their fami-lies without the additionalincome that the optional over-time assignments bring.” But, headds that, “just as many are usingthat extra money to pay for theJet Skis and the Harleys that fallinto the ‘nice to have’ category.”It’s easy for a cop to become aslave caught in the overtime trap.

Finding Balance Obviously, the key is balance.

And, for couples, this starts withongoing open communication. InI Love a Cop, Ellen Kirschmanwrites extensively on the subjectof working long hours. I’ve sum-marized some of her tips for navi-gating the choices involved inoverworking, and incorporatedsome of my own ideas as well:

Have each partner write downa list of priorities. What do youvalue in life? What are yourneeds, your wants and dreams?Compare lists.

Agree on financial goals byfirst considering what it will taketo meet them. What sacrifices areyou willing to make? Where doyou want to be financially and interms of goals and possessions inone year, five years, ten?

How will your goals and sacri-fices affect your family? Makeclear verbal agreements about theimportance of your family, andhold each other to these agree-ments. Keep in mind that chil-dren need quality and quantitytime with a parent.

Manage your finances wisely.Establish a budget and stick to it.If you need help, take a budget-ing class or find information online. Oprah recently reran anexcellent series on how to get outof debt. (See link below.)

Spend carefully, and considerthe consequences of buyingexpensive toys. It’s amazing howeasily a shiny Harley can morphinto a monkey on your back ifyou can’t afford it or are workingso hard to pay for it you have notime to enjoy it.

Consider setting aside a per-centage of your collective take-home pay and putting half of it inindividual bank accounts so thateach spouse has some discre-tionary money for personalexpenses.

Insist that your mate deal withyou and not use the job as anexcuse. Set up a regularly sched-uled couple hour in which youeach talk about important issuesin your life but neither of youtalks about work. Do whateveryou can to create more time foreach other.

All of this isn’t rocket scienceor things you don’t alreadyknow. But maybe this friendlyreminder will get you thinkingabout the importance of know-ing where you’re going and get-ting on the same page with yourofficer. I can’t tell you thatCharlie rarely works overtimeanymore—he still regularly putsin two or three more hours afterhis shift’s scheduled end time.But I can say that, as a couple,we’re better in sync with ourgoals, plans and life direction.And maybe one day I’ll get overmissing that Dave MatthewsBand concert. Forgiveness?That’s a whole other article.

Married for over 19 years to apolice officer, Melodie Swan livesin a small city in the western U.S.She met her husband while work-ing as a civilian for another localagency, and their blended familyconsists of two daughters-onegrown and married and one teenat home. Melodie can be reachedat: [email protected]

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help for both his physical andmental trauma. Jimeno says oneof the most trying times waswhen he went to Amoroso’sfuneral.

“I had been hospitalized dur-ing the other funerals,” Jimenoexplained. “I was asked to give hiswife a flag, and I was very hon-ored, but it was so very hard. Tobe there at the funeral with hiswife and his 2-year-old little girl,it was tough. I was in a wheel-chair, and I thank God I was ableto make it. He was a teammate

and he loved his job. Chris led somany people out and went back.He just embodies heroism.”

In May 2002, Jimeno made thetrip to Washington, D.C., for theannual Law Enforcement OfficersMemorial services. He andMcLoughlin were honored at thecandlelight ceremony with a pro-longed standing ovation by thou-sands of fellow officers. “It waspainful because they were salutingofficers who had given their lives.It hurts so much to lose just oneofficer. We lost 37,” Jimeno said.

At the U.S. Capitol cere-monies, Jimeno accompaniedJeanette Pezzulo forward as sheplaced the flower honoring herfallen husband into the largememorial wreath. Together theyheard President Bush speak of theheroic efforts of the fallen officersand specifically recognize Pezzu-lo, saying, “In his final moments,trapped in rubble, OfficerDominick Pezzulo called out toone of his fellow officers, and hesaid, ‘Just remember me.’ The lastvoice he heard was Officer WillJimeno, promising him theywould never forget. So,Dominick, today we remember— we remember courage andbravery and sacrifice.”

Jimeno later met the president.Leaning heavily on a cane forsupport, Jimeno proudly extended

his hand and introduced himself.President Bush replied, “I knowwho you are, son. God bless you.”As the president gave Jimeno’sarm a squeeze, the Columbian-born, PAPD rookie was over-whelmed. The President of theUnited States had just told him heknew who he was.

