I could have sworn that I'd already blogged the Arcata Eye Police Log. It wasn't in the category I expected though, and it was easier to go back to the original source than try to find it on my site. Figured I'd put it here since I'm not sure if I'll remember where to find it again next time.

Here's an example of the kinds of things you'll find there:

Thursday, November 20 12:54 a.m. He pounded on the apartment door while she screamed, but it wasn’t the standard courtship ritual it seemed. They were shooting a scene from a movie. Police asked that the production notify them in advance next time they visit cinematic verisimilitude on affordable housing this time of night.

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10:53 a.m. A man in black (but with white shoes) reclined in the street on Spear Avenue, then got up and moved around some.

12:43 p.m. Increasingly desperate for dope, food, a motel room or whatever ya got, the 14th Streetcorner hippie sapiens adopted a more robust approach to mining the indulgence of passing motorists. Not only did they mount a determined effort to waggle their ratty cardboard sign, the streetcorner sitabouts forfeited hard-won cannabis lethargy to verbally aggress passersby.

2:36 p.m. A father showed up at school to pick up children, but was shown a court order disallowing him doing so. With that, he ripped up the papers and made a fuss in the office.

3:13 p.m. A dumpster roamed into the intersection of Myrtle Court and Shirley Boulevard. It was persuaded to retreat to the sidewalk.

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7:44 p.m.
A woman in trench coat of pink,
Made more than a bit of a stink
By yelling at diners
With no taste for whiners
Who’d get more results from a shrink.

11:14 p.m. A man who took a whiz off his 12th Street balcony didn’t give sufficient thought to the destination of his pee, which turned out to be a neighbor’s car. The urine-coated car’s owner called police, and the rainman apologized.