A news release from Portland Police Bureau Crime Stopper’s about a Mid-county murder murder follows. Crime Stoppers and police need your help solving this crime.

“Crime Stoppers, in cooperation with the Portland Police Bureau, wants your help in solving a homicide that occurred in East Portland.

“On June 11, 2010, at approximately 12:51 in the morning, 33-year-old David Cosmo Jenkins was shot and killed while driving a light blue, 1991 Oldsmobile westbound on E. Burnside at 90th Ave. Detectives believe he was coming from the area of 162nd and E. Burnside just prior to his death.

A news release from Portland Police about a shooting in outer east Portland on Monday night follows:

“Last night (7/26) around 8:30 p.m., Portland Police Officers responded to the 3800 block of SE 136th Avenue on a call of a shooting that had just occurred.  When officers arrived, they were unable to locate a shooting victim but received information from witnesses that shots had been fired from a vehicle.

A news release from the Portland Police about a teenager missing from his mother’s side —with permission — at Ventura Park in the Hazelwood neighborhood of east Portland. The police are asking the public for help.

“Detectives from the Portland Police Bureau’s Missing Person’s Unit are asking the public’s help in locating 16-year-old Levi Richard Parker. Parker was last seen in Ventura Park located at Southeast 117th and Stark Street on Thursday, July 22, 2010.

Three unedited news releases from the Portland Police Bureau about the murder, investigation and subsequent arrest at Northeast 103rd and Clackamas Street in the Hazelwood neighborhood early Saturday, July 10 follow.

“Portland Police Homicide Detectives arrested 27-year-old Thomas A. Kolpin yesterday, July 12, 2010, in connection with the stabbing death of Carroll Williams last Saturday morning.  Mr. Williams was stabbed after an altercation in the area of 103rd and Northeast Clackamas Street.

“Kolpin was charged with one count of Murder and one count of Unlawful Use of a Weapon and was lodged in the Multnomah County Jail in downtown Portland.  The US Marshall’s Fugitive Task Force assisted in the arrest of Kolpin.

A release from Dave Smith of the East Precinct Involved Citizens committee follows.

“Are the Portland Police well trained, or do they act on their own during a crisis?  What guidelines do the police use in hostage situations, and violent confrontations?

“Join us on [Monday] July 28, 2010 to learn, first hand, what the police are trained to do, and why.

“You will see demonstrations of potentially dangerous situations and the actions and reactions that are a part of police officers jobs.

The July issue of the Memo was posted earlier this week.

This month’s feature stories include: a story by Heather Hill about the schism at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Parkrose; Lee Perlman reports on the progress of PAC, or the Gateway Regional Center Urban Renewal Area Program Advisory Committee; Perlman also reports on the wrapping up of the Portland International Airport’s Master Plan; finally, this month’s Perlman’s Potpourri, a beat reporter’s round-up of news and information in Mid-Multnomah County.

As always, the Memo Calendar, containing east Portland’s most comprehensive listing of community events.

We receive hundreds of e-mails from lots of different people and organizations asking for press, publicity and promulgation. We think this one, from Oregon Partnership, deserves wider attention, especially over this weekend. It follows. Oregon Partnership is a 501-3c non-profit organization whose laudable mission is to end substance abuse and suicide in Oregon.

“OP is the state’s leading non-profit organization that promotes healthy communities through drug and alcohol awareness, prevention programs, and 24-hour crisis lines for treatment referral, crisis counseling, and suicide intervention.

“Oregon’s citizen soldiers and their families who face a daunting array of challenges now have a compassionate resource they can turn to in OP’s Military Helpline. The number is 888-HLP-4-VETS (888-457-4838).