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MCSO eNewsletter
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The quality, integrity and presence of MCSO are what make us who we are. With that said, I take great pride in our Honor Guard, made up of both Law Enforcement and Corrections Deputies and Sergeants. They represent this agency in a way that is hard to put into words. The commitment of their time and dedication to the Honor Guard in representing the Sheriff's Office is beyond measure.
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Deputy Stefan Streight at the MCSO Annual Memorial
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I want to personally thank every member of the Honor Guard for the service they provide. I would like everyone in the agency to know who our Honor Guard members are and to thank them with me for representing each of us and for what it means to the public who view them at various occasions.
They bring great credit to our agency and are viewed highly in the eyes of other agencies that they serve.
Our current Honor Guard members are:
Deputy Amie Banta - Deputy Steve Harris - Deputy Israel Chinn - Deputy Mike Lee - Deputy Jon Conway - Deputy Dennis Quist - Deputy Lee De La Garza - Deputy Stefan Streight - Deputy Michael Fung - Deputy Bill Taylor - Deputy Chad Gaidos - Deputy John Tillinghast - Deputy Norma Gaines - Deputy Jason Vetter -
Deputy Steve Gilliam - Deputy Rachael Wheeler - Deputy Gary Glaze - Sgt. Bryan White
Sincerely,
Daniel Staton
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MCSO 2012 Spring Awards Ceremony
On April 25, 2012 the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office held its 2012 Spring Semi-Annual Awards Ceremony to honor those who have served our community with outstanding effort and selflessness. Nineteen awards were presented by Sheriff Daniel Staton including the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Purple Heart Award, which was awarded to Sergeant Todd Lautenbach for an injury he sustained in 2007 while on a dive mission searching for a person who had jumped from the St. Johns Bridge. Sgt. Lautenbach has endured extensive medical procedures, infections, and experienced chronic pain. Ultimately his injuries were determined to be permanent and forced him to retire from his career in law enforcement.
(Sheriff Staton with Retired Sgt Lautenbach)
MCSO Deputy Steve Long was presented with the Distinguished Service Award for his thirty-three years of dedicated service to the Sheriff's Office. Four Lifesaving Awards were awarded to Multnomah County Sheriff's Office staff and two were awarded to Troutdale Police Officers. The Wilson High School Leadership Class received the Community Service Award for their twenty-one years of volunteer service to the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Annual Community Transitional School Holiday Party, for making a positive difference in the lives of the children attending each year. Additionally, the Community Service Award was presented to Multnomah County Sheriff's Office Deputy Tim Bunker who on his own for many years has generously purchased and collected hygiene items, clothing, and food and as winter approaches driven through various areas where homeless congregate and handed the items out. Often recognized by people he helps who have passed through our jail system, Deputy Bunker always offers a greeting and words of encouragement. These were just some of the highlights from the awards ceremony, congratulations goes to all of our Award recipients.
(Sheriff Staton with the Wilson High School Leadership Class)
Thank you to all of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office staff who serve in many different aspects of the office, consistently producing exemplary work to create a safe and livable community.
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MCSO Launches Sustainable Jail Project
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office introduced the Sustainable Jail Project a partnership between the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and the Office of Sustainability on April 19, 2012. The Sustainable Jail Project is intended to recognize current sustainable actions within the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office jail system and direct Sheriff's Office future efforts in providing Multnomah County citizens with the most sustainable, cost effective, jail operations.
Approximately sixty invited guests and elected officials toured the Multnomah County Inverness Jail to see examples of sustainability efforts underway in the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office jail system. Many of the examples showcased during the tour began with an idea or suggestion from MCSO staff. Current sustainable actions within the Sheriff's Office are saving over $400,000 annually and this is expected to increase significantly in the future. For more information on sustainability efforts within the Multnomah County Jails and to view a video on the Sustainable Jail Project visit our website at www.sustainablejails.com
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Come join MCSO and others in the 2012 Run and Walk for Kyron Horman.
