Sunday, March 11, 2012

Living In A Small Town--Otherwise Known As 'The Police Log'

I've mentioned the we live in a small city--population somewhere in the 20,000-25,000 range.  This is the most populous city in the UP, but still, as far as most people are concerned, this is a small town.  For anyone familiar with my on-going 'police log' posts, you can tell just by the subject matter that we are nowhere close to big city-type problems here.  And as I've said before, I'm very okay with that.  However, the problems we DO have make for some amusing reading.  These are some police logs that I collected over the past few weeks:

--2:00 AM, Subject reported footprints leading to his front porch, along with missing white plastic chair;  footprints followed, no chair observed at suspected residence.
I'm certain this HAS to be a little old man with too much time on his hands.

--1:19 PM, Suspicious items found in woods;  nothing suspicious, small animal remains.
MORE people/person with too much time on their hands.

--4:12 PM, Men reported lying on ice and in a rubber boat;  OK, ice rescue training.
This completely perplexes me.  We have a Coast Guard station here and we ALWAYS witness rescue training.  Again, some people have too much time on their hands...

--8:07 PM, Complaint of drug use; no one would answer the door.
???

--10:44 PM, Deceased black and white cat placed into freezer at Department of Public Works.
I'm assuming they are waiting for it to be claimed by the owner/s?

--1:04 PM, Snow left on bike path from sled dog races.
Oooooookay!?!?

--3:42 PM, Suspicious subject behind the counter at a closed business;  all OK, worker installing countertops.
The joys of living in a small town where everyone pokes their noses into everyone's business.  ;)

And the best was saved for last:

--9:40 PM, Possible breaking and entering in progress;  noise heard was borrowed alarm clock.
Do I even NEED to comment?  :D

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:13 PM

    You have a very small town, indeed!

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  2. And I know people will/do chuckle, but this place seems like a big city to most of us who live in these parts. :)

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  3. Ahahahahhaha! Ahahahhahahaah! AHAHHAHAHHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAH!

    I can't handle these! too funny.

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  4. There certainly are some gems in there. ;)

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  5. Anonymous1:32 PM

    I'm sure that big-city cops would love to answer those calls!

    Yup, sounds like a lot of folks do have too much time on their hands. ;-)

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  6. And I, too, am happy that the cops are answering these type of calls instead of what is found in the big cities.

    Living in small towns and having older relatives when I was growing up taught me a lot about how some people use their too-much-free-time. ;)

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