Posted on 08/04/2018 8:44:21 AM PDT by Mariner
Danielle Outlaw, a 19-year veteran of the Oakland Police Department who started as a police explorer when she was in high school, will serve as Portland's next chief, only the third outsider named to lead the Police Bureau.
Her appointment Monday by Mayor Ted Wheeler comes at a critical time when community and police relations are strained and the force faces a daunting list of federally mandated reforms.
The mayor said Outlaw shares his goals of improving bureau relationships with Portland's communities of color, increasing diversity on the 950-member force and embracing equity.
Outlaw, 41, who has served as a deputy chief since 2013, rose to the top of a pool of 33 candidates who applied for the job. She becomes the first African American woman to head the bureau.
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Her most important qualification? She’s a lesbian. Nothing else mattered.
Rotsa ruck.
Agree! She is an American. If one needs to make an additional qualifier, she is a Black American.
Stop with this “African” crap to describe black people.
“Where did they find the “first African American woman”? Must be very old.
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I think that one was called “Lucy” and would be 200,000 + years old.
Another example of the state of education in our country.
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