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8 READERS CHOICE
January 2014

Gresham oficer

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Oficer Dave Hickey is resource oficer at Gresham High

By BEVERLY CORBELL
Pamplin Media Group

Gresham Police Oficer David Hickey,
resource oficer at Gresham High School,

doesn’t know why he was chosen as the
Outlook Readers’
Choice Police Ofi-
2014 Readers’ cer, but he’s
Choice
thrilled with the

recognition.
n Best Police Oficer “I would hope it is
Oficer David Hickey, because I have a
Gresham High School, strict personal poli-
1200 N. Main Ave., cy of respecting
Gresham
503-674-5500. people and their ex-
Website: www. pectations of me as
greshamoregon.gov/ a police oficer,” he
city/city-departments/ said. “I interact
with the community
police-department
as if I would want
an officer to inter-
act with me as a community member.”
A native of Gresham, Hickey and his wife
are both graduates of Centennial High and

are parents of a son and a daughter.
Having children of his own is one reason
Hickey was glad to accept the position at the
high school, where he’s been for about a
year. He’s been on the Gresham force for 15
years.

“Here you have a more positive interac-
tion with the public,” he said. “On the street,
it’s mostly negative calls, but in this position
it’s a lot more positive.”
Hickey, 44, serves with two other oficers STAFF PHOTO: BEVERLY CORBELL
Oficer David Hickey keeps the halls safe at
who are mostly concerned with security, he Gresham High School.
said, and they share an ofice at the school.
Hickey said the threat of school shootings
are always a concern, and he and the other “I don’t know why my name was entered,”
officers are available to provide safety he said. “But I truly appreciate the fact that

checks and crisis education to local elemen- anyone is willing to take their time to recog-
tary schools.
nize my efforts in the community.”

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