Crime & Safety

Burlingame Police Log: Suspicious Cars, A Scofflaw Bicyclist and a Drunk Guy on the Phone

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This is the crime bulletin for January 21, 2013 from the Burlingame Police Department. Click the "Keep me posted" button below for an alert when we publish this report.

12:52 a.m.: Officers spoke to two people who were in a suspicious vehicle in the 1100 block of Airport Blvd.  After speaking to the people, officers sent them on their way.

1:32 a.m.: Officers checked in on a resident in the 200 block of California Drive.  She was threatening suicide and officers opted to place her in psychiatric detention.

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3:40 a.m.: Officers assisted emergency medical personnel who were helping a resident in the 500 block of Baywater Avenue.

5:25 a.m.: A resident in the 1800 block of Casteneda reported his license plate frame was stolen.

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7:05 a.m.: and 7:47 a.m.: Officers were dispatched to the 1300 block of Bayshore Highway t investigate 911 calls.

9:28 a.m.: A resident came to the police station to get some firearms police were holding for safekeeping.

9:39 a.m.: Officers assisted emergency medical personnel who were helping a fall victim.

10:18 a.m.: A 5-year-old resident of the 1200 block of Laguna Ave called 911 to report an ill parent.  The parent, the father of the child was taken to the hospital.  The child was left in the care of a nanny.

10:27 a.m.: Officers received a report of a mini-van speeding through the area of Marco Polo Way and Ray Drive.

12:19 p.m.: Officers were dispatched to the library where a burglar alarm was sounding.  Officers found nothing amiss.

3:20 p.m.: An employee at a business in the 300 block of California failed to turn off the burglar alarm in a timely fashion.

3:31 p.m.: Officers opened an investigation into the theft of a mountain bike from a parking lot in the 1400 block of Howard.

4:54 p.m.: A drunk guy called the police.  Officers stopped by to make sure he was alright.

5:08 p.m.: Officers stopped to talk to two people sitting in a car.  They determined that all was as it should be.

6:02 p.m.: Police received a report of a possible domestic disturbance in the 1200 block of Oak Grove Ave.  It turned out to be a father and daughter who were having some type of disagreement.  They assured officers they would stop yelling at each other.

7:06 p.m.: It was determined by officers on the scene that the  suspicious folks spotted in a car in the 100 block of Anza weren’t doing anything illegal.

7:57 p.m.: Officers detained a bicyclist in the 1400 block of Broadway.  Apparently the bicyclist was spotted allegedly violating traffic laws.

9:42 p.m.: Officers mediated a family dispute in the 1500 block of Floribunda.

11:08 p.m.: Officers spoke to two people spotted in a suspicious car in the 100 block of Anza.  They were went on their way.

Editor’s Note:  Sometimes you might find items in the police log that seem humorous but please remember, the men and women whose job it is to protect us rarely find it funny when they are approaching a drunk person or a building where the alarm is going off

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