Obituaries
Grant Shirahama, Former Portland Police Officer, Dies On Mt. Hood
Grant Shirahama, who was a school resource officer and search and rescue volunteer, died Friday.
PORTLAND, OR – Grant Shirahama, a longtime student resource officer for the Portland Police Bureau and frequent search and rescue volunteer, died on Friday. Mountain Wave Search and Rescue, with whom he often worked, said that he had been hiking on Mt. Hood when he suffered a heart attack.
Shrahama worked as a production assistant and KATU and news photographer at KGW before joining the Portland Police Bureau's Youth Services Division.
Shirahama was assigned to Wilson High School and was remembered fondly by former colleagues.
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In addition to his work with the police bureau, he could often be found in wooded and mountainous areas helping look for missing or injured people.
He participated in more than 100 search and rescue missions, including the as-yet unsuccessful search for Kyron Horman and the efforts to reach people trapped during the Oso landslides.
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"May his family feel the strength and love from all PPB and those he touched," the police bureau said Monday.
Photo courtesy Portland Police.
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