Today, & the Big ScreenFast forward to the present.

Will Jimeno retired from thePAPD; the injury to his leg wasjust too severe and the pain toogreat. He’s endured incrediblestruggles with pain, rehabilitationand post-traumatic stress disor-der. But something happened lastyear that brought a whole newlight to what he’d been through.

Seems the story of Sergeant JohnMcLoughlin and Officer WillJimeno came to the attention ofHollywood.

“Actually, John and I wantedto do a book as a legacy for ourfellow officers and their chil-dren,” Jimeno says. “We wereapproached by a movie agent andwent reluctantly. We weren’teven walking yet. We listened,and he said we had an interestingstory; we told him to come backwhen he had something.

“Maybe a year later, he comesback with a lovely lady namedDebra Hill, and she was verymoved by the story. She didn’tsee the story as just cops; she sawit as how America came together,and she also saw the importanceof the families. This was a reallyimportant part of the story —what the families went through,”Jimeno says. “Later we wereapproached by producer MichaelShamberg [known for producingErin Brockovich], who wanted tobuy the rights to the story.

“We really laid down the rules— the story had to be done rightand truly tell the story. Theybrought in an excellent story, andthen Oliver Stone got involved;he promised to make a moviethat was true to the event,”Jimeno says.

On Memorial Day in 2005,everything came together. Therewas a script and the actors hadbeen cast. Nicolas Cage wouldplay McLoughlin and MichaelPeña would play Jimeno. “OliverStone seemed to be blown awayby the script,” Jimeno explains.

The next few months hap-pened fast for Jimeno. He flewback and forth to Los Angeles toserve as a technical advisor on theset, a role he took seriously andenjoyed. “Oliver really kept meand John involved. Filmmakinghas a life of its own becausesomething may need to bechanged to flow with the film.But if I saw something and said,‘Hey, that’s not the way it wouldhappen — cops will know,’ he[Stone] would listen.’”

Jimeno said when he toldStone he was surprised anOscar-winning director wouldpay attention to him, Stoneexplained Jimeno was the truth,the real deal, and that wasimportant to the movie. “Heunderstands the importance ofcamaraderie. He kept us in theloop and frequently wanted meto show him exactly how thingshappened,” Jimeno says.

Jimeno was not the only onebrought out to Los Angeles; 10PAPD officers, five NYPD ESUTruck 1 officers (the unit thatrescued Jimeno) and eight FDNYTruck 5 personnel (who rescuedMcLoughlin) also came to the set.Not only did they serve as advi-sors, they also took on the role ofactors. “Oliver put them in thefilm and bumped out real actors,”Jimeno says. “They played someof the rescuers. That was impor-tant to Oliver, but it was reallyimportant to John and mebecause they were the ones whorescued us.”

Asked why so much effort wasmade to consult the cops and firepersonnel and to place them inthe actual movie, producer Sham-berg says, “It doesn’t matter whatpeople’s opinion of the film is aslong as it [the film] is true. It is soimportant to pay tribute to thosewho risked or lost their lives thatday. They [the emergency per-sonnel] kept saying, ‘Please don’tdo that Hollywood thing andmake it look so ridiculous.’ Hope-fully it will look very real tothose involved in law enforce-

ment and fire. It’s a matter ofbeing respectful,” Shamberg says.He was also quick to praise thosewho helped with the film. “Wehad a great experience with theseguys. The cops and firemen whowere involved in the rescue werejust incredible.”

The Hollywood set was not aneasy environment for the officersor fire personnel. “When theywent out to that rubble field, itbroke them down because it

brought back so much of whatthey went through,” Jimenosays, who himself had a toughtime dealing with one particularscene. “Nicolas Cage was playingJohn and there was a scenewhere he was screaming in pain.I had to leave the set; I justcouldn’t take it.”

Recently, a screening of thefirst 26 minutes of the movie washeld for many of the officers. Theviewing brought back a lot of


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Actors portraying PAPD officers in WorldTrade Center look toward the towers on theset. Jimeno says, “You can see me behindMichael Peña [fourth from the left]. It wasan honor to be part of the film and to beable to wear my uniform again even if itwas just for a moment.” Photo courtesy ofParamount Pictures.


