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>>23699453, >>23699460, >>23699473, >>23699475 Portland Police Chief Bob Day

Experience

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Chief of Police

Portland Police Bureau

Oct 2023 - Present 2 years 1 month

Portland, Oregon, United States

Owner

Reluctant Change

Jan 2021 - Present 4 years 10 months

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Curiosity is a vital pathway toward managing change. The skill of being curious is available to all of us and can open up a transformative new experience of leadership.

However, many of us have neglected to maximize the utility of curiosity.

Join Bob on a journey of discovery to learn how curiosity can help us think critically, engage in meaningful connections, and broaden the range of opportunities to embrace change.

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Red Door Project

Jan 2020 - Sep 2023 3 years 9 months

Working closely with the founders of The Red Door Project as we lead others in workshops to strengthen self-awareness and be curious about one another. Specializing in relationships with police, judges, district attorneys and other members of the criminal justice community.

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Consultant

Lones Management Consulting

Jan 2021 - Jan 2023 2 years 1 month

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Providing guidance as a criminal justice expert regarding alternatives to jail for community members in behavioral health crisis.

Project manager

Mayor Ted Wheeler's Office

Mar 2020 - Dec 2020 10 months

Portland, Oregon, United States

Coordinated with clinicians, service providers, law enforcement, consumers , advocates, health care specialist, local government and others to develop a sobering option other than jail or the emergency room when taken into custody by the police.

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Deputy Chief of Police (ret.)

Portland Police Bureau

Apr 1990 - May 2019 29 years 2 months

Portland, Oregon

Robert (Bob) Day was appointed Deputy Chief of Police, for the City of Portland on May 3, 2018.

Bob served over 29 years with the Portland Police Bureau. He has held multiple ranks from officer through executive level command including Assistant Chief and Deputy Chief. During his years of service Bob developed a reputation as a skilled leader and innovative manager. He has been honored by multiple community groups and business organizations for his dedication to community policing values and concepts.

He has led difficult but critical conversations regarding race and bias within his department, with other criminal justice leaders and community members.

Bob's background includes extensive experience as the Training Division Captain, long time Central Precinct commander, as well as tactical incident commander and crowd control commander. As a member of the chiefs executive team he oversaw the majority of the day to day responsibilities of the Police Bureau, focusing mainly on operations and investigations.

Education

George Fox University Graphic

George Fox University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Organizational Leadership

2016 - 2018

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Clackamas Community College

Associate’s Degree (ADCJ) Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

1987 - 1991

Licenses & Certifications

Executive certificate DPSST Graphic

Executive certificate DPSST

Department of Public Safety Standards & Training (DPSST)

Issued Jun 2015

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>Director of Strategic Initiatives

> Red Door Project

> Jan 2020 - Sep 2023 3 years 9 months

> Working closely with the founders of The Red Door Project as we lead others in workshops to strengthen self-awareness and be curious about one another. Specializing in relationships with police, judges, district attorneys and other members of the criminal justice community.

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Portland police chief to terminate 2 consulting contracts after __conflict of interest __questions

Updated: Jun. 12, 2025, 9:29 a.m.|Published: Jun. 11, 2025, 12:54 p.m.

Portland Police Chief Bob Day

Portland police Chief Bob Day, right, speaks at a news conference on Monday, June 9, 2025. To his left is Central Precinct Commander Brian Hughes. Day said last week he will cancel two Police Bureau contracts after receiving questions about the perception of conflicts of interest.Zaeem Shaikh/The Oregonian

By

Zaeem Shaikh | The Oregonian/OregonLive

Portland Police Chief Bob Day said last week he will cancel two Police Bureau contracts amid questions about the perception ofconflicts of interest.

The move comes after the city already paid $37,500 to the August Wilson Red Door Project, where Day was director of strategic initiatives from 2020 to 2023, and $42,390 to the firm of Jim Ferraris, a retired Woodburn police chief and a former Police Bureau assistant chief who worked alongside Day.

Those amounts are small compared with the Police Bureau’s overall annual budget of roughly $300 million but not insignificant as a majority of the City Council continued Wednesday to argue that the Police Bureau can and should trim its spending.

The Red Door Project, which uses theater performances to bridge divides between police and the public, was hired to provide “executive coaching, community engagement and diversity enhancement education” to the bureau, according to its contract. The city authorized the Police Bureau to spend up to $100,000 on the contract.

Ferraris’s firm, Ferraris Investigations & Consulting, provides agency and police reviews and helps law enforcement agencies with employee misconduct investigations, plus use of force and police shooting investigations, according to his website. Ferraris was hired to develop a succession plan at the Police Bureau by identifying candidates for leadership roles and creating pathways for officers of color. He was also charged with giving recommendations on the Police Bureau’s organizational structure and new crime prevention strategies.

