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A Disturbance at the Sobering Center/Central District/Sat Aug 19/11:11 pm: Tonight, Officer Zurcher received a call from a screaming woman who claimed that two men were raping her at that very moment on the corner of 19th and Boren Ave. When he arrived at the scene, Officer Zurcher found a woman sprawled out on the sidewalk, talking on her cell phone. Officer Zurcher tried to catch her attention, but she ignored him and stubbornly continued her conversation. A moment later, two men appeared from a detox center across the street and informed Officer Zurcher that the woman on the sidewalk was from Boise, Idaho! Airport authorities, they further explained, had dumped her at the center because she had caused a series of drunken disturbances--one during her flight from Idaho, a second at Sea-Tac, and a third on the plane that was supposed to fly her to Portland. Even at the detox center (where they are used to dealing with drunken people), the woman had caused such a great disturbance that two men had to throw her out onto the street. "She couldn't get up off the sidewalk," reports Officer Zurcher with sheer amazement. "The disturbances at the airport and at the sobering center and her statements about dying and fear of flying [convinced me she needed medical attention at Harborview Medical Center]." The woman caused yet another disturbance at the hospital.
More Cops, Less Disturbance/Pioneer Square/Sun Aug 20/1:54 am: Late tonight, officers responded to disturbances around the area of the Bohemian, a popular nightclub in Pioneer Square. Officer Dyment writes: "This has become a regular response every weekend, as bar closing hour draws [disturbances] onto the sidewalk around the Bohemian. Minor traffic laws and civility laws are broken en masse! Due to staffing levels, officers are unable to enforce these laws safely. [Only] six officers responded for crowd [disturbance] management."
Stranger Personals
"Going Back to Cal" Disturbance/Northgate/ Sun Aug 20/10:00 pm: Officer Meder was patrolling the area between Eighth Ave and 105th St NE when he saw a disturbance. A woman was pacing up and down the street nervously, so he stopped and asked if she was okay. She broke down in tears and explained that she had just had a fight with her boyfriend. It happened like this: They went out to a movie earlier in the evening, but when they returned to their apartment, they got into an argument because her boyfriend thought she had flirted with the ticket-taker at the theater. "But I wasn't flirting with the ticket-taker," she pleaded to her hurt lover. "He was flirting with me." Her boyfriend did not care who was flirting with whom; all he saw was the two of them getting it on in public! Though no physical violence erupted during this disturbance, the woman said she'd had enough of her boyfriend, and was moving back to California.
The Man Who Dropped His Pants and Caused a Park Disturbance/Madison/Mon Aug 21/2:08 pm: This afternoon, Officer Pomper and his partner rushed to the Arboretum when they learned that a man was exposing his genitals to innocent parkgoers. When they got to the Arboretum, they found a man near a wooded area who fit the description they were given. The man did not notice them, so the cops quietly, slowly crept up behind him. When they were approximately 50 feet away from the suspect, he suddenly dropped his tan shorts to the ground and exposed his big butt. The man then turned, saw the cops, and quickly pulled up his pants. "Did you see that bee?" the suspect said to the cops. "It flew into my pants and I had to get it out!" The cops arrested him, and later at the precinct, he identified himself as a retired police officer. The report does not state whether this is true.
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