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    Natasha B. Haunsperger

    Officer/Community Engagement Lead
    Portland Police Bureau
    Portland, Oregon, United States

    Officer Haunsperger worked as an interpreter with the United Nations International Police Task Force (IPTF), charged with reintegrating war zones back into Croatia proper. Natasha joined the Portland Police Bureau in 2006, shortly after she had immigrated to Oregon from Croatia. Her previous experiences with war refugees and conflict resolution ultimately led her to proactively focus and engage with the large multicultural/ethnic communities in the Portland area. After several years working in the Portland Police Criminal Intelligence Unit, Officer Haunsperger was assigned to the Chief’s Office to establish the Office of Community Engagement, focusing on community mapping and grass-roots justice advocacy. In her current assignment as a community engagement strategist. Officer Haunsperger is currently working on developing holistic and innovative platforms for onboarding immigrants, refugees, communities of color, and other vulnerable and historically marginalized communities in the process of justice reforms. Natasha earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Russian Literature from Portland State University. She recently completed her Masters of Arts in Security Studies from the Homeland Security and Defense (CHDS) Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. Officer Haunsperger also serves as a Commissioner on the Oregon Governor’s Commission for Women. In addition, she engages as an advocate with groups focused on issues of gender, socio-economic justice, and civil and human rights for justice-impacted women, with a particular focus on uplifting the voices of women in the areas of domestic and international security, conflict resolution, and peace-building processes.
    Officer Haunsperger is a NIJ LEAD Scholar and a member of the IACP Community Policing Committee.

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