Law roundup: After hitting the sack, man told to hit the road

A modern-day Rip Van Winkle got a rude awakening after a passerby found him sleeping in bushes and called the Kalispell Police Department. The passerby told officers he couldn't tell if the man was breathing or not and got no response when he hollered at him. Officers saw more success in rousing the sleeping beauty, who was subsequently banned from the property.  

Apparently forgetting about the First Amendment, a passerby told the authorities that a group of protesters were distracting to passing motorists and wanted the police to check their papers.  

Suspecting that a motorist was living in their car, a resident alerted the police, who issued the possibly homeless person a parking ticket.  

Someone turned in a pair of dogs they found in the neighborhood. Both animals lacked collars. The two animals ended up in the county shelter.  

Sick of looking at a blue wagon left on her property, a woman phoned the police asking what they could do about it.  

Locked and loaded, a resident told the authorities he planned to take the fight to a "pesky woodpecker" on his roof. He said the call was a courtesy as he planned to be out in his yard with a BB gun. Officials recommended he loop the fish and wildlife department in on his campaign.  

A property owner told dispatchers that the police needed to do something about propane tanks left on his land. It took a few minutes for dispatch to disentangle the situation, but it turned out the police had disbanded a homeless encampment, and the offending individuals had left propane tanks in the nearby creek when they departed. The man said that made it a law enforcement problem. Dispatchers agreed to alert the Police Department.  

Realizing that a sex offender was living across the street, a parent phoned the authorities looking for advice.  

A "cracked out" man hassling a store employee for a refund got a visit from police officers instead. The man was banned from the premises.  

After buying a vehicle, the new owner realized the title paperwork had the wrong name on it. When he asked the Department of Motor Vehicles what to do, they directed him to the police.  

Told by employees that they had alerted the authorities to her leaving her children in the vehicle in a parking lot, a woman called the police to "clear the air." She told officers that a friend was parked behind her and watching the children.  

Tired of watching the same brown Dodge pickup fly by his home every day, a resident petitioned the police for extra patrols in the area.