Editors Note: Police reports from ERPD will from time to time appear under this headline. These reports will be ones that are a little out of the ordinary from the the Police Briefs which East Ridge News Online has run since the inception of the Website. The stories appearing under the headline are not intended to embarrass, denigrate or discourage citizens from calling for help, only to illustrate the extreme and sometimes bizarre range of calls that East Ridge’s Finest are called in on to sort out. The headline reflects the question that dispatchers ask when a person calls for help from law enforcement authorities.
So, a black and white from ERPD was called to a convenience store down by the Flea Market recently.
It seems that the manager was asking for the cops to come down and have a word with a couple of folks who were “causing a fire hazard.”
According to a police report, an officer arrived and spoke with a woman who was smoking a cigarette on a gas pump at the store. Her male companion was moving all their belongings out of the nearby Motel 6 and stacking them against the pumps.
The woman was told to stop smoking and “both parties were advised to leave the property.” The couple complied with the officer’s request.
As an aside, the officer did his due diligence in regard to the duo. He ran their names for any wants or warrants and they both came back negative.
_ East Ridge police were called to a retirement home recently to check on the well being of one of its residence.
According to a police report, cops had already spoken with the man earlier in the day, “as he continued to call and harass desk clerks” at the facility. Police made contact with the man once again. The responding officer reported that the man appeared to be intoxicated. In fact, the man admitted to taking his various medications with alcohol. The man told police he had already spoken with the “Crisis Center” saying that he just wanted somebody to talk to.
The report states that personnel from the Crisis Center spoke with a police officer to see if the officer could persuade the man to go to the hospital. The man wouldn’t hear of it, and he refused to be transported to be checked by doctors.
The report states, “after speaking with police, he advised he did not need any additional medical assistance, did not need to speak with Crisis and continued to berate the front desk and facility personnel.”
Staff at the facility told an officer that they would check on their unfriendly guest periodically and contact police if his behavior continued.
