Portland police identify officer hit by stolen truck
Updated Dec 26, 2020;
Portland police identified the officer hit by a stolen truck Christmas Eve as Officer Jennifer Pierce, a 15-year bureau veteran who works patrol out of Central Precinct. Pierce suffered a fractured pelvis and remains hospitalized, police said in a statement Saturday.
Police responded to reports of a stolen pickup truck at a 76 gas station on Southeast Powell and Cesar Chavez Boulevards just before 9 p.m. When police cars attempted to box in the stolen truck, the 1988 Chevrolet pickup rammed into Pierce, who was standing outside of her patrol car, pinning her between the two vehicles, according to the pickup truck’s owner. The 42-year-old truck owner, who asked not to be named because of safety concerns, said he and his girlfriend were at the scene when the police surrounded his stolen pickup.