Mid-county Memo Blog

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 release from the Portland Police Bureau about today’s Special Emergency Response Team call-up follows:

“Update: The suspect wanted in today’s SERT activation has been found in the area of 120th and Ash. He was locating hiding under bushes.

“The suspect involved in today’s SERT callout has been identified as Leslie Ward Petersen.

“On Wednesday, June 30, 2010, the Portland Police Bureau’s SERT was activated in the area of 121st and Burnside after the U.S. Marshals attempted to arrest a suspected armed robber who was in a residence in the area.”

A news release and update from the Portland Police Bureau follows about morning mayhem in Mid-county’s Glenfair neighborhood:

“On Sunday March 14th, at approximately 1:20 a.m., Portland Police Officers responded to the 14700 block of E. Burnside St. on a report of a stabbing. Officers arrived and encountered a male subject leaving the area. The subject was detained and later determined to be the assailant.

We received a news release from Portland Police Bureau about a shooting incident in outer east Portland last night. It follows:

“Last night (Tuesday, Jan.5) at 12:45 a.m., Portland Police Officers responded to the 100 Block of Southeast 160th (Ave.) on a report of a person being shot. Before officers arrived, 911 dispatchers received information that the victim was being driven to the hospital by a friend. The victim, 21-year-old Cherie Thompson, was taken to Emanuel hospital and received treatment for non-life threatening injuries from two gunshot wounds.

Last night there was an injury accident in east Portland involving a police car and two people from the television show COPS. The combined press releases from the Portland Police Bureau follow.

“On September 29, 2009 at approximately 9:00 p.m., a Portland Police Officer driving Eastbound on Southeast Stark Street near 136th (Avenue) was hit by an oncoming vehicle that veered into the officer’s lane. Two passengers from the COPS television show were riding in the officer’s vehicle as part of a COPS production that is currently being filmed with the Portland Police Bureau.

An e-mail from the Portland Police Bureau about a bicyclist’s death on Northeast 122nd Avenue this morning follows. When it happens close to home, literally, it reminds me of how fishing line thin the line between life and death, happiness and sadness, tragedy and peace is. I will post the victim’s name when released.

“BICYCLIST KILLED BY HIT AND RUN DRIVER
Posted: August 27th, 2009 4:03 AM

“Tonight at approximately 2:15 a.m., Portland Police Officers responded to the area of Northeast 122nd and Fremont Street on a report of a hit and run incident involving a car and a bicyclist. When officers arrived, they found a 52-year-old deceased male bicyclist and determined the vehicle involved had left the scene.

Citizen volunteers needed for police review committee

The Independent Police Review Division receives and screens complaints about Portland Police Bureau officers. The IPR may investigate, mediate, dismiss, or refer complaints to the Portland Police Bureau.

The IPR overseeing investigations, analyzing complaint patterns, and conducting policy reviews. is seeking volunteers for the Citizen Review Committee to monitor and advise the IPR, hear appeals and receive public concerns.

Candidates must be Portland, Oregon residents or business owners with a lack of real or perceived conflicts of interest for or against law enforcement. Seeking five volunteers for two year terms.

A summary of feature stories from the May 2009 edition of the Mid-county Memo:

The Gateway Green Project gets going with a grant for planning and an anonymous donation.

To meet Mayor Sam Adams’ first round of budget cuts, Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer  cuts the number of police precincts from five to three.  The Northeast Precinct will now stretch from Linnton to Gresham.

Western States Chiropractic College, the 105-year-old institution in Mid-county seeks to become a university.

Up next, Perlman’s Potpourri: news items from across the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods of mid-Multnomah County from veteran Beat Reporter Lee Perlman.

Public meetings are being planned to let citizens in on the Portland Police Bureau’s plans for redistricting, and that includes east Portland’s East Precinct.

Neighbors with the Madison South Neighborhood Association have been given some advanced notice concerning the changes, and apparently their portion of east Portland will be redistricted – out of the East Precinct. Some of those members are unhappy with the plans.

The first public meeting of city officials and the PPB for citizens to view proposed boundary changes, learn about redistricting recommendations and provide feedback regarding changes to the PPB East Precinct will be held Tuesday, Jan. 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Banfield Corporate Office, 8000 N.E. Tillamook St.