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FALLEN NYSSA OFFICER HONORED TODAY
SALEM, Ore. — Gov. Tina Kotek has awarded the Law
Enforcement Medal of Ultimate Sacrifice to fallen Nyssa
police officer Cpl. Joseph Johnson.
The award will be presented to Johnson’s family at his
memorial service today.
Johnson was shot and killed while on patrol last Saturday
night in the eastern Oregon town of Nyssa.
Gov. Tina Kotek
MOST WANTED FUGITIVES LIST DEBUTED
On this day in 1950, the Federal Bureau of Investigation
instituted the “Ten Most Wanted Fugitives” list in an
effort to publicize particularly dangerous fugitives. The
creation of the program arose out of a wire service news
story in 1949 about the “toughest guys” the FBI wanted
to capture. The story drew so much public attention that
the “Ten Most Wanted” list was given the okay by J. Edgar
Hoover the following year.
John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972)
TELEVISION SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY
On March 11, 1989, Cops, a documentary-style television series
that follows police officers and sheriff’s deputies as they go
about their jobs, debuted on Fox. Cops went on to become one
of the longest-running shows in television history. It went off
the air in 2020.
The show, which was created by John Langley and Malcolm
Barbour, was a pioneer in reality television. Crews with
camcorders followed law enforcement officers on patrol,
tracking down suspects and making arrests. The show was
unscripted, which worked in Langley and Barbour’s favor
when they pitched the original concept to Fox: At the time,
there was a writers’ strike in Hollywood, and the network
needed new programming that wouldn’t require writers.
In 1989, the debut episode of Cops featured the men and
women of the Broward County Sheriff’s Department in
Florida. The show
aired over 1,000 episodes and filmed in 140 U.S. cities, as
well as international locations including London and Hong
Kong. With its widely recognized theme song, “Bad Boys”
by the reggae group Inner Circle, Cops had spawned
numerous imitators in addition to parody shows.
Malcolm Barbour
John Russell Langley
(June 1, 1943 – June 26, 2021
THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN!
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Multnomah County is set to swear
in its first female sheriff Wednesday.
Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell was elected by voters in May. She
currently serves as undersheriff and will be replacing outgoing
Sheriff Mike Reese, who is leaving the position due to term limits.
O’Donnell will become the 41st sheriff of Multnomah County, and
the first woman to serve in the role.
She grew up in Clatskanie, Oregon and moved to the Portland area
to attend the University of Portland. She was first hired as a
corrections deputy with the sheriff’s office in 1996.
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