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Police Beat • (03/15/24)

Paper Service
A person was served a BYU ban letter for being disruptive at the HBLL and other places around campus.

Medical
Officers and BYU EMTs were working an event at the Marriott Center. An event supervisor brought in an employee who had accidentally hit their head while working in the ticket office, causing a minor injury. BYU EMT's checked and cleared the patient.

Alarm
An officer responded to the Joseph Smith Building on a report of an alarm from a display case inside the building. The officer found a faculty member changing out the display, and they were unaware of the alarm.

Traffic Accident
An officer responded to lot 22 regarding a minor traffic accident. The complainant pulled out of a parking space and struck the vehicle beside them. The officer assisted in locating the owner of the vehicle struck. Both the driver and owner of the trucked vehicle exchanged vehicle information.

Bike Theft
An officer responded to a delayed bicycle theft report at Wyview Park. The complainant reported that their bike was stolen from a rack between January 2024 and March 15, 2024.

Suspicious
An employee at the Culinary Support Center received a call on the store phone. The person calling said a package with a list of items was sent to the CSC, and they have yet to receive payment. The caller said the package would be delivered in 45 minutes. The caller claimed UPS International was delivering the package and had another person claiming to be with UPS International call the store employee. The caller told the employee that payment for the package had yet to be made and that to deliver the package, at least a partial payment was needed. The caller wanted the complainant to get the money and drive to a taco location. The employee was able to talk with their manager and end the call. The Creamery on Ninth also received a call from the same number.

Suspicious
An officer responded to Lot 34, the parking lot south of the BYU tennis courts, to look for a suspicious person. The complainant said they saw and heard a man yelling at a woman and calling her a vulgar name near the tennis court parking lot. The complainant said they walked north on the sidewalk on 150 East and 800 North, saw the man walking in the same direction behind her, and believed the man was following her. The caller lost sight of the man and did not know where he had gone. Officers patrolled the area looking for the suspicious man but did not find him. The Dispatch Center searched the surveillance camera system looking for the complainant or the suspect but did not report locating any relevant video recordings.

Fire Alarm
An officer responded to Wyview Park for a fire alarm. Dispatch confirmed that the alarm was caused by smoke from cooking—there was no fire, flames, or damage.

Welfare Check
An officer responded to Heritage on a welfare check. A concerned parent from out of state reported that her daughter was visiting a friend who lives there. The concerned parent said their daughter had not checked in and was not returning phone calls or texts. The officer was able to contact the complainant's daughter, who had been hiking with friends out of cell service, and confirm that they were safe.

Information Report
An officer responded to Lot 46, the parking lot north of the West Campus Building, to check on a vehicle that had a car alarm sounding. The officer found a vehicle with flashing hazard lights, but no audible alarm sounded. The Dispatch Center was unable to find a phone number or other contact information for the vehicle's registered owner. Officers patrolled around the area but were not able to locate the owner.

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