Detective Paul DOLBEY (DPSST# 29984) Chief’s Office trans-ferred to Central Precinct/Detec-tives.Sergeant Ron ALEXANDER(DPSST # 28648) PersonnelDivision was promoted to Lieu-tenant and assigned to EastPrecinct.Sergeant Erin ANDERSON(DPSST # 22178) was revertedto Police Officer and wasassigned to East Precinct.Captain George BABNICK(DPSST # 11681) Training Divi-sion transferred to School Police.Sergeant Margaret BAHNSON(DPSST # 18366) SoutheastPrecinct/ATTF transferred to theFamily Services Division/DVRU.Police Officer Adam BARR(DPSST # 44622) SoutheastPrecinct transferred to CentralPrecinct.Commander Rod BEARD(DPSST # 14159) DetectiveDivision was promoted to Assis-tant Chief and assigned to theChief’s Office.Commander Dave BENSON(DPSST # 17995) CentralPrecinct transferred to the Tacti-cal Operations Division.Police Officer Ryan BREN(DPSST # 45124) completedprobation and was assigned toNortheast Precinct.Police Officer Gregory BURN(DPSST # 42554) SoutheastPrecinct transferred to the TrafficDivision/Motorcycle Unit.Justin BURNS was appointed tothe rank of Police Officer.Police Officer Derek CARMON(DPSST # 38197) NortheastPrecinct transferred to CentralPrecinct.Police Officer Tracy CHAMBER-LIN (DPSST # 32087) TrainingDivision was assigned to SERT(detached) assignment.Police Officer Chauncey CURL(DPSST # 18156) TacticalOperations Division transferredto the Detective Division/DAInvestigator.Sergeant Robert DAY (DPSST #23474) Training Division waspromoted to Lieutenant andassigned to Northeast Precinct.Police Officer Chris DEVLIN(DPSST # 39644) SoutheastPrecinct transferred to the Drugsand Vice Division.

Police Officer Charles DUANE(DPSST # 27545) DetectiveDivision/Telephone Report Unittransferred to SoutheastPrecinct.Lieutenant John ECKHART(DPSST # 14495) DetectiveDivision was promoted to Cap-tain and assigned to the FamilyServices Division.Police Officer David ENZ(DPSST # 33849) Traffic Divi-sion transferred to NorthPrecinct.Police Officer Celeste FENDER(DPSST # 28921) NortheastPrecinct/NRT transferred to theFamily Services Division/CARES.Assistant Chief James FERRARIS(DPSST # 11406) Chief’s Officewas reverted to Commander andassigned to North Precinct.Police Chief Derrick FOXWORTH(DPSST # 14178) Chief’s Officewas demoted to Commanderand assigned to SoutheastPrecinct.Police Officer Curtis GILLOCK(DPSST # 32016) School Policetransferred to Family ServicesDivision/Runaway Juveniles.Police Officer Eric HALL (DPSST# 45767) Training Division/BasicAcademy was discharged fromthe Bureau.Sergeant Ed HAMANN (DPSST# 16415) Tactical OperationsDivision/GET was promoted toLieutenant and assigned toNorth Precinct.Police Officer Joseph HANOUSEK(DPSST # 10230) NortheastPrecinct transferred to the Detec-tive Division/Telephone Report Unit.Police Officer Kimberly HECHT(DPSST # 45126) completedprobation and was assigned toNorth Precinct.Lieutenant Robert HEIMBACH(DPSST # 21458) Chief’s Officetransferred to the Family Ser-vices Division.Lieutenant Eric HENDRICKS(DPSST # 17431) TacticalOperations Division was promot-ed to Captain and assigned tothe Training Division.Sergeant David HENDRIE(DPSST # 28637) CentralPrecinct transferred to theDetective Division / RobberyDetail.Police Officer John HOLBROOK(DPSST # 32026) Drugs andVice Division transferred to Cen-tral Precinct.

