Law roundup: Police asked to use their parenting skills

Deciding that it was time for her son to come home from his girlfriend's home, a mother asked an officer with the Kalispell Police Department to give him a ride. Rather than trade in the badge for a cabbie's medallion, the officer phoned the boy and asked him to get a move on, which he agreed to do. Updating the mother, the officer found her less than pleased. After he reminded her that the boy was not a runaway juvenile and that the issue fell well short of being a criminal matter, she allegedly cursed the officer out and hung up. 

Waking up to find both her GMC Acadia and grandson had disappeared, a grandmother tried to track down the boy at school. When he wasn't there, she turned to the police. The boy eventually turned up in a classroom, albeit late, and his grandmother retrieved the missing vehicle. Officers suggested she look into the Montana Youth Challenge Academy. 

A concerned parent showed up while officers were clearing school buildings after a crisis hotline received a possible shooting threat. Officers advised him to keep away. The threat was later deemed a hoax. 

Hoping to get his belongings back from his grandfather's home, a man asked for a civil standby. Officers contacted the grandfather, who explained that he had already banned his grandson from the property and arranged to have the grandson's mother pick up his things. When the police explained that to the grandson, he demanded their badge numbers and asked to file a complaint. Officers reminded him about being banned from his grandparent's home. 

A mother told officers her daughter hit her in the eye.

Porch pirates nabbed a package left outside a home in the middle of the afternoon. The intended recipient caught the whole thing on their security camera and contacted the police.  

Two vehicles with trailers attached were left on a property owner's lot and she wanted them gone. Officers provided her with the number of a tow company. 

Officers reminded a man against contacting his ex-girlfriend, who had taken out a no contact order in municipal court. 

The manager of a store asked officers to help him remove a man from the business' property. He'd been asked twice to depart and refused. He also was reportedly yelling at customers. The man ended up leaving with the aid of the police. 

Spotting a woman they believed was trying to camp out on company property, an employee phoned the authorities. The worker described her as wrapped in a blue fleece blanket and headed west on Center Street.