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>Ferraris’s firm, Ferraris Investigations & Consulting, provides agency and police reviews and helps law enforcement agencies with employee misconduct investigations, plus use of force and police shooting investigations

The city extended Ferraris’ contract through Dec. 31 and authorized the Police Bureau to pay him up to $150,000 total.

Day, in a Thursday interview, acknowledged the appearance of conflicts of interest but also presented his decision as a cost-saving measure during a tight fiscal year.

“I recognize fully, you know, people call it cronyism, good old boy system, whatever the term is,” Day said. “I think that appearance is there… My decision is really baked into this budget conversation, which has been all consuming in my life in the last month.”

A journalist with the Portland Mercury first raised questions about the contracts May 9, prompting the police chief to end them.

Day did not seek competitive bids for either contract, instead opting for a sole-source process where he identified the two organizations as best suited to do the work. He said he felt a sense of urgency to start the work, particularly with Ferraris’ contract, which he called a “holistic organizational review.”

Day said he needed someone who understood the city and the Police Bureau. Ferraris had served in the organization for 28 years. Invoice records show he charged the Police Bureau $400 an hour for consulting services and $75 an hour for travel time.

In an April memo, Ferraris made recommendations that included streamlining the number of divisions and units reporting directly to the police chief and keeping the positions of deputy chief and three assistant chiefs.

Other law enforcement agencies have sought his firm’s help. He was hired in 2023 to investigate allegations of misconduct against two Wasco County probation officers accused of antisemitic behavior at work.

Kevin Jones, co-founder and chief creative director of the Red Door Project, said he hoped to resume his group’s work with the Police Bureau at a later date. “We are eagerly looking forward to resuming our collaboration and continuing to make a positive impact in our community,” he said in a statement.

Day defended the contracts, saying the Police Bureau followed the city’s procurement rules and posted a public notice of the proposed contract. Day said other organizations had seven days to object but no one did.

And as for working with people he’s close to, Day said he has been actively involved in Portland issues for 35 years, so he said he often works with people he knows.

“I needed to have people that could step up, to step into the space and do the work, and they happen to be people I have a relationship with,” he said.

https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/06/portland-police-chief-to-terminate-2-consulting-contracts-after-conflict-of-interest-questions.html

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>The move comes after the city already paid $37,500 to the August Wilson Red Door Project, where Day was director of strategic initiatives from 2020 to 2023,

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Interview: Cop Out from the Red Door Project

Below is a link to a recorded interview produced by Think Out Loud, a weekly program from Oregon Public Broadcasting, featuringKevin Jones, co-founder and Artistic Director of the August Wilson Red Door Project, and Portland Police Deputy Chief Robert Day.They are discussing the Red Door Project’s new production, called Cop Out, which is a series of monologues based on playwrights’ interviews with police officers. Cop Out is currently in previews and will have it’s world premiere November 30th through December 2nd at Self Enhancement, Inc., in Portland.

The monologues in Cop Out depict stories of police officers of varied rank, experience, race and gender, as they interact with each other, their families, the institutions they represent, and the community they are sworn to protect and serve. Cop Out is the next step in a journey that began with theRed Door’s previous production of The New Black Fest’s Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments. Hands Up depicts seven stories of African American’s dealing with police profiling in the wake of Mike Brown’s death in Ferguson, MO.

In this interview, the host Dave Miller explores how the collaboration, and ultimately friendship, between Kevin Jones and Bob Day began, and some the difficulties that had to be bridged due to their vastly different backgrounds and perspectives on policing and the African-American experience.

https://www.spreaker.com/user/oregonpublicbroadcasting/red-door-project-s-cop-out?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=user%3A9497079&utm_term=episode_title

The August Wilson Red Door Project’s mission is to change the racial ecology of Portland through the arts. Established in 2011, the Red Door helps sustain the legacy and ethos of August Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who depicted the 20th Century American experience from an African-American viewpoint in a way that is compelling to broad audiences. Taking inspiration from his life and work, the Red Door shares this poignant quote:

“Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.” – August Wilson

Kevin Jones, co-founder and Artistic Director of the Red Door Project, is an award-winning actor and director, and a communication, organization, and diversity consultant for businesses, theaters and non-profits.

Contributed by Bill Denham and Kim Vanderheiden with help from staff at the August Wilson Red Door Project.

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>Red Door’s previous production of The New Black Fest’s Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments. Hands Up depicts seven stories of African American’s dealing with police profiling in the wake of Mike Brown’s death in Ferguson, MO.