Police Officer William HUBNER(DPSST # 22464) SoutheastPrecinct transferred to the Train-ing Division.Lindsay HUNT was appointed tothe rank of Police Officer.Police Officer Marci JACKSON(DPSST # 28013) School Policetransferred to NortheastPrecinct/ CRT Coordinator.Lieutenant Randy KANE(DPSST # 14403) NorthPrecinct transferred to the FamilyServices Division.Detective Troy KING (DPSST #28652) Detective Division trans-ferred to Sergeant and willremain in the Detective Division/ SPI Detail.Police Officer Shelly KIRKLAND(DPSST # 25053) CentralPrecinct resigned from theBureau.Police Officer Wendi KRAUSE(DPSST # 45681) East Precincttransferred to Central Precinct.Police Officer Anthony LARSON(DPSST # 44625) OperationSupport / Telephone Report Unitresigned from the Bureau.Sergeant Michael LEE (DPSST# 22944) Central Precinct waspromoted to Lieutenant and willremain at Central.Lieutenant Michael LELOFF(DPSST # 17573) East Precincttransferred to the Tactical Opera-tions Division.Sergeant Rod LUCICH (DPSST# 12241) Traffic Division/Motor-cycles was promoted to Lieu-tenant and assigned to the Train-ing Division.Sergeant Kathleen LYNCH(DPSST # 26854) CriminalIntelligence Unit transferred tothe Personnel Division/EISAdministrator.Captain Jim MACIAG (DPSST #13829) School Police transferredto the Drugs and Vice Division.Commander Cliff MADISON(DPSST # 13995) NorthPrecinct transferred to theDetective Division.Police Officer Scott MCCOLLIS-TER (DPSST # 40709) EastPrecinct was placed on Leave ofService.Christopher MCDONALD wasappointed to the rank of PoliceOfficer.Police Officer Jerami MCKINLAY(DPSST # 39934) East Precincttransferred to SoutheastPrecinct.Police Officer James POWELL(DPSST # 21311) SoutheastPrecinct transferred to theDetective Division/TelephoneReport Unit.


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Police Officer William BROWN(DPSST #9598) Opera-tion Support /TelephoneReport Unitretired fromthe Bureauafter twenty-nine yearsof service.

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The “Over the Hill Gang”met for lunch at The Refectoryon June 28th. The crowd wasdown again, but it must bebecause it’s summer and vaca-tion time. It shouldn’t make anydifference with us older retiree’ssince our week consists of sixSaturday’s and one Sunday.

We had a few attendee’s thatdon’t come too often, such asMaurie Greenstein, John Shaw,Harry Boggs, Bud Lewis andClell Winters. Norm Rosen-bloom was doing the honors ofMC since Ed Savage was miss-ing. Norm introduced the guestspeakers, which were PPB Det.Sgt. Shawn Doble and TedHausen from ETS. (ElectronicTracking System). It is a systemused by many police depart-ments across the country totrack bank robbery suspectsafter a bank heist. It was a veryinteresting subject, and manyquestions were asked. Bob Ben-son and Ed Clark both workedthat detail before they retired,and told of some of their experi-ences. Their have been manyrefinements made in the systemsince their time.

Other Portland retirees pres-ent included Bob Cox, Bob Svi-lar, Matt Bisenius, Glen Grif-fitts, Mace Flye, Norm Brown,Hal Gowing, Dick and DorisKuntz, Frank Springer, andGordy Morgan.

Everyone enjoyed the mealand thought it was a very inter-esting program. Remember thatthis is held on the 4th Wednes-day of each month, at the Refec-tory, just North of NE 122ndand Halsey.

June 28th was a day of epi-curean delight. Prior to attend-ing the “Over the Hill” lunch, Iwas invited to an early morningbreakfast at the Backyard Grill,SE 82nd and Powell. It was sortof like a “fly-in” since manycame by motorcycle. The occa-sion was a retirement breakfastof steak and eggs, for DaleJanzen. I felt privileged to joinsome of my old bike crew, suchas Scott Smith, Greg White,Mike Foss, M.F. “Robbie”Roberts, Jan Foster, Ron Fox,Larry Nelson, Bob Moyer, andTerry Long, just to name a few. Iquickly lost count, and didn’trecognize many, who are pres-ent day Traffic officers.

Some others that I did recog-nize were Butch Thomas, PeterBates, Pete Gallucci, MikeMcDonald, Terry Barker, DougMcKillips, Rick Olsen, Tom Fen-

nell, Ron Sloan and JoeMitchum.

It was a real blast and gaveme a chance to show off myHarley and side-car. There weremany beautiful bikes parked inthe back parking lot.

