Betty Woodward, who pioneered crisis-intervention work at Portland Police Bureau, dies at 75

Published on: 08/26/2026

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Betty Woodward, a longtime Portland police officer, died earlier this month at 75.

The moment the man was safely in Betty Woodward’s police car, she breathed a sigh of relief: She had convinced the man to come down off the railing of a Portland-area bridge.

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