Police Calls: Man at picnic table doing no harm

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.

May 29

The man who had been camping near Akers Lane was advised of the city ordinances regarding camping.

Someone was driving through Whitefish, trying to turn up the music and accidentally dialed 911.

A driver on 13th Street couldn’t stay in his lane and was driving erratically and very slowly.

May 30

Nobody recognized it, so a bicycle that had been on Shiloh Avenue for about a month was collected and put in the found property.

After a person accidentally dialed 911 for the seventh time, he was advised to try putting the phone in a different pocket.

A man who seemed high was drawing around on a dirt pile and talking to himself. He was advised that his actions were suspicious and he needed to move along.

May 31

There was a bunch of broken wood and possibly some nails in the roadway on Highway 93 in both southbound lanes.

The owner of a Nissan Sentra locked his keys in the vehicle.

A camper parked on Fifth Street caused concerns for some people from Georgia, as the camper was plugged into the house they were renting. They were concerned about camping on the street. The campers were advised of city ordinances.

A man let a woman he met just hours earlier stay at his place for a few days. He gave her the keys to his truck and to his house and he was now asking for help getting his keys back.

June 1

The caller thought the man at the picnic table, appearing to be on drugs and rocking back and forth, might have been the same man she heard yelling last night. When police checked on the man they found him to be sitting at the picnic table and not breaking the law.

The owner of a dog on Fifth Street has allowed the dog to bark for hours and, according to the caller, it is an ongoing problem.

Two rental e-bikes were rented out and had not been returned. They were described as “rad power bikes.” An error in the paperwork was later found to be the cause for the delayed return.

A man was told not to hang out next to the playground.

A construction trailer has been parked on Woodside Lane for nearly three weeks.

June 2

There was a report of a man sitting on the bike racks staring at kids and smoking a cigarette.

There was a party going on next door on Highway 93 and lots of people were being very loud but there was nothing law enforcement could do until 10 p.m. when the city ordinance was in place.

The caller said a business nearby had extremely loud music happening and the base was shaking his doors.

There was some drunken confusion centered around a Jeep.

June 3

A dog owner was made aware of the dog-at-large ordinance and said she would look into raising the height of her fence after her dog continually jumped the fence.

An older, small car was reported for having a very loud muffler.

It is suspected that someone is squatting at a location on Wisconsin Avenue.

A trailer had been on Voyager Drive for over 24 hours without moving.

It was suspicious when a couple appeared to be trying to get into the neighbor’s house on Second Street.

Disorderly behavior broke out after there was a collision with two rented jet skis and one of the parties got heated.

In another case of disorderly conduct, a male was disturbing the peace by asking people for beer and money and swearing at them when they refused. He tried to fight another male, was in violation of the open container law, refused to identify himself and urinated in the back of the patrol car.