Police Beat, Sept. 11-24

Sept. 24, noon. While an officer was on patrol, he spotted a male subject in Alondra Park who had been urinating in public. After the officer told the man to stop exposing himself, he was arrested, issued a citation and released at the scene.

Sept. 19, 8:21 a.m. An EC police cadet approached a female student in a vehicle for a routine handicap-placard check in Parking Lot H. The cadet dispatched for backup when the female student became uncooperative and fled in her vehicle after the cadet asked for the student’s ID. Moments later an officer took pursuit and the student pulled over. The officer approached her and asked for the keys, but the student refused. The officer reached for the keys and was struck on the hand by the student. A second officer arrived and was also assaulted. The female student was charged with the misuse of a handicap placard, resisting arrest, battery on police, and was taken to the station.

Sept. 15, 2 a.m. An officer saw a vehicle swerving near campus. The male, non-student, had been driving with no license. The vehicle was impounded and the driver was issued a citation and released on the scene.

Sept. 11, 11 a.m. Officers responded to a property damage report from a contracting company that has been working on campus. A temporary fence fell on a staff member’s vehicle parked in Parking Lot D. Although the owner was not located, a representative gave the police contact information for the staff member and also left a card on the windshield.