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Thomas Jay "Tom" Potter (born September 12, 1940) is a former American politician and law enforcement officer in the U.S. state of Oregon. He served as Mayor of Portland from 2005 to 2009, and previously was the chief of the Portland Police Bureau. As mayor he continued his advocacy of community policing and expressed interest in other reforms of the Portland police department. He marched against the Iraq War on the first anniversary of American involvement in March 2004 and was dismayed at the black uniforms and the militarized appearance of the Portland police he saw. He made it part of his campaign to rid the police of such a militarized appearance. ==Family life== Potter was born in Mississippi in 1940. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Portland, Oregon.〔 Potter lives in the Woodstock neighborhood of southeast Portland with his wife Karin Hansen. His hobbies include archaeology, hiking, camping, and bicycling. Potter's openly lesbian daughter, Katie Potter, is a Portland police officer. Potter, as the city's Chief of Police, was the first Portland Police Chief to march in his police uniform in Portland's annual gay pride parade to show his support for Katie and has spoken out in support of marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, including Katie〔(Portland Mayor Tom Potter Speaks Out for Marriage Equality )〕 and her partner, police officer Pat Moen. Katie and Pat have two daughters, MacKenzie "Kenzie" Potter-Moen and Madison "Maddy" Lynn Potter-Moen.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Potter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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