Overheard on the police beat

Published 3:33 pm Friday, December 3, 2010

“Hey, you know that guy who always walks around with a little dog? He’s always drunk, and he always has a beard. Is his name Richard?”

“Requesting cancel. The cat jumped on the unit.”

“He thinks he may have had three liters of wine, but he’s not sure. He said that would be a conservative amount.”

Cop trying to reach a possible crime victim:

“They didn’t want to answer the phone because they thought I was a bill collector.”

Cop 1: “So is this a car prowl or vehicle theft?”

Cop 2: “The dude’s girlfriend was driving the car. Then he caught her with her ex-boyfriend. Then they all ran to the trailer park, and it just gets really confusing from there.”