Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Police Beat

As many of you already know, the police beat is frequently the best part of BYU's daily newspaper (along with the typos). Here's a gem from today.

Jan. 14: A female student reported a male who made her feel uncomfortable at the WSC [Wilkinson Student Center] by asking her what she was doing there.

That's good. I'm glad we have our strapping police officers to protect us from people who talk to us in public buildings and ask us non-threatening things. Seriously, I wouldn't call the police for anything less than an explicit threat. Not for being asked what I was doing. Not for being asked for money. Not for being asked for a favor, or even for a more uncomfortable proposition. In Wales, I didn't even think about calling the police when I was asked to examine a newly-released from jail drunk man's knife wound.

I wonder if she works as a receptionist. (Post with the same date)

Jan. 14: A suspicious male entered the Center for Service and Learning and asked a female receptionist about the enrollment on campus and the purpose of the building they were in. The receptionist thought his questions were suspicious and reported him to police. No further action was taken.

Maybe she just really wanted to make the police beat but didn't want to commit a crime?

2 comments:

  1. I heard all kinds of people asking questions to the information booth, such as where some buildings could be located. Something bad must be about to go down!

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  2. wow. that's super sketchy. obviously criminal behavior

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