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Old guy came to the police department to report he was the victim of hate crime. His said that he was a retired veteran and
somebody had vandalized his mailbox, so….hate crime. I had to explain it to him carefully that just because he hated the crime,
it didn’t actually make him a hate crime victim.

During one particularly busy 10 hour dayshift, I noted these following activities that I had responded to: A shoplifter at Walmart,
a motor vehicle collision on the highway, an out of control autistic kid threatening suicide in his driveway, another shoplifter at
another store, a boat trailer parking complaint in a neighborhood, a knucklehead reporting a suspicious gun sale, an identity
theft case, another Walmart shoplifter, a patrol check for a suspicious thing, a mentally ill woman who came into the station to
complain about crazy things, and finally another motor vehicle collision. And the other officer on duty handled his share of
other calls, too. That was a busy day.

Two cars crashed into each; it was a serious crash. One of the drivers was a younger guy; he was okay but his car was destroyed.
The other car had an elderly couple in it; I talked to both of them while they were still in their seats, waiting for the aid car. I
then went over to talk to the younger guy who caused it. The aid crew showed up and talked to the old couple for a bit. A minute
later I see them frantically doing CPR on the old lady; while they were talking to her she had a cardiac event…and she died.

Apartment property manager was a little freaked out to discover a burglar had taken advantage of his open glass sliding door
and walked right into his apartment during the night to steal some things. Either the burglar didn’t notice or didn’t care that
the manager had been asleep on the couch just a few feet inside the door. The manager agreed with me that maybe keeping the
door closed at night would be a prudent goal to work on.