Portland’s new chief of police officially started Monday morning. She was sworn in by city Auditor Mary Hull Caballero during a private ceremony in the chief’s office on the 15th floor of the Justice Center.
Chief Danielle Outlaw was expected to spend her first day meeting with Mayor Ted Wheeler, who also serves as police commissioner, Chris Uehara, who recently served as interim chief, the bureau’s public information officers and address one or two precinct roll calls.
A public swearing-in ceremony is expected to be held later this fall, police spokesman Sgt. Chris Burley said.
Outlaw, who celebrated her 42nd birthday last month, is the city’s first African-American woman to lead the police bureau and Portland’s 48th police chief. She spent the last 19 years at the Oakland Police Department, most recently serving as a deputy chief. She started as a police explorer with Oakland police when she was in high school, attending Holy Names High School.
