Portland, OR - Undercover Police Cruiser Stolen From Officer's Driveway While Running - Missing

On-call Portland officer's police car warming up when stolen in Damascus

 The Oregonian
December 03, 2009, 6:02PM
 

Portland police put out an alert today, asking the public to be on the lookout for a stolen four-door Chevy Impala.

An on-call officer who lives in Damascus took the car home and left it in his driveway, said Detective Mary Wheat, a Portland Police Bureau spokeswoman. The officer turned on the car this morning to warm it up then went back inside to get his child.

The vehicle is a 2007 four-door black Chevy Impala with an Oregon License plate of 789DDN and belongs to the bureau. It has no police markings on the outside and there were no weapons inside, Wheat said. The car has a siren and blue and red lights in the grill that are only visible when activated.

Wheat did not identify the officer but said that the bureau has a fleet of unmarked cars that are taken home when officers are on-call and have pagers. Marked cars are only used by uniformed officers, she said.

Anyone with information about the car is asked to call 9-1-1.
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