Benicia Police Log: Neighbor Dispute on Channing, Family Dispute on Carsten, Police Polish Counseling Skills

This is the crime bulletin for Thursday, September 27, 2012 from the Benicia Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report.

3:14 p.m.: Officers began investigating the truancy record of a Wainwright resident.

3:38 p.m.: Police received a report of a stolen cell phone at Benicia High School.  The school resource officer will investigate.

3:54 p.m.: A business on First Street reported a man threatening employees.   Officers were unable to find the man.

5:24 p.m.: Officers were unable to determine what activated an alarm at a West Industrial Way business.

5:35 p.m.: Officers spoke to the owner of a car that was parked in a fire lane on Shirley.  The owner agreed to move the car.

6:10 p.m.: There was a non-injury traffic collision on East Second Street.  There was damage to city property.

6:57 p.m.: Officers offered counseling to a pair of Channing Circle neighbors who were acting in less than neighborly fashion toward one another.

7:02 p.m.: The two kids who were playing in the middle of East Fifth Street were gone when officers arrived to discuss traffic safety with them.

7:40 p.m.: Officers provided counseling to members of a family on Carsten who were having a rather heated argument.

7:41 p.m.: Police received a report of a dog on Buena Vista that was barking all day.  Officers were unable to find the hound.

8:08 p.m.: Police received a report of a man who violated a child visitation order.  The man was gone when officers arrived.

8:39 p.m.: A man walking and yelling on East Second Street appeared drunk to the people who called to report him.   The man had disappeared before officers arrived on the scene.

9:55 p.m.: Police received a report of a possible drunk driver on East Second Street.  Officers responding to the report were unable to find a drunk person driving a car in the area.

Editor’s Note:  Even though I inject a bit of humor into these police logs, please remember, the men and women whose job it is to protect us rarely find it funny when they are approaching a drunk person or a building where the alarm is going off.

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