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THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN!

Editorial endorsements May 2022: Elect Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell Multnomah  County's next sheriff - oregonlive.com

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.

             

Oregon primary: Multnomah County sheriff

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HONORING LAW ENFORCEMENT ~

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WILD BILL HICKOK WAS MURDERED IN 1876

A slightly smiling man dressed in an overcoat and sporting a mustauche and shoulder-length, curly hair stares ahead.
James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876)

“Wild Bill” Hickok, one of the greatest gunfighters of the
American West, was murdered in Deadwood,
South Dakota
while  playing poker when Jack McCall walked up behind
Hickok,drew his Colt Model 1873 revolver and shot Hickok
in the back of the head at point-blank range, killing him
instantly.

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John McCall (
also known as "Crooked Nose" or
"Broken Nose Jack")  (1852 – 1877)

McCall was hanged in a public execution in
Yankton, at age 24.


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Colt Model 1873 revolver.

A 5-card stud poker hand lays on a table showing black aces and eights, with the hole-card face down
The poker hand purportedly held by Hickok at his demise.

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“ONE ADAM TWELVE! ONE ADAM TWELVE!”


Shaaron Claridge (born Shaaron Lee Cooper; later Snead) (October 1, 1938 – September 15, 2021)

Claridge was a second-shift radiotelephone operator or police radio dispatcher at the Van Nuys Division of the Los Angeles Police Department best known for her voice work on the Adam-12 TV
series. Her husband was an
LAPD
motorcycle officer.

Following Milner’s death on September 6, 2015, Claridge broadcast
the "End of Watch" transmission over the LAPD radio recognizing Milner’s performance as Officer Pete Malloy in Adam-12.

Adam 12 Theme Song Intro - YouTube
Kent McCord as Officer James A. Reed, and Martin Milner as Officer Peter J. Malloy. The TV  series ran on NBC from 1968
to 1975 when it was cancelled.                          

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OLD WEST LAWMAN DIED ON THIS DAY~1929

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Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp
(March 19, 1848 – January 13, 1929)

Nearly 50 years after the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Wyatt
Earp
dies quietly in Los Angeles at the age of 80.

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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

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