Officer Grant Tamio Shirahama

Portland Police Officer Grant Shirahama passed away on 8/24/18 after suffering a heart attack while hiking on Mount Hood. Shirahama worked at KATU News as photographer and production assistant, then as a cameraman for KGW, before joining the Portland Police Bureau as a Youth Services Division Student Resource Officer, where he served for 17 years. He also volunteered with Mountain Wave Search and Rescue and served as a member of Search ONE K-9 Detection with his K9 partner, Zuke.

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