Dale not only retired, but heand Diane are moving to LakeFork, Idaho. They are lookingforward to their retirement.

July 10th was our earlymorning breakfast at Dennys. Ipicked up Randy Tucker on theway and found many others hadalready arrived, includingGeorge Porter and Bruce Sher-man, who drove in from Lin-coln City. We were happy to seeHenry Groepper, and even LarryKanzler arrived, in uniform.Larry informed me that therange at the Jim BrouilletteCenter, SE 82nd and Sunny-brook, (CCSO) is ready to quali-fy retired police officers, to sat-isfy the requirements of HR 218,to carry in other states. The feeincludes the ammo.

Don Seamster and GaryFantz joined us, as well asRandy Pulley, Glen Griffitts,Mace Flye, Joe Murillo, RayGericke and Scott Field. Wealso had Ken Zapp, Bob Dorney,Peter Bates, Gene Thoming andHoward Soumie in the group.

This is another good groupyou can join. We get togetherthe 2nd Monday of each month,at 7:30am, Dennys, 12101 SE82nd.

On July 8th, we were happyto attend a big mile-stone eventfor the Peschka’s, Bob andShirley, as their children put ona big celebration in honor oftheir 50th wedding anniversary.Their children, Gary, Greg,Steve, Stuart and Lynn outdidthemselves with a fabulousspread of very fine food anddrink.

The gala affair was held at St.Philip Catholic Church, in Dal-las, Oregon, and was attendedby many of their RV group, ofwhich Bob and Shirley areheavily involved.

Bob told me they would soonbe heading south down the coastagain, as they are again volun-teering with the Oregon Fishand Wildlife. I believe it will bearound Port Orford, at the ElkRiver Fish Hatchery. They arebusy people.

Our Friday Lydia’s LunchBunch is now brunching at Pigand Pancake, NE 122nd andGlisan. We met June 30, July 7,14, and 21. Our usual group has

been Lee Cromwell, Bob Schip-pers, “Tootsie-Roll Bob”, MelNilsen, Al Dean, Bob McPhail,Walt Wier and Bob Cosby.Frank Smith is back again, andKen Zapp joined a couple oftimes. Bud Bladow dropped inand so did Don Seamster andEd Patterson.

Anyway, we plan to continueto meet at Pig and Pancake onFriday’s, about 9:30-10am.

I recently got word from Dar-win Bogus, in Lincoln City thatanother of our retirees madegood. Steven Bechard has beennamed Chief of Police of Lin-coln City.

Steve retired from PPB inJune as Commander of theDetective Division. He had alsobeen Captain of the RegionalOrganized Crime and NarcoticsTask Force, and had 27 yearswith Portland.

He was one of seven finalists,after a nationwide search for thejob. Our congratulations toSteve.

Bogie also told me that heand Carol are heading to Hawaiifor a couple of weeks. Have funguys.

When I was promoted to Sgt.,I was one but it was hard tospell, hence the abbreviation.Last Sunday I became an octoge-narian. Again, I am one, but alsohard to spell. Anyway, Lindathrew me a small birthday partyfor the occasion, with lots ofdesserts, and my daughterbrought me flowers. It was agreat day.

While talking to Hal Gowingrecently, he told me that DeanLittell’s wife, Norma, fell and

broke her hip badly. We wishthem the best and for a speedyrecovery.

We visited with Emma LouJozaitis recently, and she waslooking good, in spite of herchemo treatment for lung can-cer.

We also talked to LucyThompson recently, who isbeing treated for a pancreatictumor. We wish them both aspeedy recovery.

I heard from Sharon Loweryrecently and learned that Kenhad recent surgery, and is incritical care at St. Vincent’s. Inow understand that he is inGood Sam, for rehab.

Some of you old-timers willremember the late Gilbert Chip-man. While going through theobits, (my daily chore), I sawthe name of Edith Mary Chip-man, ex-wife of Gilbert. Shedied June 30th at age 89.

We would like to offer ourcondolences to Gene Thomingon the recent loss of his brother.

There was a memorial serv-ice, with a potluck lunch, heldon July 5th, 2006 for Robert C.“Bob” Loop, who died Novem-ber 21st, 2005. The service washeld at Chinook Park in Chi-nook, Washington, on the coast.

