Police Calls: Sometimes suspicious men are doing nothing illegal

The police calls section is presented for entertainment purposes and does not reflect the nature or the volume of the calls received by local law enforcement.

Nov. 19

-A member of the security team reported a black bear up a tree on Woodland Star Circle. He said residents of the area were scared to go outside.

-The manager of the homeowners association on Jasper Loop said he had pictures of vehicles and plates for people hopping a fence to use a private hot tub. Over 10 incidents of people trespassing to use the hot tub have been reported.

-Someone reported seeing a camp that a male transient had set up. They gave no details but said he had some green things and some orange things. The man was not breaking any rules.

-Another male, this one living near some public bathrooms, was not doing anything illegal.

-The caller said his friend was driving his car last night and was arrested for a DUI. The caller wanted to know where his vehicle had been towed.

Nov. 20

-An apparently unhinged woman called to report aggressive deer in her yard on Fourth Street. She told police she will “stab them with a pitchfork if someone doesn’t do something about it.”

-Apparently, someone cut a corner on Spokane Avenue and knocked down the walking signal screen. 

-After 10 p.m., someone called to complain about the noise coming from a nearby auto shop on Second Street. The caller said that for over an hour, they have been running their vehicles and revving engines with loud mufflers.

-A very evasive and very upset caller wanted to know what police officers actually do.

Nov. 21

-It was not exactly an accidental call to 911 when someone who just got a new phone called 911 just to make sure the phone could call 911.

-A caller on Colorado Avenue said he was scammed out of $10,000.

-There are questions about whether there is money missing from an HOA account on Agate Drive.

-A couple who had been drinking heavily, entered a location on First Street. They were reported to police when they left in a red pickup.

Nov. 22

-Three horses were loose on JP Road.

-The caller’s friend was about to fall off a 100-foot cliff on Ursa Major Drive. The vehicle was off the side of the road on a steep angle. Snow was melting beneath the slowly slipping vehicle. A trooper and Hill Brothers arrived and the vehicle was pulled back to the road.

-Three vehicles, a black Subaru, a white Pontiac and a motor home collided on 13th Street when one was trying to turn south on Highway 93.

Nov. 24

-A large underage party was reported when the caller saw about 50 people stumbling around in the alley near Dakota Avenue.