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Kellogg Police Department Roll Call: Jan. 1-12

by SGT. PAUL TWIDT/Kellogg Police Department
| January 13, 2022 2:29 PM

• Checked on cousin Eddie's motor home on Mullan Avenue. It will be moved in the next day or two.

• Dispatched to a jeep that had been egged on Riverside Avenue. Who eggs a Jeep? Thinking it must be a Bronco driver? Cleared, report taken.

• Animal complaint on the 10 block of E. Park. Unable to get vehicle down that road.

• Called to a motorist assist at 51 E. Bound, vehicle was out of fuel and transporting another occupant at the time. Transported the driver to their house to get a gas can and transported the other passenger to their destination.

• Recontacted the same vehicle at 51 again as K76 received another call, male did not want help from law enforcement and made that abundantly clear. NAT.

• Called to the Avista parking lot for a male laying in the snow. Cleared, NAT subject was code 4.

• Called to the same male in the Kellogg City Park, male didn't want any help, NAT.

• Parking tickets issued on the 600 block of Bunker x3.

• Traffic stop McKinley and Main for wrong way driver. Cleared, verbal.

• Traffic stop Hill Street, Humdinger parking lot for failure to maintain lane. Cleared, verbal.

• Courtesy transport from IGA parking lot to 300 block W. Mullan. Cleared.

• Suspicious vehicle at Station and Division. Cleared, vehicle was just stuck, got them out with a push.

• Citizen contact 10 Block W. Cameron with suspicious individuals. Cleared, NAT.

• Traffic stop 200 block W. Cameron failure to signal. Cleared, verbal.

• Traffic stop IGA parking lot Failure to stop. Cleared, verbal.

• Traffic stop S. Division and E. Portland for headlights. Cleared, citation issued x2.

• Traffic stop I-90 and S. Division Turn signal. Cleared, verbal.

• Assisted K78 with 911 Hang up 600 block Bunker Avenue.

• Business check Dirty Dog.

• Traffic stop 600 block of McKinley for a Ram TRX going over 45mph through Hill and McKinley. PSA, If you're going to show off in your new truck don't do it leaving the bar after you've had too many to drink and blow through a stop sign in front of two cops. It makes for a bad time. Cleared, DUI arrest.

• Traffic stop FairBridge parking lot failure to stop/signal. Cleared, verbal.

• Traffic stop FairBridge parking lot for fail to stop. Cleared, misdemeanor arrest 8004.

• Assisted county with a stuck vehicle on theater road. Cleared, just needed a little push from three officers.

• K78 pushed two stuck vehicles tonight, “so that’s my exercise for the year, feels good to get it done early.”

• Checked on my previously tagged vehicles for inhibiting snow removal. Only two left.

• Drunk driver in the McDonalds parking lot. Said drunk driver went through the drive thru the wrong way. Driver was a little surprised when the lady taking the orders was on the wrong side of his truck. Cleared, DUI arrest.

• Assisted county, Moon Gulch with overdose, CPR in progress. Canceled prior to arrival.

• Dispatched to an individual who had locked their keys in their vehicle with their dog inside 600 block Bunker Avenue, assisted with calling a local locksmith, and assisted said locksmith with the always prestigious flashlight holding duty, Dog and keys were both recovered. Cleared, public assist.

• Took in a dog for county out of Pinehurst. Cleared, other agency assist.

• Possible suicidal subject on 400 block W. Portland Avenue. Contacted subject and they were fine, just having a bad day, no plans created/enacted, etc. and family was already coming by. Public assist.

• Agency assist, county had vehicle failing to yield, Weir Gulch area. Canceled prior to arrival.

• Checked on abandoned/snow removal vehicles.

• 200 block of W. Elder, low hanging line. Did not appear to be power, most likely fiber, but the pole it was coming from did not have a number. K75 was able to pull it tight and wrap it around the pole rather than cutting it (it was low enough to where a passenger car would have hit it).

• Traffic stop at Bunker/Hill, verbal for yield from stop sign… they stopped, but nearly collided with K74 while he was through the intersection. Also verbal for displaying the incorrect temporary registration (one on the vehicle was expired, the one in the glovebox was current — out of state).

• Traffic stop at 100 block McKinley, verbal for no tail lights, mud flaps/fender extenders, basically all equipment violations you can think of. They were in the process of moving project vehicle from one location to another and trail car was advised to activate hazard lights to indicate this.

• Courtesy transport a dad and his two kids from Les Schwab to the Silver Inn after they popped a tire. Cleared, public assist.

• Picked up K76’s patrol vehicle from the local auto repair place.

• Evidence work. Located an assault kit and logged it in to the system.

• Paper work to the court house.

• Checked on snow removal vehicle. Yup still a lot out there.

• Parking complaint at 10 block W. Mullan, tagged a vehicle for 48-hour removal in the parking lot of the church, they state its been there for several days. Checked with Dave Smith and it does not belong to employee and was also not taken in on trade (vehicle not in their system).

