Law roundup: Whistling while working is not a crime

A man’s purported hour-long whistling while he worked in an area of a bank grated on a woman’s nerves enough to have her husband confront him, which proved to be unsuccessful. She then complained to the Kalispell Police Department that the cleaning service was leaf blowing late at night, keeping her awake. Officers basically told her they had a job to do and it’s not criminal to whistle. The officer also spoke to his manager, advising them about the complaint.

A man allegedly told officers that his strange behavior was him working on martial arts. He was moved along anyway.

A man wearing white shorts and a backward hat allegedly threw a rock at an ambulance while walking toward the hospital.

Officers received another call about a different man who threw a rock at a vehicle. Officers spoke with the man who reportedly said the person he threw a rock at fired a gun at him. Officers assured him there were no complaints of gunshots and that he should call the police rather than engaging with him if people were shooting at him.

Two trash bags containing prescription bottles without names were found in a yard. It appeared likely that someone stole the trash bags from a medical facility.

Two dogs reportedly jumped out of a vehicle and went after a woman and her dog. The woman told officers the dog owner, a woman in her 20s, allowed her dogs to be off leash and became disorderly when asked to contain her dogs.

A woman claimed there was a temporary restraining order against her, which resulted in her having to stay in a parking lot and now that she was home, discovered someone entered it, tossed her belongings around and suspected someone urinated in it because of the smell. She said she needed to lie down and didn’t want anyone to come over.

A driver allegedly honked at a man who cut her off and was startled when he got out of his car, swore at her and flipped her off. Officers advised her she could fill out a statement and they could counsel the man, however, she declined, said law enforcement wouldn’t do anything and hung up, which begs the question of why she called in the first place.