It is with great trepidationthat I must report the passing ofa very close friend, and a friendto many. On July 18th, Ervin T.Osbourn left us after a coura-geous battle with his heart.“Blackie” will be mourned bymany.

TapsElwyn “Tom” Lein, born June

28, 1927 in Portland, died July3, 2006 at age 79. He graduatedfrom Benson High School andjoined the Navy in 1944. In1949 he married Suzanne Cook.

He joined the Portland PoliceJanuary 15th, 1952. He workedas a street officer, later workingRecords and the Jail. He retiredMarch 16th, 1978. He alsoowned a used appliance store inSE Portland. He enjoyed hunt-ing, fishing and gardening.

He was preceded in death byhis wife in 2004. He was alsopreceded in death by his sons,David and John.

Survivors include his sons,Bruce Lein, Frank Lein and GaryLein; a daughter, Arlene Lesh;six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Ervin T. Osbourn, born Sep-tember 30th, 1928, died July18th, 2006 at age 77. He joinedthe Portland Police Nov. 16,1950, working many differentpositions, including Lieutenantin charge of the IntelligenceDivision. He retired as a Lieu-tenant on December 1st, 1979.

He had an extended militarycareer, and was in the ArmyNational Guard, as a pilot. Hespent some time in Vietnam,and on one flight received someholes in his plane from enemyfire He attained the rank ofBrigadier General before retir-ing.

He was preceded in death byhis wife, Polly.

We offer our condolences tothe families of these.

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emotions. “Guys who haveenough medals to choke an ele-phant, they were in tears,”Jimeno says. “We were all reallymoved.”

Jimeno is the first to admitit’s not all been a bed of roses,and his life has had a series ofups and downs. Both he andMcLoughlin had to retire, andboth have serious injuries thatcontinue to cause them a lot ofpain. Ever the optimist though,Jimeno is quick to put it in per-spective: “We have a saying, ‘Ifyou’re walking and talking,there’s no reason to complain,’”he says.

For those who say the coun-try is not ready for this story tobe told, Jimeno has a strongresponse. “Let’s start healing,”

he says. “Some will say it’s toosoon, but we can’t lose sight ofwhat happened and the positiveof what we can do. We need toface the truth and rememberwhat was lost. By rememberingthat, we will become strongerand the terrorists will neverwin. It is never too soon tohonor our heroes.”

There is no doubt Sept. 11changed the world as we knowit for virtually every American.Few were impacted as dramati-cally as Will Jimeno. However,we can all gain strength andencouragement from Jimeno’sindomitable spirit. “I live forevery officer who gave his lifeand for every one who died inthe towers. These terroriststhought they could keep usdown, but I’m going to showthem you just can’t do this toAmerica,” says Jimeno. Thatmessage of determination andtriumph is also the primarytheme of the movie World

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What can law enforcementlearn from this situation and howcan you use it to be better pre-pared? PoliceOne.com posed thatquestion to two terrorism experts.Here’s what they suggest:

1. Leverage the intel opportunity

“Breaking up this plot giveslaw enforcement officers of alllevels an opportunity to get aninside look at how terroriststhink, what they want toaccomplish and what strategiesthey will try to employ to reachtheir goals,” said Dr. Vincent

Henry, Founder and Director ofLong Island University’s Home-land Security ManagementInstitute.

“As an officer, you should bepaying extremely close attentionto the intelligence that surfacesfrom this situation in the weeksand months to come and try toapply it to your own areas ofresponsibility. Keep an eye outfor things that are different fromother incidents you’re aware ofand see what you can learn andhow this new information canhelp you be better prepared.”

Chief Clark Staten, Chief

Analyst and CEO of the Emer-gency Response and ResearchInstitute, agrees. “Always keepan eye on what is happening inother countries,” he said. “Thoseattack tactics and strategies yousee used overseas will comehere. Just because they haven’tbeen used here yet doesn’tmean they won’t be used in theU.S. Now is the time to studythose tactics and prepare for them.”

2. Think creatively. Dr. Henry suggests you con-

sider where the tactics the ter-rorists were planning to employcould be used elsewhere.

“Just because this attack wasbeing planned for planes doesn’tmean officers who don’t work inor near airports can standdown,” said Dr. Henry. “All offi-cers should be looking at thetactics they were going to useand imagining where they couldbe used in other areas, like com-muter trains, subway stations,buses, crowded buildings.”

