A court order allowed officers to assist mental health professionals in taking a 43-year-old Highland Park man who is “prone to violence” into custody. Probably a good thing, considering it took two officers, two applications of a taser, a nightstick, and—according to the report, “our combined weight and a well-timed shove”—to get the man to the ground. The patient was placed on a gurney, in four-point restraints—and turned over to the mental health pro's.

While on patrol in the Admiral area, an officer spotted a fellow acting nervously at a bus stop. The 51-year-old Aurora Avenue resident had also made threatening gestures at passersby. Nearly in tears, he admitted that he regularly saw mental health professionals but was vague about drug use. Feeling that the man was having a mental episode, the officer called for ambulance transport to Harborview. When medics wanted to take the man's blood pressure, the fellow refused to remove his sweatshirt, claiming it “protected him from radiation.”

After smashing his fist through the window of a Junction bank, a man calmly went inside, admitted his guilt, and offered to pay for the window. He was later apprehended on a Metro bus and taken to the detox center.

Around 4:30 p.m. Monday, a stocky, white female without proper ID knocked on a door in the Admiral area and said she needed to enter the house to check the cable equipment. Though “quite pushy,” the woman left when the home owner went to call police.

A known methamphetamine addict was arrested by officers after he illegally entered a back yard on SW Frontenac and set off an alarm. He led officers to a stash of presumably stolen items that were stashed nearby. He was booked into King County Jail for investigation of residential burglary.

After discovering some suspicious changes made to locks and storage units, an Admiral-area apartment manager asked officers to check on the welfare of a tenant who had a history of trouble with her son. Officers repeatedly knocked, identified themselves and then entered the woman's unit, where they found the 36-year-old son, who was wanted on a no-bail Department of Corrections felony warrant for escape. He was booked into King County Jail. Mom arrived home a little while later and said that sonny had been acting “weird.”

Burglaries/break-ins/car prowls by block: 36th SW @ SW Oregon, 4300 SW Frontenac, 2700 59th SW, 4100 55th SW, 1700 Sunset SW, 3200 SW Avalon Way, 8300 46th SW, 3800 44th SW, 800 S. Cloverdale, 9400 Delridge SW, 9200 13th SW