Coulee cops

Coulee Dam Police

6/10 - Police received a call from the school where they were trying to unlock a car. An officer told them they didn’t have lockout equipment and they may have to call a company to unlock it for them if they couldn’t do it themselves.

6/11 - The owners of two dogs running at large in the Hillcrest Avenue area of Electric City were able to get the dogs back in the yard before police searched the area. Police warned the owners to be more careful to keep the dogs contained. One of the dogs was described as seemingly aggressive.

- Someone reportedly had all the doors on their car open while playing loud music near the bar in Electric City. Police went to the area but didn’t hear any loud music.

6/13 - On Kelso Avenue, a man and woman who were told to vacate hadn’t done so yet, and workers hired by the landlord were there to do work. The people didn’t want the workers there. An officer told the workers to have the tenants evicted through the court process. That same day, someone told police the woman was regularly causing issues and had been throwing objects from her residence towards others’ property. Police spoke to her boyfriend, who said he was looking into getting assistance with her mental health issues from Grant County Mental Health. Grant County Mental Health later called an officer and asked if he could perform a pickup order. The officer explained that, being the only officer on duty, he would need someone there prepared to perform her transport but could assist in that situation. The officer hadn’t received a call back at the time of the report. Police later removed her from a neighbor’s property to where she had wandered and was unwanted.

- A juvenile who lives on Hillcrest Avenue reportedly had been gone for a couple of hours to go to the nearby A&S Grocery. While police were at the home, the juvenile came home and had apparently lost track of time while playing with friends.

- A raccoon was on a power pole on Fir Street in Coulee Dam. The situation didn’t require law enforcement.

6/15 - Police went to a Grand Avenue residence where a woman was overdosing. Emergency Medical Services were also present. Narcan was administered three times and she was revived. She refused to go to the hospital and was upset after being revived. Police told the homeowner that this sort of thing needs to stop happening at the location.

- Police caught up to a vehicle that had been heading south on Coulee Boulevard at about 60 miles per hour in the 35-mph zone. The car eventually pulled over in the Department of Transportation parking lot. The driver said his information was in the back of the vehicle and he didn’t want to tell the officer where he was from, before he became irate and said he didn’t want to give the officer his license because he didn’t want the officer to shoot him. The officer explained he didn’t want to cause any harm, only to get his driver’s license. The man said he wanted another agency to be called for backup and again refused to provide his license, saying he feared he would get shot. The officer tried to de-escalate the situation. He asked the driver if he would provide his license if a second officer was present, but again the man said he wouldn’t and added that he would argue with a judge if cited for breaking the law of refusing to provide his license. As the officer was typing up citations for the refusal and for speeding, a Grand Coulee officer arrived to assist and spoke to the man, who then left his vehicle and began walking away, telling the Coulee Dam officer that he tried to get his license but the car was locked, contradicting his refusals leading up to that point. The officer attempted to explain the citations to him but the man was yelling over both officers. The officer just dropped the citations onto the man’s lap and left.

6/16 - An officer stood by while a Grand Coulee officer spoke without incident to a person on Center Street in Grand Coulee with a history of violence.

- A woman in the Birch and 6th Street parking lot near the casino was concerned that her phone had been stolen. While police were there, she called the phone and could see it ringing in another vehicle. The casino contacted the owner of the vehicle who came out and seemed confused. She gave the phone and a hat back to the woman who was satisfied with the result and apparently had somehow remembered the owner of the car from a night at the bar in Electric City the night before. No crime had been committed. 

- Police went to Osborn Bay and learned a child was staying with his mother in a tent with lots of diapers and garbage strewn about. Police began the process of getting Child Protective Services involved in the situation as the toddler did not have sufficient shelter or access to clean water. An officer then showed someone from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office where to find the woman and child, who were living in the sheriff’s jurisdiction.

- A vehicle was towed from Birch Street for being parked illegally with expired tabs. The vehicle was in violation of city code and was also leaking oil while parked there.

- A juvenile who lives on Hillcrest Avenue reportedly had been gone for a couple of hours to go to the nearby A&S Grocery. While police were at the home, the juvenile came home and had apparently lost track of time while playing with friends.

- A raccoon was on a power pole on Fir Street in Coulee Dam. The situation didn’t require law enforcement.

6/15 - Police went to a Grand Avenue residence where a woman was overdosing. Emergency Medical Services were also present. Narcan was administered three times and she was revived. She refused to go to the hospital and was upset after being revived. Police told the homeowner that this sort of thing needs to stop happening at the location.

- Police caught up to a vehicle that had been heading south on Coulee Boulevard at about 60 miles per hour in the 35-mph zone. The car eventually pulled over in the Department of Transportation parking lot. The driver said his information was in the back of the vehicle and he didn’t want to tell the officer where he was from, before he became irate and said he didn’t want to give the officer his license because he didn’t want the officer to shoot him. The officer explained he didn’t want to cause any harm, only to get his driver’s license. The man said he wanted another agency to be called for backup and again refused to provide his license, saying he feared he would get shot. The officer tried to de-escalate the situation. He asked the driver if he would provide his license if a second officer was present, but again the man said he wouldn’t and added that he would argue with a judge if cited for breaking the law of refusing to provide his license. As the officer was typing up citations for the refusal and for speeding, a Grand Coulee officer arrived to assist and spoke to the man, who then left his vehicle and began walking away, telling the Coulee Dam officer that he tried to get his license but the car was locked, contradicting his refusals leading up to that point. The officer attempted to explain the citations to him but the man was yelling over both officers. The officer just dropped the citations onto the man’s lap and left.

6/16 - An officer stood by while a Grand Coulee officer spoke without incident to a person on Center Street in Grand Coulee with a history of violence.

- A woman in the Birch and 6th Street parking lot near the casino was concerned that her phone had been stolen. While police were there, she called the phone and could see it ringing in another vehicle. The casino contacted the owner of the vehicle who came out and seemed confused. She gave the phone and a hat back to the woman who was satisfied with the result and apparently had somehow remembered the owner of the car from a night at the bar in Electric City the night before. No crime had been committed. 

- Police went to Osborn Bay and learned a child was staying with his mother in a tent with lots of diapers and garbage strewn about. Police began the process of getting Child Protective Services involved in the situation as the toddler did not have sufficient shelter or access to clean water. An officer then showed someone from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office where to find the woman and child, who were living in the sheriff’s jurisdiction.

- A vehicle was towed from Birch Street for being parked illegally with expired tabs. The vehicle was in violation of city code and was also leaking oil while parked there.