Portland police chief ND's his buddy - tries to keep it quiet...

[Dave Workman]

Could hunting mishap end Portland top cop's career?

Today's Seattle Times finally picked up on a story that has been unfolding for days in the Portland Oregonian about that city's police chief who has been placed on administrative leave while an investigation is being conducted about an incident last month in which he apparently shot a hunting companion.


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[Joe13]

Kinda old news but if you can't keep from shooting your hunting buddy then I don't want you in a squad car... Put him behind a desk and leave him there IMO.

 

[boogerhook]

If the former VP can do it, so can the Chief ...

 

[Sstrand]

HEY . . . Coppers are allowed to shoot innocent civilians in Eastern Oregon. Remember the incident from a couple of months ago??
The Chief just didn't have time to get everyone's story on the same page.

Sheldon

 

[Mark-60]

If anyone but a politician, and that's what the police chief of Portland is, were to try and pull that kind of cover-up, they'd be in the klink already.

 

[fyrediver]

My question is, "What was he hunting with a .22 caliber rifle?"

 

[boogerhook]

My question is, "What was he hunting with a .22 caliber rifle?"

article said, squirrels

 

[Brutus57]

Hey, he didn't shoot the sheriff, he only shot the deputy....

Brutus Out

 

[nwwoodsman]

My question is, "What was he hunting with a .22 caliber rifle?"

The plot thickens. He was hunting his hunting partner. Excpect an expose on cannibal cops to be showed on 60 Minutes in the coming weeks.

 

[thirtycal]

...And unfortunately, the anti-gun media has another chance to keep "The Dangers of Owning Firearms" in the, so called, "News"!

Actually, it gives the anti-gun media another chance to have their noses rubbed in their idea that LEO's are the "only ones" who should have guns (ya know, because of the superior training and all...).

Thirtycal

 

[Mikej]

Actually, it gives the anti-gun media another chance to have their noses rubbed in their idea that LEO's are the "only ones" who should have guns (ya know, because of the superior training and all...).

Thirtycal

That's a side I didn't think of....In my mind I guess I see "Chief" as a more administrative type position, and not one a trained beat cop holds. I guess the position of chief must come up from the rank and file though?

 

[The B]

Does it seem like Portland goes through a lot of police chiefs?

 

[Mikej]

Does it seem like Portland goes through a lot of police chiefs?

Yes. And Multnomah county seems to go through more than it's share of sheriffs.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Portland is hard on its cops, not to mention it's top cops. These people are a creation of there surroundings, and they fall hard and fast when they step over the line! It's one of the toughest jobs, made worse by a biased media and a citizenry made up mostly of libturds from Kalifornicatia! It's a rare bread of cop who can hold him/her self above the line and do there job the best they can with out putting a foot wrong! From what I see, the Chief did every thing correctly until it came time to tell it to the public, that's where he went wrong, and like posted earlier, he was prolly scared as hell to come forward with this! In his defense, He did do right and he probably felt ( while acting on bad advice from people he trusted) he didn't need to bring this to the public for scrutiny!

 

[Sstrand]

Ura
Are you saying you need someone to advise you to tell the truth??? Give me a break. You have come under the spell of the democrat mindset . . . Actually that should be "mindless-set!"

Sheldon

 

[The B]

Portland is hard on its cops, not to mention it's top cops. These people are a creation of there surroundings, and they fall hard and fast when they step over the line! It's one of the toughest jobs, made worse by a biased media and a citizenry made up mostly of libturds from Kalifornicatia! It's a rare bread of cop who can hold him/her self above the line and do there job the best they can with out putting a foot wrong! From what I see, the Chief did every thing correctly until it came time to tell it to the public, that's where he went wrong, and like posted earlier, he was prolly scared as hell to come forward with this! In his defense, He did do right and he probably felt ( while acting on bad advice from people he trusted) he didn't need to bring this to the public for scrutiny!

Last article I read said he LIED to responding deputies and said the guy shot himself.

 

[jbett98]

I wonder if he's still friends with the guy he shot?

 

[Ura-Ki]

Sorry, What part of of my post are you referring to? The part where he did every thing right up until it came time to go public, and that's where he went wrong? Following ill advice?

 

[jbett98]

I think it all went downhill when he shot the guy while drinking, then didn't mention he was a cop to the local police when the medical chopper airlifted his buddy and furthermore he forgot to mention anything about it to his boss when he returned to work.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Then you add in Sheriff David Ward, as inept a cop as ever was who screws up and falsely reports the Guy shot himself, then asks the OSP for help in the investigation............ A bad deal made worse for all.