During the two-week period of October 7, 2013 through October 21, 2013, the officers of the Provincetown Police Department responded to 871 calls for service.
One person was reported missing, there was one unfounded report of someone requiring assistance at the breakwater, one landlord vs. tenant dispute, one Section 12 following a motor vehicle stop, 4 reports of harassment and two people reported receiving threats.
Officers conducted five bar checks and responded to two reports of suspicious activity, three disorderlies, two reports of suspicious activity, two reports of gun shots, one residential breaking and entering, three domestic disputes and nine disturbances, two of which resulted in arrests. There were five noise complaints, three reports of larceny and one report of vandalism. A variety of the usual items including wallets, phones, cameras and IDs went lost and were found.
There were 40 medical calls, 44 motor vehicle stops and 23 sounding alarms.
In addition to 4 nondescript animal calls, there were 4 reports of dogs in cars, one found cat, one report of a dog possibly in distress, one found dog, one lost dog and 7 loose dogs, one of which earned his owner a citation. On the wild side, there was one report of concern about a raccoon, one dead fox, one dead possum, one dead gull, two injured birds and one report of birds in the chimney. There was also one rather odd report of a "cell phone vs. coyotes".
There was one unfounded report of the smell of smoke, one reported power outage, three separate reports of downed wires, one reported water leak and one reported fuel spill.
There were 6 arrests during the two weeks:
There were 6 motor vehicle accidents during the two weeks:
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