• Assisted Pinehurst PD with their E-ticket software, update file installed on laptops.

• Vehicle slide off I-90 MP49 on-ramp. Pushed the car out. Cleared, public assist.

• Dispatched to a domestic 500 block W. Riverside. Cleared, parties separated, report taken.

• No school patrol today as it was a snow day.

• Unwanted subject at 600 block W. Cameron, Silver Inn. Subject was under the impression that the County would be paying for an unlimited stay until family could drive from New Jersey to pick them up. This was incorrect and the information was relayed to the person. The person declined to take custody of the bus ticket that had also been purchased by the county and elected to walk on down the road.

• Landline regarding snow removal vehicles, advised we were aware of the situation and have several around town that are in need of being removed. They were not complaining, but rather had a question as to when the vehicle would be removed.

• Unattended death at 100 block E. Portland, family on-scene. Report taken, nothing suspicious found given the investigation.

• Snow, then some more snow. oh yeah, it snowed.

• Spoke with several people about throwing the snow back into the street after the plow guys plowed the street.

• The great parking lot vehicle migration took place again this morning. What a majestic thing to watch.

• Contacted a concerned individual on the 400 block of S. Division about not being able to get out of their house. Clear unfounded.

• Multiple motorist assists throughout the city, helping people that were stuck in the soup, I mean snow…

• Call for a tree on a powerline on fire across the street from the hospital. Cleared, other agency assist.

• Assisted D2 with a gas leak on the 10 block of W. Cameron. Cleared, other agency assist.

• Motorist assist at the top of Hill Street. Cleared public assist.

• Landline request regarding plows blocking driveway.

• Paper servicer on the 100 block of Presley. Cleared, negative contact.

• Welfare check on the 400 block of W. Mission. Cleared, subject was code 4.

• Motorist assist at Fourth and Division, vehicle slid on ice and got stuck in the snow bank in a friend's driveway, no damage. Cleared, individual called Nickerson's to get pulled out, public assist.

• Non-injury crash on the 700 block of Cameron. Cleared report taken.

• Called to the 600 block of Bunker for an individual being taken off the mountain. Cleared, was told to cancel before arrival.

• Parking enforcement (as much as could be done) at the base of Silver Mountain. One ticket issued and two voided. The two voided were owners arriving prior to issuance. The 1 written was for parking in Emergency Vehicle Only signed parking.

• Assisted county, wrong way driver turned into head-on crash on I-90 at 48. Canceled prior to arrival.

• Welfare check/motorist assist at SMC parking lot, flat tire on vehicle and now person not answering phone. Upon arrival, RP called dispatch back and advised the subject already had help and was on their way home. Also made contact with witnesses to the crash on I-90 and directed them back to speak with ISP.

• What a slushy day, spent most of the day trying to not get stuck.

• Dog at large in the area of the Gondolier gas station. Husky, black and white male. Very friendly and got into my vehicle without even saying anything. Then decided to get out of the vehicle due to the window being down slightly (surprised he didn't break the window) and ran off. Harry Houdini’s dog was again found and placed into the pound.

• NIBRS download for 2021. NIBRS found lots of errors. Some due to the crash and some are due to ARTS not catching them before being sent. Others I just missed when I was approving reports (I missed that some narratives did not match the report.) Some officers have reports sent back due to some of the errors please check and fix.

• NIBRS errors worked on most of the day. Most of them fixed some still giving me a headache.

• Parking issue at Division on the I90 interchange, parking ticket issued for parked in a no parking zone. Was also able to make contact with owner to have vehicle removed as it was causing a hazard (vision obstruction on the WB 51 off-ramp stop sign).

• Follow-up on motor vehicle crash. Completed report and turned over to outside agency. Kellogg City vehicle involved.

• Lost and found. Found property 100 block E. Portland, was able to track down and locate owner of phone. Phone turned in to work to give to owner (does not live in town to drop off).

• Traffic hazard Hill Street and Cameron. Semi got high centered on a snow bank. FYI if you're new to driving a long truck in the snow wear more than flip flops, you're going to have a bad time chaining up.

• Did more walking today than I really care to do. Handed out flyers for snow removal on Mission Riverside and Mullan.

• Traffic stop E. Portland and Division broken headlight. Citation for no insurance.

• Traffic stop Avista parking lot for broken headlight. Cleared, verbal.

• Traffic stop W. Cameron and Utah for broken taillight. Cleared, verbal.

• Traffic stop Hill and Cameron for broken headlight. Cleared, verbal.

• Traffic stop Yoke's parking lot for wrong way driver. Cleared, verbal.

• Traffic stop Main and McKinley for parking in handicap spot. Cleared, verbal.

• Traffic stop S. Division and Main for broken headlight. Cleared, verbal.

• A huge shout out to the people on Mission, Riverside and Mullan Avenue. All the vehicle were moved off the streets for snow removal it was awesome.

Be happy, be safe, snow happens.