Police Beat:
Theft, knife assault headline police log

Anthony Kay is the new assistant police chief in the North Lake Police Department, reporting to Police Chief Chris Drake. In just a little over a week, Kay has had to put his staff into crisis mode with a water main break and a power outage.

With those incidents in mind, it's as good a time as any to remind everyone that all calls for police services go through DCCCD Police Communications at Brookhaven College. Kay said the protocol for requesting police services is outlined as follows:

From campus phones: Dial 9-1-1 from any campus phone for ALL police services, both emergency and non-emergency. He advises not to call individual extensions within the NLC Police Department to request police services.

From mobile or other non-DCCCD phones: Dial DCCCD Police Communications directly at 972-860-4521 when requesting police services. Do not dial 9-1-1 from your mobile phone for non-emergency matters. If you dial 9-1-1 from your mobile phone, you will be connected to the City of Irving's Emergency 9-1-1 call center, who will normally transfer you to DCCC Police Communications for police services.

Police Log

Nov. 21: Aggravated assault - A person assaulted another person by threatening the other person with imminent bodily injury, while exhibiting a knife on NLC A-200 level patio.

Nov. 23: Theft $500 to $1500 - A Dell GX 270 computer was stolen from a classroom in the NLC T- building.

Nov. 28: Harassment - A person reported being harassed by a person leaving voice messages on her telephone, which were annoying and threatening in nature, at the NLC South Irving Center.

Nov. 29: Theft under $50 - A person reported her wallet stolen out of an unsecured locker in the NLC Testing Center. The wallet was later recovered.

Nov. 29: Failure to leave ID at the scene of an accident - A person involved in a damage-only vehicle accident stopped but failed to leave required information and ID behind with other driver.

Dec. 12: Criminal mischief - Someone intentionally damaged a parked vehicle by scratching the vehicle's paint in the NLC faculty parking lot.

Dec. 12: Theft under $50 - Someone stole two spiral notebooks from a desk inside a computer lab in the NLC K building.

Jan. 7: Harassment by telephone - A person reported being harassed by repeated anonymous telephone communications.

Jan. 17: Theft $50 to $500 - Unknown person stole a PDA from a private office in the NLC library.

- Amanda Witt is editor of the News-Register and president of the Journalism Club.