Comments on: Police Beat Roundtable #1

By: Leonard (aka The Ignorant Sage

Leonard (aka The Ignorant Sage — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:48:27 +0000

Classic. Reminds me of the police beat some friends and I got into when we tipped over the Univ. of Utah car on the quad. How were we to know there was paint in the trunk that wouls spill every where?

I actually was part of the “distraction squad”. We we’re the “suspicious males” playing laser tag on campus. We knew the police would follow us (having previously got “asked to stop”) and leave the quad clear.

I don’t think any of us leveraged it into dates. But then, I was already dating my future wife…

By: SC Taysom

SC Taysom — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:11:43 +0000

I love that the BYUPD uses the socratic method. Instead of telling the dupes at the “demolition” site that it was an April Fool’s joke they asked them what day it was. That somehow enhances the humiliation of the entire episode.

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:08:29 +0000

I’m crying.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:59:06 +0000

Eric,
It’s so obvious now that you point it out. I can’t believe I didn’t get involved in this game. I wasted 5 years of my life on accounting when I could’ve achieved immortality in police beat. Life has less meaning now.

By: Eric Russell

Eric Russell — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:19:07 +0000

Matt, getting in the Police Beat is the whole point. It's a game. I know people pull pranks just to see if they can try to get in, and I imagine people likewise call in stupid stuff to try to get a mention as well. And if you can make it into Best of the Police Beat, which is compiled and published at the end of every semester, that's the crown.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:08:26 +0000

June 30: Police followed up on a report of people being loud at 11:30 PM at Wymount Terrace. The loud people were asked to be quiet.

I think the neighbors were getting jealous! They don’t call em the rabbit hutches for nothing, baby!

Great post, btw. Police beat with commentary = good times.

Also, why do some BYU students call the police when they are the victims of rather harmless (and funny) practical jokes? A dude puts a duck in a girl’s apartment to get her attention and she goes out and ruins everything by calling the police. What’s a guy gotta do?

By: courtney

courtney — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:48:05 +0000

I never realized there were so many suspicious males cavorting around BYU.

By: Left Field

Left Field — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:03:05 +0000

From those articles, it does sound like the odd nickname for the SFLC did postdate my tenure at BYU. No doubt it was started by the Suspicious Male.

By: Cynthia L.

Cynthia L. — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:55:57 +0000

#75: FYI – Nelson is now performing at a very small casino near hear singing their Dad’s songs. Only $22 and surprisingly tickets are still available.

I smell a Bloggersnacker in the works! Watching Nelson in a casino, what could be more fitting? If the concert is being held in the bar of the casino, tant mieux.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:13:33 +0000

I’m amazed at the number of animal incidents. I mean, yeah, it’s not exactly an urban environment, but still — animal traps? Deer getting stuck in doors? Rogue ducks??

It also seems to me that nearly everyone in Provo (students, criminals, police…) has too much time on their hands. Reporting a refuse collection crew (or reflected streetlights?) Telling students to go to bed? It is very much like Disneyland, except that the shoplifters are much, much lamer and I didn’t see any reports of phantom pot smokers (I have actually stood guard in New Orleans Square with a manager, trying to see if we could find the smoker in the crowd.)