Oregon Public Broadcasting

1st congressional district 2012 election 2012 session agriculture art arts author beer births books budget business central oregon college congress crime culture death penalty eastern oregon economy education employment energy environment eugene fishing food gangs gay rights health health care high school history homeless housing jobs kids law legislature literature living media mental health military movies music native americans obama occupy portland occupy wall street onthejob oregon our town outdoors parenting police politics portland portland business journal portland mayor pregnancy prison public health race rebroadcast recess recession religion republicans rural schools science shooting sports supreme court talking business technology teen theater trailblazers unemployment union university of oregon washington water weekend women youth

I’d like to start with a great big Thank You to every person in the Portland Police Department for all the work they do.

I've lived in cities (larger and smaller than PDX) in states across the US. Since living in Portland, My husband and I have been pleasantly surprised by the courteous and professional behavior of the officers in this city. I think that it might be easy for people who haven’t dealt with other police departments in other parts of the country to expect an unrealistic level of perfection in a truly difficult job. I suppose it is all relative.

As a person who moved here from the Phoenix area of Arizona, I can’t tell you how happy I am to live here now. I often brag about the great job done by the PDX department to friends and family not lucky enough to live here, and I warn younger friends going to college elsewhere to be aware that not all police are Portland police. The very fact that the Police Chief is on this program and taking questions is just another example of how much better we have it here in PDX.

posted 2 years, 3 months ago
view in context