No Call Too Small

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11/8 10:37 p.m. A man who was locked in a bathroom called back to say he got out.

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11/6 4:42 p.m. A man said someone pulled a knife on him and it was a long story.

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11/4 10:34 p.m. A dog had been barking for 45 minutes at an undisclosed location, and it was unclear if it was "a distressed bark or just a bored bark."

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9/13/19 5:56 p.m. An employee at Senor Taco told police that a customer got angry with him for not making his burrito quickly enough.

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9/19 6:14 p.m. A man fell into bushes and was "just sitting there looking dazed" near Country Club Road and Boones Ferry Road.

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6/26 8:38 a.m. A resident emailed the police chief about a dispute with neighbors who were upset about their water use and early bathing.

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6/24 10:12 a.m. A caller said he could hear a neighbor pounding her head against the wall. It turned out she was pounding her head on a pillow while she was trying to go to sleep.

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6/21 12:16 a.m. A weird animal that "sounds like a Tasmanian devil" was heard in the bushes near the 5000 block of Jean Road.

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6/19 9:30 p.m. A caller was concerned about a boat that had a water skier who kept falling behind it.

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6/5 8:27 p.m. A caller said their 16-year-old daughter was having a meltdown and trying to kick down a door because she thought her sister had her belongings.

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5/31 6:41 p.m. A 16-year-old son hadn't been to school in four days, despite being told that he needed to go. The teen was apparently leaving and then sneaking back into the house through a window when his parents left.

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4/11/18 A man told police he had just received a call from his 13-year-old son, who was being chased and yelled at by his grandmother for refusing to go to his piano lesson.

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4/10/18 A homeowner asked police to ban his neighbor from his property after coming home to find the women pulling weeds in his year.

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3/1/18 The motorist who stopped his vehicle wasn't having car trouble, he told police. He was just trying to take a photo of what he said was a rare duck.

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2/13/18 What looked like broken glass in an intersection was actually just water sparkling in the sun - a rare occurrence in February, no doubt, but not a hazard.

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1/15/18 Burnt popcorn set off smoke alarms that brought firefighters to a senior living community. The smoke had dissipated by the time crews arrived, but that smell ...