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Hot, dry weather

So this idiot calls 911 to complain that his fire which he had left unattended, from what I understood, was put out by the fire department during red flag drought conditions.  I don't think people get how bad wild fires could be and are not following the fires out West involving thousands of acres in multiple states.  There people are upsetting and normally the ones to ignore burn bans and cause an "accidental" fire.  I'm sorry but burning brush and trash can wait.

This last month has not been without the normal silly stuff going on. We had a juvenile breaking up with someone call up asking for his property back from the girlfriend.  The officer contacted the ex-girlfriend and got the belongings. When he arrived to return the items the juvenile smelled of alcohol and was arrested.

The planets must be aligned for perfect mental instability, we have handled several mental cases in the past two weeks.

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