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February 17th 3:05 pm | Staff
Jan. 29
The Department of Public Safety received a complaint that a road construction crew was using poor traffic control procedures.
An officer advised a taxi driver to take her vehicle out of service after finding that she had proof of neither current registration nor insurance.
Officers assisted while EMS personnel conducted a brief medical exam of a drunken woman who had allegedly cut her wrist. No injuries of any sort were found.
A disabled vehicle and the muddy man underneath it blocked a roadway.
Jan. 30
Reginald I. Beggen, 33, was arrested for DUI.
Unalaska DPS booked a man arrested by another agency.
EMS personnel assisted a person in need of medical attention from a passing ship.
Caller from Colorado reported that someone in Unalaska appeared to be using his identity. An officer advised the identity theft victim that a records check determined that in 2000, a man had been arrested in Unalaska and charged under the Colorado resident's identity; the fraud was later discovered and the man was charged with additional crimes.
EMS provided care and transport to another person.
A driver who pulled out in front of another car and nearly caused an accident was advised to be more attentive in the future.
A woman reported receiving several phone calls in which an unidentified caller breathed heavily and made harassing statements.
A man who was tired of being called names by a neighbor reported the problem to both police and the neighbor's employer. The neighbor's employer was already handling the matter when an officer arrived.
Medevac
DPS received a third-hand report of a potentially suicidal person. An officer contacted the person in question and determined there was no cause for alarm.
A pedestrian suspected the driver of a small car of smoking dope, as a suspicious odor was emanating from the car's open windows. An officer contacted the occupants of the vehicle and found no recently consumed drugs. The driver was cited for Open Container.
Jan. 31
An apparently intoxicated man reported a fight involving multiple other inebriates at the Grand Aleutian Hotel. Officers arrived to find, after testimony from a dozen people, sober and otherwise, that the original caller had in fact instigated most of the problems about which he was complaining.
Officer advised an intoxicated bar patron to leave the premises.
DPS contacted Public Works about road conditions and damaged signage — twice.
"Petite piles of poo promulgated by pets prompted a protest to police."
DPS booked a man arrested by another agency.
An officer returned to an employer some baggage that had been left at the clinic by a patient.
An officer unlocked a vehicle.
Feb. 1
DPS booked a man arrested by another agency.
DPS issued a travel advisory due to unpleasant weather — twice.
DPS contacted Public Works about unpleasant road conditions.
DPS issued a burn permit.
DPS unlocked a vehicle.
EMS assisted by DPS cared for an injured man who had slipped on ice.
EMS assisted by DPS provided care and transport for an individual who had been struck by a container van and fallen a significant distance.
DPS unlocked a vehicle.
A man who was peeved about the amount of snow pushed against his home by road crews vented his frustration by rolling large snow boulders into the roadway. An officer advised against this course of action and helped the perturbed citizen remove said boulders from the road.
DPS assisted the driver of a disabled vehicle.
Feb. 2
An officer assisted EMS personnel with the care and transport of a patient in severe mental distress.
DPS served some civil papers.
"Pet poop prompted another protest to police."
Medevac
A caller reported being cut off by an erratic driver. The quite sober driver turned himself in at the police station and stated he had simply passed a vehicle which he believed was disabled at an intersection.
Clinic staff requested assistance with a woman who was undressing herself in the clinic waiting area.
DPS assisted the driver of a disabled vehicle.
A processing plant employee reported being in fear for his life after being pushed in the chest and receiving a mean look from a coworker. Officers determined that language barriers and unfamiliarity with plant equipment had prompted the alleged altercation.
Taxi passenger and taxi driver argued for an unreasonable amount of time about a lost and then found wallet which the passenger had falsely accused the driver of taking. Officers mediated the situation.
Feb. 3
An extremely intoxicated and uncooperative man was taken into protective custody after it became clear he was unable to care for himself.
DPS issued a travel advisory.
DPS unlocked a vehicle.
EMS was dispatched to a medical call.
A driver traveling down an icy slope was unable to stop and struck another vehicle which was stopped on the road and waiting to turn. Damage to the two vehicles was significant; only minor injuries were reported.
A Motorola cell phone was reported lost at the CEM dock.
Officers assisted clinic personnel with a mentally unstable and uncooperative patient.
DPS received a speeding complaint.
DPS contacted Public Works about road conditions — twice.
EMS personnel with DPS assistance provided care and transport to a man whose legs had been crushed by a 1600-pound pallet.
Driver who lives on an extremely icy road reported sliding backwards down the road and striking a parked vehicle en route to the bottom of the hill. Due to the inordinately slick conditions the responding officer was unable even to walk to the parked vehicle to assess damages. The incident is under investigation.
Another agency turned unused narcotics over to the police for destruction.
A caller reported a city vehicle threw gravel up and cracked her windshield.
DPS issued another travel advisory, for extremely hazardous icy roads.
Officers attempted to help a driver whose vehicle was stuck on an icy road, but were unable to do so due to the total lack of traction in the area.
Feb. 4
DPS contacted Public Works about the road situation.
A search of the UDPS jail turned up two small weapons that had been manufactured by a prisoner. The suspect was identified after reviewing video footage of the area in question. The information was forwarded the suspect's current holding facility.
DPS unlocked a vehicle.
Medevac
A dog, which had made itself at home in a processing plant galley, was impounded and lodged in far less tasty digs.
Medevac
Woman reported receiving several non-threatening messages from an unidentified and unwanted caller over the last five months, and asked to have her complaint documented should she decide to pursue charges at a later date.
DPS received report of a missing black leather wallet, containing ID and cash, and possibly left at the PCR.
Feb. 5
DPS assisted EMS personnel as the provided care and transport for a woman with sever asthma.
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