On June 2, 2012, Uberthons will sponsor an all day event to support Kyron Horman. This event has a children-only race , a step into fitness 1K, professionally timed 5K and 10K races, and multiple volunteer opportunities. This race is a chance for runners and walkers to join the community in supporting the Horman family and to bring continued awareness to finding Kyron. For more information, please visit Uberthon. |
Women's Excellence Luncheon
Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and Piedmont Rose Connection, Inc. held its 33rd annual Women of Excellence and Scholarship Awards Luncheon on May 19th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Portland, Oregon. (Lt. Vera Pool presenting an award)
We chose a theme of "Opening Doors, Changing Lives" particularly for supporting high school seniors we selected in providing scholarship funds to assist in pursuing an advance degree in a 4-year college or university. Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma theta Sorority, Inc. is a private non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world. A sisterhood of more than 275,000 predominately African American college educated women. The sorority currently has over 900 chapters located in the United States, England, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas and the Republic of Korea. On May 19th we had a successful program and we were very fortunate to have as a Keynote Speaker Sarah Mensah an 18-year veteran of the Trailblazers. Sarah is the Chief Operating Officer oversees all day -to-day management of the team's business, revenue and brand management operations, including ticket sales and service. The sorority honored 6-women from the community who received the "Women of Excellence Awards" and 10-students from high schools from Portland Public, De LaSalle North Catholic, Central Catholic, St Mary's Academy, Catlin Gabel, Westview and Aloha. Each student received a $1,000 scholarship from the sorority and individual members of the sorority. The luncheon certainly would not have been as successful without the support of local business and organizations. We thank and appreciate the following for their support: Multnomah County Sheriff Daniel Staton, Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith, and the Multnomah County Health Department. West Coast Mortgage Group, Portland Trailblazers, African American Coalition Club, Portland Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, Zeta Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Subway, Quiznos, Applebees, State Senator Chip Shield and Ernest Warren Sr., Insurance Agent. The Portland Alumnae Chapter completed the first of its kind in the State of Oregon a sustainable Living Building in North Portland August of 2011. The building was converted from an old gas station and all materials used were from recycling. Fortunately, as time passed, community members have come together to help us realize our dream of achieving equity, economic empowerment and environmental stewardship for our community. We are very grateful to everyone for their support. I personally extend my thanks and appreciation to organizations, companies and individuals for their continual support of our organization. Submitted by: Vera C. Pool President of PAC Lieutenant, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office
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Business Services Division - MCSO FY13 Budget Update Submitted by Chief Deputy Drew Brosh
From the Business Services Division - I want to highlight comments the Sheriff made during our recent budget presentation to the Board of Commissioners regarding some of the efforts we have made in this fiscal year as an agency to reduce our daily operating costs in our facilities, lower our consumption of resources, reuse what we are able to reuse and leverage our many partnerships to avoid costs now and in the future:
"First, we have developed and implemented strategies to increase revenue to our inmate welfare program, by both increasing our variety of items available for sale to inmates and negotiating modest changes in phone revenues for our inmate telephone vendor - these strategies increase our ability to fund inmate welfare items and activities without dependence on general fund resources. Also, as you are aware, we worked with the budget office Chief Operating Officer to develop a hiring strategy projected to not only address retirement and succession planning issues now and in the future, but to avoid costs into the future at an estimated 1.1 million dollars in the next three years. We launched our first On-Line training curriculum in April, where uniform staff were able to complete courses at their workstations or on a laptop rather than being out of the workplace in a classroom setting. Most units were able to complete their training during the course of their regular duties, and we are projecting a significant cost avoidance by delivering the training on-line rather than in our traditional (but previously required) classroom format. We also recently briefed on the Sustainable Jail Project, and were proud to be a key partner in the early success of projects launched by the Office of Sustainability. For us, through the innovation and hard work of both our uniform and civilian staff, we were able to find a sustained savings of over $400 thousand dollars each year through replacing traditional practices with new, sustainable practices that save costs, reduce waste and align us with our county value of sustainability. Finally, we took the lead on a county-wide project to replace hand-held analog radios in need of repair and in danger of becoming obsolete with new digital radios, and completed the project as a significantly lower cost by grouping our purchase to include every county user, and have recently partnered with other county departments in streamlining contact services such as copiers to create modest but important cost savings moving forward. We believe all gains matter in creating efficiencies, so we celebrate both the big wins and the small advances as we continue to work to create cost efficiencies, and model cost-effective practices."
Also included is our adopted budget for FY2013 shown in both dollars and FTE (full time employee) by Division:
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MCSO Unveils new Patrol Vehicle and Design!
