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Online Article: ‘Burned out’: Portland cops leave scathing exit interviews
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Online Article: ‘Burned out’: Portland cops leave scathing exit interviews
Description (Dublin Core)
This article from Oregon Live/The Oregonian was picked up by Police1, and it discusses a number of exit interviews that retiring and resigning Portland Police Bureau officers, detectives, and administrators left during the past year. Of particular interest is the section that discusses the story of Jaykary Jackson:
"Young officers of color have left, including Jaykary Jackson, who went to Boise, and Elise Temple, who was one of the Police Bureau’s recruiters. Temple declined to comment on the record.
Jackson didn’t respond to messages but he was one of the officers who spoke out last summer about being on the front line of racial justice protests as an officer with the Rapid Response Team.
A graduate of Portland State University who joined the Police Bureau after working for Nike for 10 years, he said then that he became a cop because he “wanted to make the most out of my life by helping others.” He also was following in the footsteps of his father and aunt.
But Jackson said he was disgusted by the hatred he and other officers faced while standing on the police lines. He got hit by an explosive one night, felt tingling in his fingertips and heat from the device, and got berated by young white protesters.
Often when he tried to talk to someone of color at the protests, he said, “Someone white comes up and blocks them and tells them not to talk.” Or yells, “Eff the police ... don’t talk to him.” He left shortly after he was named to be a new community engagement officer."
The article illustrates the additional concerns that officers in major cities and law enforcement agencies face, especially when their civilian oversight overwhelmingly seeks to placate protests with emotional vindication in lieu of reasoned, rational, and planned reforms.
"Young officers of color have left, including Jaykary Jackson, who went to Boise, and Elise Temple, who was one of the Police Bureau’s recruiters. Temple declined to comment on the record.
Jackson didn’t respond to messages but he was one of the officers who spoke out last summer about being on the front line of racial justice protests as an officer with the Rapid Response Team.
A graduate of Portland State University who joined the Police Bureau after working for Nike for 10 years, he said then that he became a cop because he “wanted to make the most out of my life by helping others.” He also was following in the footsteps of his father and aunt.
But Jackson said he was disgusted by the hatred he and other officers faced while standing on the police lines. He got hit by an explosive one night, felt tingling in his fingertips and heat from the device, and got berated by young white protesters.
Often when he tried to talk to someone of color at the protests, he said, “Someone white comes up and blocks them and tells them not to talk.” Or yells, “Eff the police ... don’t talk to him.” He left shortly after he was named to be a new community engagement officer."
The article illustrates the additional concerns that officers in major cities and law enforcement agencies face, especially when their civilian oversight overwhelmingly seeks to placate protests with emotional vindication in lieu of reasoned, rational, and planned reforms.
Date (Dublin Core)
April 5, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
Maxine Bernstien
Contributor (Dublin Core)
James Rayroux
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
online news article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
https://www.police1.com/police-administration/articles/burned-out-portland-cops-leave-scathing-exit-interviews-ePzPpd8bo5PYpiKk/
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Education--Universities
English
Cities & Suburbs
English
Emotion
English
Government Local
English
Protest
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Portland
Oregon
police
reform
hatred
disgust
Portland State University
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
officer shortage
LEO
police
cop
law enforcement
exit interview
labor
employment
exodus
protest
leadership
morale
Collection (Dublin Core)
Law Enforcement
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
04/06/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
04/10/2021
08/02/2022
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This item was submitted on April 6, 2021 by James Rayroux using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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