Greetings from Taos, New Mexico
The threat is not to life and limb but to the daily schedule and the grim necessities of work.
There are other stories: the Espanola Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriff and Ohkay Owinegeh Tribal Police compiled a Police Blotter with a partial list of the calls they responded to in the course of an ordinary week:
January 23, 10:21 a.m.: A Fairview Elementary School caller reported that a woman was playing in the sand at the playground and refused to leave. An officer took the woman home…
10:45 a.m.: A Holy Cross church caller reported someone stole his tailgate.
7:45 p.m.: An Avenida Canada caller reported a man was driving around her house on an ATV and harassing her.
January 24, 8:53 a.m.: a Greenfield Road caller reported hearing several gun shots.
9:48 a.m.: An Ash Loop caller reported the occupants of a red car and a black truck were shooting at each other as they drove.
12:32 p.m.: A deputy drove to Albuquerque to arrest “the beef jerky guy.”
5:41 p.m.: A Walmart caller reported that a woman in the store yelled at her and threatened her.
5:49 p.m.: A Center Market caller reported a man kept flashing customers and yelling at everyone who came in. Officers removed him.
7:39 p.m.: A Tortas Rainbow caller reported the flasher at Center Market was trying to punch the windows. Officers arrested him.
9:15 p.m.: A Santa Clara Road caller reported a family member stole the last of her grandfather’s fireworks.
January 27, 8:01 a.m.: an Alcalde caller reported he caught a skunk in a cat trap lent to him by an animal control officer.
12:00 p.m.: A Mendales man reported that a man’s friend had shot him in the leg but didn’t want to report it.
And many, many more, filling an entire page of the Taos News.
Ah, the Wild West!
Oh my!