Funny Police Reports in Montana papers (Bozeman, Belgrade: attorney, landlord, garden)

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The Bozeman Police Department reports for Wednesday included the following:

• A person reported that a neighbor’s dog continues to poop in the person’s yard. However, an officer said the dog was extremely old and could barely stand. It was unlikely the dog even left the porch.
• A caller reported that a man sitting in a parked car was wearing a brown paper bag over his head.

The Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office reports for Wednesday included the following:

• A man reported seeing a possibly broken window at his neighbor’s house. A deputy found that a storm the previous night had loosened the outside screen and it was hanging loose.
• A woman wanted someone to help her get a family picture back from some other family members who wouldn’t give it back.
• About 60 head of cattle were all over Dry Creek Road and no one was around.

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The Bozeman Police Department reports for Thursday included the following:

Two people were stopped at 2 a.m. and warned for potentially urinating in public.

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(Potentially? Were they jumping up and down and crossing their legs?)

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The Bozeman Police Department reports for Saturday included the following:

• Officers were unable to locate the culprit of a ding dong ditch on Fifth Avenue just after midnight.

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The Bozeman Police Department reports for Sunday included the following:

• A male walking back and forth outside an apartment complex at 1:15 a.m. was a resident “exercising on the sidewalk.”
• A driver warned about running a stop sign decided to walk home because it wasn’t far away.
• People screaming “worse than normal,” according to a neighbor, was “a family playing loudly with the windows open.”
• Three goats were loose in a parking lot off Jackrabbit Lane.

[MoonBeam33]

Never been to Montana. Who knew?

Thanks for the smile!

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A woman had questions about her neighbor coming to her yard and cutting her trees. She thought it was “a little strange.”

Two goats and one kid were at large on Shedhorn Drive. The kid was about 2 weeks old and “very cute.” They were taken to a safe area.

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The Bozeman Police Department reports for Tuesday included the following:

• Someone who entered a Fallon Street home by taking the screen out of a window didn’t take anything but left a purse behind.
• A person who reported receiving multiple phone calls from someone who says they are “window technicians” believed it was a scam.

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The Bozeman Police Department reports for Thursday included the following:

• A caller wanted a home checked on because there was a U-Haul van and people were using their cars to light up the house at 12:05 a.m. An officer responding said that “obviously” people were moving out.
• A magpie was reportedly trapped in a vehicle and, when a woman took a picture of it, another woman told her not to take any pictures. The caller thought the situation was strange.
• A group of people was warned for playing drums downtown at 10:40 p.m.
• A deputy warned a child and a mother for inappropriately ringing doorbells.

[oldtrader]

The police blotters recorded in Montana Papers, are sure different than in many parts of the country where they have multiple drive by shootings, gang murders, riots, etc. as their main reports. I will take Montana type police blotters any day.

[Reziac]

Originally Posted by oldtrader

The police blotters...

Need more sleep... I misread that as "The police diapers..."