Between March 11 and March 25, Maidstone RCMP answered 164 calls for service in the region. Most were serious. A few were stranger than others.
Here is a look at some of the more unusual moments from the detachment’s latest report.
Kids will be kids
Maidstone RCMP received not one, but two accidental 911 calls on March 22 – both from children playing with phones. Officers responded to both. Neither turned out to be an emergency.
The cat that cried wolf
On March 21, an alarm company reported a glass break alert at a residence. Officers responded to find fresh snow on the ground and no footprints anywhere near the home.
The doors were locked. There were no broken windows. And sitting calmly inside, visible through the glass, was one cat.
“No signs of forced entry,” the report noted. The keyholder was updated.
A gold Jimmy on Highway 17
Officers were flagged on March 24 about an older gold Jimmy SUV with a partial Alberta plate swerving on Highway 17 northbound. Patrols were made.
The Jimmy was not located.
The flapping cable
Also on March 24, someone called to report a semi-truck hauling a flatdeck trailer – a large green tank on the back, cable flapping in the wind.
No plate. Patrols made. Not located.
A hitch in the plan
A caller on March 22 spotted a man hitchhiking along the shoulder of Highway 16. She pulled over to check on him, decided he seemed fine, and called police anyway – just to be safe.
He was dressed for winter. The weather was sunny. Police did not need to respond.
Not a police matter
On March 18, officers were called to a report of a man refusing to let his girlfriend into a home. By the time police arrived – they had been tied up with higher-priority calls – the girlfriend had already left.
The reporting party, it turned out, simply did not like the girlfriend.
“Not a police matter,” the report concluded.
Maidstone RCMP covers a large rural area east of Lloydminster and regularly publishes call summaries on its website. Anyone with information about a crime in the region can contact the detachment directly or reach Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477.
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That would be East of Lloydminster. I do find you get your directins mixed up in your reporting.
I will admit, I’m still getting used to this border thing, I get my east and west, including westbound and eastbound lanes even in my personal life mixed up on occasion still. Thanks for the feedback, will continue to improve. Dan