Ever since fall semester started, I’ve been waiting for a new police beat to be posted. While there are no jaw dropping stories, I did find one story slightly ammusing.

Sept. 12: A custodian reported screaming near the MCKB at 4 a.m. The screams were later discovered to have come from a female student sprayed by a sidewalk sprinkler.

I’m guessing there was more going on than a girl walking along and getting sprayed by a sprinkler, because most of the time, you see a sprinkler before walking through it, especially if you are walking along at 4am.

Then there was this story with which I have a question:

Sept. 11: BYU police received a phone call complaining of a band playing music too loudly at 10:30 p.m. in the Foreign Language Housing. The police arrived and the band was quiet.

Did the police arrive to find a quiet band? Or did the band quiet down when the police arrived? Perhaps the band was too loud and they quited down for the benefit of neighbors. Or, there could have been some cranky neighbors. If you are living in student housing, you have to realize that you are going to hear some noise. That is just student life. Just because you hear un-invited sounds doesn’t mean that it is too loud.