Durango Police
Thursday
1:02 a.m. An SUV was parked in the middle of a field in the 200 block of Rock Point Drive. Police issued a warning.
3:37 a.m. A man was acting strangely and refused to leave the lobby of the Durango Post Office, 222 W. Eight St. Police issued a warning.
Wednesday
11:51 a.m. A man was screaming and becoming belligerent behind Durango Downtown Inn, 800 Camino del Rio. Police issued a warning.
12:24 p.m. Someone reported a man possibly selling drugs in the 300 block of West College Drive.
2:03 p.m. A man was passed out in the 700 block of Main Avenue.
2:47 p.m. A man was acting oddly and carrying a bat in the 3200 block of Main Avenue.
3:14 p.m. Someone reported a man was asking for help in the 1300 block of South Camino del Rio.
3:29 p.m. A man was panhandling outside of a business in the 600 block of Main Avenue.
8:21 p.m. A man with a knife tried to cut someone in the 800 block of Tech Center Drive.
9:14 p.m. Someone reported a dog barking for hours at West Fourth Avenue and 32nd Street.
10:41 p.m. A man left with a cart full of items from south City Market, 6 Town Plaza.
La Plata County Sheriff’s Office
Thursday
12:17 a.m. A man wearing all black was walking in the middle of the road in the 800 block of South Camino del Rio.
2:30 a.m. A bear was stuck in a vehicle and honking the horn in the 4000 block of Florida Road (County Road 240).
Wednesday
7:14 a.m. Three cows were loose on Buck Highway (County Road 521).
10:49 p.m. Two vehicles hit an elk in the 19000 block of Colorado Highway 140.
Durango Fire
The Durango Fire Protection District responded to nine calls Wednesday, including a traffic accident, an automatic fire alarm and a gas odor investigation.
Most items in this column are taken from logs of calls made to authorities. Their accuracy may not have been verified by an investigation.