Law roundup: Officer meets skaters and drivers halfway

Multiple parking spots were reportedly blocked off with caution tape and someone called the Kalispell Police Department to determine if it was done by an employee. A man told officers he was hosting a planned city event and the roped-off area was for children to learn how to skateboard. The officer met both parties halfway by having the roped-off area partially removed so children could still learn to skateboard on a flat surface and more vehicles could park.

A man with a gray goatee was allegedly sitting on a blanket at an intersection pretending to hold up a gun and “shoot at traffic.” The man was also moving up and down and picking up random objects.

Someone out mowing reportedly found a green Remington safe in a planter on the west side of a parking lot. Officers placed the safe in secure storage.

A man and woman in a beat-up green car allegedly parked in front of someone’s house for 30 minutes, which made a neighbor suspicious because they were near a school, however, there were no children around.

A fence panel was reportedly kicked in.

A woman might have been hoping for good karma in return after she went to the police department to turn in a wallet she found and wanted to check if a purse she reported stolen a while back had been found.

Someone allegedly thought a white GMC parked across three spaces was abandoned in a lot shared among businesses and wanted it towed.

A father wanted to know what actions were being taken regarding an incident where a driver reportedly thought his son cut them off and got out of their vehicle and punched his child.

A man claimed his landlord was filming him, which he took as a threat to his life. When an officer called him, he began rambling incoherently and was unable to say what crime had occurred. The officer told him to come to the police department to fill out a witness statement. The man said he was not being taken seriously, had been falsely arrested four times and hung up.

A suspicious group of five people purportedly walked into a business and a woman requested officers walk through the establishment to “scare them off.” Officers walked through and left without incident.

Someone was concerned that the driver of an Envoy SUV would potentially start a fire with a cigarette butt they threw out the window.

A passerby allegedly heard someone yelling profanities and a woman crying at a transient camp near a gravel pit where they saw a tent, garbage and a bicycle on the ground. They called officers wanting them to move along the transient camp.