Hillsboro is hiring a new police chief, with applications due in September. It’s unclear who’s been applying so far, but it’s pretty clear the rank-and-file really wants their new boss to be “funny.”

I’ll accept bets, in the comments, on which recently retired senior Portland cop you think might get the gig and receive a nice, big suburban salary alongside his or her nice, big pension.

Denis C. Theriault is the Portland Mercury's News Editor. He writes stories about City Hall and the Portland Police Bureau, focusing on issues like homelessness, police oversight, insider politics, and...

7 replies on “Hillsboro Needs a New Police Chief. They Made a Video. (It’s Hard to Joke About Police Work.)”

  1. You seem to have missed the point. It isn’t those that have already retired, it’s those that are eligible to retire but haven’t because they haven’t found that prime retirement job yet. Pretty much any of the current assistant chiefs at PPB.

  2. Good point, 39. A landing spot for the soon-to-retire. Any cops who might be reading this: Is O’Dea funny enough to fit in there?

  3. One of these officers routinely harasses me via drunk texting (one as early as last week), has illegally run background checks on my family and friends, used her position as an officer to denigrate me to my children’s teacher’s and school staff. She is my ex-husband’s wife. So I think the city of Hillsboro hires lunatics.

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