Tom Potter
Biography
Thomas Jay Potter (born September 12, 1940) is an American politician and law enforcement officer in the U.S. state of Oregon. He served as Mayor of Portland from 2005 to 2009, and had been the chief of the Portland Police Bureau from 1987 to 1990. As mayor he continued his advocacy of community policing and expressed interest in other reforms of the Portland Police Bureau. 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.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
86 releases · 30 albums · active 1989–2025
- Performance · 171
- Production · 10
- Other credits · 3
Studios: Ghetto Recorders · Rocket Science Audio · Grayton House · White Rose Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Bantam Rooster
- The Dirtbombs
- Various
- Choke Chains
- The Detroit City Council
- Sam Greenfield
- Beasteater
- Seger Liberation Army



