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May 12, 2010

Police Chief Sizer Gets Reminded Who The Boss Is

When ugly matters finally come to a head, like it or not, it's still Sam Adams.

Two days after police Chief Rosie Sizer blasted the mayor's proposed police budget, Mayor Sam Adams fired her and replaced her with Mike Reese, who recently served as East Precinct commander.

Adams also took control of the Portland Police Bureau from Commissioner Dan Saltzman. The mayor said he wants to take the Portland Police Bureau in "a new and different direction."

He said the relationship between the police and the city of Portland "is not what it should be."

Good call, Sam.

Good luck to new Chief Reese, but latterly, it looks like the position of Chief of the Portland Police Bureau is where careers go to die – and I've been following that string since Penny Harrington and the Fat City Massacre which cost Jim Davis his professional life.

And wasn't it Mayor Sam's idea to assign the Police Bureau to Commissioner Dan to begin with?

So, for those keeping score, it's Mayor Sam with a new police chief FTW, and Commissioner Saltzman FAIL, with Ex-Chief Sizer logging an EPIC FAIL.

And, in the world of Portland law enforcement, the beat goes on.

Also, Anna Griffin with some quick big-picture gestalt-y analysis stuffs.

Posted by The Chinuk at May 12, 2010 01:28 PM