Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has just recently appointed Danielle Outlaw as the next chief of police in Portland. Outlaw is a 19-year police veteran who started her career as a police explorer while she was still studying in high school. The 41-year-old officer served as a deputy chief in the Oakland Police Department and is one of 33 candidates who applied for the position.
Her new appointment came at a very critical and sensitive time where the relationship of the police and the public is already strained due to issues of police violence and brutality. According to Mayor Wheeler, Outlaw shares the same goals of improving the police department’s relations with the African-American