Tuesday's downtown pulse: 48 calls, warrants and welfare checks

Eighty-one percent of yesterday's incidents were non-violent, a reflection of the day's administrative and service-oriented character. Warrant arrests alone accounted for seven calls, while theft and trespass enforcement kept officers moving between retail corridors and downtown addresses. The two assault reports—one misdemeanor downtown at 9 p.m. and another on Halleck Street late morning—were outliers in an otherwise low-intensity day.

Expect a similar tempo today: mid-morning will likely bring downtown foot traffic and the usual mix of warrant service and welfare checks, while retail corridors may see afternoon theft reports as they did yesterday. Tonight, keep an eye on the 9–10 p.m. window—that's when behavioral-health calls and impaired-driving enforcement tend to cluster. If you're out late, the usual caution applies on arterials and in commercial zones.

Yesterday's mix tells a story of routine enforcement and social services intersecting on city streets. The 'Other' category—16 incidents spanning warrant arrests, paper service, and found property—reflects the administrative backbone of daily policing. Eight theft reports and eight malicious-mischief calls (mostly trespass notices) point to retail shrink and boundary-setting at businesses, while six welfare checks underscore the ongoing demand for behavioral-health response.

Geography shaped the workload: downtown's Lettered Streets saw a steady stream of warrant arrests, protection-order service, and trespass notices between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., while Cornwall Park's Meridian corridor handled back-to-back shoplifting reports in the early afternoon. WWU and Columbia neighborhoods each logged behavioral-health calls in the evening hours, and a late-night DUI arrest near Silver Beach capped the vehicular category.

The day built gradually through morning, peaked mid-morning, then settled into an even rhythm.

Activity climbed steadily after 7 a.m., hitting its highest mark at 9 a.m. with seven incidents—warrant arrests and narcotics enforcement clustered along State Street downtown. A two-hour window from 9–10 a.m. accounted for nine calls total. The afternoon stayed moderate, with scattered theft reports and trespass notices between 1 and 5 p.m., then the evening brought a second wave: six calls at 9 p.m. (welfare checks in Lettered Streets and Columbia, plus a DUI arrest on Alabama) and three more at 10 p.m. as officers wrapped warrant work and suspicious-circumstance checks near the airport.