By Tyler Trieglaff

Notes from the Chief

Notes from the Chief… Well, here we are, another Turkey Days in the books.  Unfortunately, any news that happened will have to wait until next week as the press deadline is Friday at noon.  

This was my 20th Turkey Days working as the ol’ Barney Fife. I started in 2006 with the Becker County Sheriff’s Office Auxiliary, and it snowballed from there.  

There have been many fun and memorable celebrations that I have been a part of over the years. One year I made an arrest before I even started my shift. A female was upset about an incident the early morning before and was running her mouth all day to anyone who would listen. She showed up at the PD just as I was getting to work for the evening.  She went on another rant, cussing and swearing about the incident.  

There just so happened to be a family gathering across the street with grandparents and young kids as well. That perfectly fit the description of Disorderly Conduct in my book so out came the handcuffs. We had her sit in the back of the squad and another officer, (who still works in the area) came up, stuck his head in the front window and said, “You just can’t shut your friggin’ mouth can you?” This female as well as the other female both sat in jail until Monday morning to see the judge. That kept them out of our hair for the rest of the weekend. 

Another time there was an older male, 60-ish at the time, who left the bar and had his willy hanging out taking a leak as he was walking. That is an instant trip to the hoosegow in my book. There have been some fights, some DWI’s and some rides home given. Things have calmed down a bit from the glory years of the old street dances where they used to go through 100 kegs of beer over the weekend. Between the street dance in front of the fire hall and the demo derby, they even had troughs for the men to use the facilities at the street dance.  

A group of handsome young fellows even dressed up like the Village People to perform YMCA with Billy D and the Crystals. Rumor has it that one of those handsome fellas even took a pool noodle on top of the band trailer and danced a little jig.

I hope all had a safe and celebratory Turkey Days and next week I will write about the most exciting night we had in town. The one that put Frazee on the world stage.

Friday, July 18

3:54 p.m. Assist with a medical.

4:22 p.m. Report of some vandalism and trespassing by 3-4 young girls. Girls were identified and apologized to the property owner.  

6:11 p.m. Resident concerned about young drivers driving too fast past her house.  Officer talked with one of the boys and gave a courtesy warning of extra patrol in the area.

Saturday, July 19

12:45 a.m. Report of an assault at a residence.  

Sunday, July 20

1:51 p.m. Assist with a medical.

4:02 p.m. Traffic stop for stop sign violation and taillight not working.

4:14 p.m. Traffic stop for stop sign violation.  

4:36 p.m. Traffic stop on two vehicles for a stop sign violation. Drivers were traveling together and were looking for the way to Remer, Minn. Officer gave them a warning for the stop sign and guided them in the right direction.

Monday, July 21

1:33 a.m. Issues with the RR crossing arms at Lake St S. BNSF contacted.

2:22 p.m. Business owner concerned about contact from a possible credit card company claiming to be the one they deal with. The current company had not sent out any technicians, possible scam artist.

2:59 p.m. Assist with a vehicle fire on Lake St S.

Tuesday, July 22

10:51 a.m. Concern of person shooting archery targets in town. Archery in town is legal and the archer was shooting in a safe direction.

Wednesday, July 23

2:10 p.m. Assist with a medical.

6:33 p.m. Resident reporting that a teenage female came to his yard and asked for a ride to DL. Resident refused to give a ride and female left on foot. Caller thought it to be odd. Officer could not locate female.

6:45 p.m. Domestic incident between male and female. Parties were separated and agreed to leave each other alone.

Thursday, July 24

9:52 a.m. Complaint of a vehicle parked in a city parking lot for a month. Officer left a message for the registered owner.

11:33 p.m. Report of aliens letting turkeys loose on US Hwy 10. Employees were rounding the turkeys up.

4:11 p.m. Report of an assault with two males fighting. Nothing physical between the men, just pushing and shoving. Incident was the result of a road rage incident.

9:23 p.m. Traffic complaint on a Black Mustang whipping donuts in the high school parking lot and driving fast up and down Lake St N. several times today. Officer will keep an eye out for said Speed Racer.