Police Calls: Lingering mail truck cause for concern
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 13
The owner of the vehicle that was parked on a yellow curb but not blocking the roadway on Spokane Avenue was working to have the car moved shortly.
Someone felt it was suspicious that a man was parked on the side of the road on Grouse Ridge Drive. The caller didn’t know why he was there.
A driver failed to yield to pedestrian traffic on Spokane Avenue.
The caller requested law enforcement to check out a neatly organized transient camp after finding a cat there in a crate with food and water.
Someone locked his keys in his vehicle and required assistance.
Two juvenile females were reportedly on the roof of the restrooms.
The driver of a black Jeep was swerving and almost went off the road after the caller had tried to tell them to sober up and that they shouldn’t be driving.
May 14
After a blue Subaru lost a tire, it was blocking part of the roadway on Oregon Avenue but the driver had a tow truck coming.
Two dogs on Second Street apparently dug under the fence, got out, lunged at and bit at the feet of a young cyclist riding by. The owner of the dogs said she would make sure the dogs are indoors when the family is not home and understood she would likely get a citation should her dogs get out and nip at people again.
May 17
A VW Jetta with New Hampshire license plates was illegally parked in a permit parking area for an hour.
There has been a vehicle parked behind the caller’s house on Lupfer for nearly a month.
A truck with no occupants on Highway 93 seemed to be on fire. The cabin filled with smoke and the fire department arrived.
A deer was wounded by a vehicle on Wisconsin Avenue.
May 18
During the Whitefish Marathon, an extremely agitated, older male spoke to a police officer about racers and bikers on the road. He believed they should be somewhere else, like on a sidewalk.
A pink and purple iPhone case was turned in at the police station.
Someone was concerned about a mailman who had been sitting for a long time in front of the caller’s house on Portage Way. The mailman usually spends just 20 minutes there but it had been over three hours.