Port Townsend Police responded to 162 calls between Oct. 25 and Oct. 31. Calls such as domestic violence, suicides etc. are redacted by PTPD as to not retraumatize victims.

Oct. 25: A burglary was reported at Memorial Field. Workers found the gate was kicked in, locks cut to the shop and 10 gallons of gas were stolen. This crime is under investigation.

– A mother reported her 2-year-old son had been missing for about an hour. Approximately one minute after calling police, she found her son under the bed uninjured.

– Officers recovered a stolen vehicle after noticing an expired tab. The driver had multiple non-extraditable, out-of-county warrants and initially fled the scene. He was arrested and charged with possession of a stolen vehicle. During a search, suspected fentanyl pills were found on his person.

Oct. 26: Officers responded to a disorderly conduct call with the reporting party stating a female was “going crazy,” throwing garbage and feces at tents and other subjects in the homeless camp off Evans Vista. Officers detained the subject, who was verbally abusive to them, but further investigation revealed she was only throwing things near the camps. No crime.

– Officers and deputies responded to a single-car traffic collision on Hastings Avenue. The driver reported he swerved, then hit a telephone pole, causing sparks from the wires. A tensioner line was broken and a transformer went down. PUD responded. The vehicle was impounded as neither passenger had a valid driver’s license and the male was suspected of being intoxicated, but they claimed the female was driving.

Oct. 27: Officers were called to QFC twice on the reports of a trespasser that refused to leave. The male had an active trespass admonishment on file and was warned during the first encounter per management wishes. When the subject returned to the store four hours later, he was arrested.

– A patron reported her purse was stolen while at a local hotel event. She left her purse wrapped in a coat on the floor, when she returned, her purse was missing. A theft report was taken.

Oct. 28: A driver was arrested for warrant after a PTPD Sergeant observed him driving erratically and conducted a traffic stop.

– Officers conducted six traffic stops during the afternoon and nighttime hours.

Oct. 29: Officers responded to a suspicious-persons call at 2:45 p.m. with reports of a male walking around the store shining a flashlight on the store. Police contacted the male who stated he was trying to get rid of the raccoons and coyotes infesting the area. Neither animal was in the area. No crime occurred and the subject left.

Oct. 30: Officers and deputies responded to a welfare check and found the subject was making suicidal statements. He was transported to the hospital for treatment.

– A two-vehicle, non-injury traffic collision occurred in the roundabout on W. Sims Way and Rainier Street. Both parties left the scene before officers arrived.

Oct. 31: Officers conducted 13 traffic stops throughout the day for various violations in different parts of the city. One stop resulted in a DUI arrest.

– An officer negotiated the arrest of a male for his outstanding warrants. He was booked into the county jail.

– Multiple PTPD officers and volunteers participated in the downtown Halloween parade by blocking roads and handing out candy.