Former Portland police chief named deputy chief of Springfield Police Department
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Jami Resch, former chief of the Portland Police Bureau, was sworn in as deputy chief of the Springfield Police Department i...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Jami Resch, former chief of the Portland Police Bureau, was sworn in as deputy chief of the Springfield Police Department in Springfield, Oregon on Tuesday. Resch served as the Portland Police Bureau chief for six months but announced in June 2020 that she was stepping down from the position and that Chuck Lovell would immediately take over as chief. Her resignation occurred amid the first weeks of civil unrest in Portland as thousands were protesting racial injustice following the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man who died of a lack of oxygen after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him to the pavement and held a knee on his neck for several minutes.