The Chevrolet Caprice has been selected to serve as the MCSO patrol vehicle in the future. The new MCSO patrol vehicles will cost approximately the same as our current patrol vehicle. The new vehicle will be ordered in a stock color rather than the "special green" currently in use which will save $750 per vehicle. In addition, moving to a stock color increased the flexibility in ordering replacements as previous vehicle orders had to have a minimum of four before the order could be placed because of our color requirement. The Chevy Caprice model was chosen after researching several vehicles and finding the Chevy Caprice outscored other vehicles under consideration on tests done by LA County and the Michigan State Police. The Chevy Caprice also has slightly better gas mileage than our current vehicles. Deputies from the MCSO Patrol units submitted several suggestions and ideas. Deputy Noah Livermore designed and proposed the new logo which was tweaked to its final design and approved by Sheriff Daniel Staton. The new vehicles are white in color and the design logo appearing across the door side panels includes Multnomah County across the top and a larger Sheriff appearing in shifting color underneath making our patrol vehicles very easy to distinguish. The Sheriff's Star on the patrol vehicle also went under subtle changes to recognize Multnomah County's history. The Vista House at Crowne Pointe remains in the center of the star albeit from a perspective looking up at the Vista House rather than down and underneath the star logo the year Multnomah County and the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office was established (1854) was added. The new MCSO patrol cars will be phased in through our replacement schedule and eventually all of our vehicles will have the new color and design scheme. As Sheriff's Office vehicles are rotated out of service, items we are able to reuse from the patrol car (radios, MDC, lights) will be used to help outfit incoming Chevrolet Caprice vehicles before they are turned over to County fleet for auction or recycling. |
MCSO Members participate in Dodgeball Tournament to Benefit Oregon Special Olympics!
2012 Inaugural Dodgeball Tournament for Special Olympics Oregon
Probable Cause finishes second in tournament!
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office had two teams participating in the Inaugural Law Enforcement Torch Run Dodgeball Tournament benefiting Special Olympics Oregon. Members from Law Enforcement, Corrections, and the Auxiliary Services Unit dodged their way through the tournament competing against several other agencies as part of the "Green Hornets" or "Probable Cause" having a great time supporting Special Olympics Oregon. "Probable Cause" made its way into the Championship Round and finished in 2nd place after being defeated by the Oregon State Police "DodgeBallers" team.
The Green Hornets in action! (Left)
Probable Cause looking to advance. (Right)
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We Are Growing! This season we have had two new hire and promotion ceremonies, and one 30 years of service recognition. Welcome to MCSO!
Corrections Deputies Elizabeth Kienle, Raymond Sullivan, and Charles Hatcher FSO Mike Foix, Corrections Deputies Meghan Markantonatos, and Steven Sipes Corrections Records Manager Joyce Griffin is recognized for 30 years of Service at MCSO. In Photo (L to R), Sheriff Daniel Staton, Chief Deputy Drew Brosh, Joyce Griffin, Chief Deputy Mike Shults and Undersheriff Tim Moore.
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Remembering Ivan, an MCSO K-9 lost in the line of duty.
His name was Ivan. He had dark coloring and it was often the comment that he looked like a wolf. Ivan was the canine partner to Deputy Melissa Bishop. Deputy Bishop and Ivan were graduates of the 10 week PPB canine class in 1991. Bishop was the second MCSO female K-9 handler the first being Kristy Gustafson. Over the next year, Bishop and Ivan became inseparable. Ivan even went on "our" honeymoon on the Washington coast.
Bishop and Ivan became a valued team to MCSO and other agencies. I recall hearing of a call where a male got out of a vehicle and threatened Bishop and another deputy with a screwdriver. I recall my wife telling me she thought, "Hey I got a dog". Once Ivan exited the patrol car, the male was on top of his car begging to have the dog called off. On another call, rather macabre, two suspects were car prowling when one was shot and killed by a homeowner. Bishop and Ivan were called to the scent to track the remaining suspect. Ivan was released from the patrol car and ran to the deceased suspect and began to bark and growl. Bishop said he acted like "look Mom, I got him".
Ivan was a good sized canine. His overall stature equaled that of his partner Deputy Bishop. On the evening of October 13, 1992, Bishop and Ivan were called to assist Portland Police in clearing a five story building in Downtown Portland. During the call, Ivan located five suspects inside of the building. Bishop and Ivan continued to "clear the building" concluding on the roof. Ivan was "off lead" and was excited about his captures. Fortunately, but sadly the evening would not end well. Ivan jumped the retaining wall of the building thinking it was just a fence and fell to his death five floors below. I say fortunately because had he been on his lead, potentially and most likely his partner, Deputy Bishop, would have been pulled over the side also leaving me a widow after two months of marriage.
A memorial service was held at Inverness Jail a week after Ivan died. Many K-9 teams attended the service from PPB, Hillsboro, Clark County and Vancouver PD. Deputy Bishop transferred the City of Portland in 1993 and continues her career to this day. Ivan continues to be a part of our lives, and he will never be forgotten.
Submitted by Captain Ron Bishop
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