Kat Ensley

I am currently working day (A) shift at Central Precinct. I have been with the Bureau for 8 years. I am a District Officer by choice working the West side core area. I chose to work this area because I not only know it well, but I know the citizens and businesses that occupy it. Most of them know me by name, have my card and know that they can rely on me to do follow up for them. I actively work many of their cases for positive outcomes. Follow through is important to gain trust and respect with the community. I have worked and been invited to multiple special events without my district involving churches, hotels and local coffee shops. I have spoken at places to employees about theft and how to look for criminal activity signs. I have done security walk throughs on buildings that were newer to Portland and made sure they were aware of the “hot spot” areas of common criminal activity and how to properly report it. I take pride in my district and how I work it daily.

I am currently a Peer Mentor Officer that is assigned a student with the Sunshine Division. This program was developed to assist with the Z MAN Program to have an Officer develop a mentorship with a high school student to help answer questions about law enforcement and guidance through possible educational opportunities for their future. I do frequent events with the Division as well as for the Bureau when needed.

•I am a current district ofc at central precinct.  I have done multiple community out reach events including coffee with a cop,   shop with a cop and church outreach events.

•I have completed women in law enforcement class

•Volunteered time doing recruitments at colleges for   portland police

•Volunteered with portland fire to help with their   summer girls camp

•Washington county jail internship •hillsboro,   oregon• 10/2011-05/2012
•Customer service award•nordstrom in portland, oregon• 2008-2009
•Multnomah county district att. office•certified rva in portland, oregon•   2013-2015

•Burnside mission volunteer•portland, oregon•   2015-2016
•Multnomah county parole & probtion internship•portland, oregon• 2013-2014

I have had the privilege to attend and volunteer with multiple volunteer and work opportunities while working with Portland. I have done the women’s career fair multiple times, Portland recruiting events at U of O, Special Olympics and the Portland Girls Fire Camp. The Portland Fire Camp is one that I take a lot of pride in because Portland Fire has been putting on the girl’s camp for 15 years now and Portland Police have never been involved or invited to it. I have gained relationships within the Fire Bureau, attended some of their events and was invited to participate as a volunteer in it. I volunteered for 2022 and it went so well that they invited me back as a camp counselor. In 2023, the Bureau approved me and another female Officer to be camp counselors for 3 days and we worked with them directly, showing them both the Fire side and Police side of First Response. We were the only Officer counselors out of all Fire Department Women, so we felt very special. In 2024, they invited me back and I am now bringing a female Sgt with me and a CCSO DA to join. We all work closely with each other, and this is a great opportunity to not only give young women a preview of Fire responders in Fire, but also in the other fields that they see. We are role models and leaders in our field of work, and I plan on continuing doing volunteer work while I work with this agency.

•Basic Police Certification
• Interview and Interrogation Class

•IBIS & NIK testing certified
•VCAD, RegJin
•ESWISS, DOC400, Ecourts
•Certified Sexual Assault Advocate: MultCo
•Criminal Crime Mapping: PSU
•Criminal Behavior: PSU
•American Justice System: PSU
•Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team (2025)
•SOUND TRUCK/Scribe
•Oregon ATV Certification (Police 2025)