“Officers must learn to thinklike a terrorist. In order to dothat, you need to know whatterrorists think. Studying thisincident and others very closelywill give you an opportunity tofigure that out.”

3. Regardless of where youwork, never underestimateyour impact on homelandsecurity.

“Just because you’re a streetcop doesn’t mean you’re not in aposition to play a major role inbreaking up a terrorist plot,”Henry said. “It’s hard to impressupon an officer who walksdown Main Street in the heart-land that he does play a role inhomeland security...but hedoes.”

Henry cited a case in Brook-lyn several years ago wherehundreds of lives were likelysaved because a transit copworking the beat in the middleof the night was wise enough totake serious note of a yet unrec-ognized terrorist.

The terrorist, in his pre-attack nervousness, decided totake a late-night stroll down tothe New York subway station hewas going to bomb the nextmorning.

“The bomber,” Henryexplained, “walked up to thetransit officer and in brokenEnglish mumbled, ‘Boom.Boom.’

“That officer could have easi-ly looked at that man, disregard-ed him as a typical nut roamingaround in the middle of thenight and told him to go sleep itoff. Instead, he trusted hisinstincts and training andlooked further into what seemedan odd and potentially ominousstatement.

“Ultimately, that decisionended up preventing an attack.”

Which leads to the nextpoint…

4. Educate yourself and thepublic on the definition of“out of the ordinary” and“suspicious”

“It’s not enough just to tellpeople, ‘Be sure to call us if yousee something out of the ordi-nary or suspicious,’” said Henry.“You need to educate them—and yourself—as to what ‘out ofthe ordinary’ and ‘suspicious’means in that context.

“If you see some guy walkingdown the street wearing twodifferent colored shoes or mum-bling to himself, that’s by defi-nition out of the ordinary, butit’s likely not cause for enoughalarm to alert authorities.

“However, if you see some-one hiding a suspicious packagein a crowded area, alarm bellsshould be sounding.”

Help empower the publicwith enough information tomake an educated decision as towhat warrants contact withauthorities, but also try to help

prevent potentially counter-pro-ductive hyper-vigilance.

5. Remember the importanceof subtleties

In this instance, the terroristplot involved everyday items.There were likely not going tobe any overt signs of a pendingattack or any kind of high-pro-file, easily noticeable “equip-ment” that could raise red flags.As the news has reported, sim-ple, everyday liquids and smallpersonal electronic devices weregoing to be enough to launchthe attacks.

Henry suggests that thisserves as a good reminder toofficers that staying alert tomore subtle cues—things likesigns of noticeable nervousness,excessive loitering, or evasivemovements when approachedby law enforcement—can play akey role in spotting potentialterrorist activity.

6. Be sure you are tacticallysound in your “everyday”police work.

“I’m really concerned for thestreet cop who ends up runninginto an armed terrorist,” saysChief Staten.

“What’s going to happen ifthat unsuspecting officer pullsover a car being driven by a ter-rorist who’s on the run or in themidst of some kind of attackpreparation? That terrorist willnot hesitate to kill that cop andwalk away smiling. Officersneed to remember that they canrun into these people anywhere,anytime.”

Staten urges you to takeevery traffic stop and streetencounter seriously and to stayfocused on using the officer sur-vival tactics that can help youspot and engage a threat.

“Terrorists have a deadlymindset and solid attack train-ing,” said Staten. “Officers needto be constantly vigilant, fullyfocused on officer survival andprepared to encounter the dead-ly terrorist mindset when theymay least expect it.”

7. Share information Chief Staten also urges all law

enforcement to share informa-tion from the top down andfrom the street up.

“These terrorists keep evolv-ing. They come up with newstrategies that we all need to beaware of. The key to staying ontop of their evolutionary devel-opment is information sharingwithin all rank levels and allemergency service channels.”

Terrorist plot busted: 7 wayspolice can learnfrom the incidentAfter diffusing a plot to blow up as many as 10 Britain-to-U.S. flights and arresting 24 suspected terrorists, offi-cials have raised the terrorism threat level and escalatedsecurity measures. News reports continue to flow asdetails on the plot and the infiltration of the groupresponsible for it surface.

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