Public Safety Roundup
I need to carefully parse this log. The date range in the source file is Jan. 26–Feb. 1, 2026, not June 19, 2026 as listed in the "Date range" field. I'll use the actual log dates and flag this discrepancy prominently for the editor.
Let me now work through all entries and apply the rules:
ENTRIES TO OMIT (statutory): - 26-001155: CRIMINAL PROCESS-209A — domestic/restraining order related → omit - 26-001233: ASSAULT & BATTERY at 430 Concord Ave (Artis Senior Living) — no arrest info, could involve adults; I'll keep this one as it's a public-safety incident at a named location with no DV indicators. Actually, A&B with no DV context — keep.
ENTRIES TO DROP (tightening):
Cruiser checks (routine patrol checks, no incident) — all drop under Rule C / no consequential outcome. These include all CRUISER CHECK-BUSINESS, CRUISER CHECK-GENERAL, CRUISER CHECK-PERSON entries.
Directed traffic enforcement — routine patrol activity, no incident. Drop.
Alarm entries — alarms responded to but no arrest, no forced entry noted. These are marginal; residential and business alarms with no outcome noted are thin but do represent a police response. I'll keep alarms that are substantive-sounding (non-resident/high-risk) and drop the routine residential ones that appear to be false alarms. Actually, the rules say to drop entries where "nothing consequential happened." Alarms with no arrest or forced entry = nothing consequential. I'll drop routine alarm entries (ALARM-RESIDENTIAL, ALARM-NO BILL-CANCELLED). I'll keep ALARM-NON RESIDENT & HIGH RISK entries as they indicate a higher-tier response. Actually even those have no outcome noted. I'll drop all alarms with no outcome.
Let me reconsider: the rules say drop "Reports of 'possible' issues with no confirmation and no action taken" and "Property-damage reports of trivial nature." Alarms with no outcome are essentially unconfirmed with no action. Drop.
What to KEEP (substantive incidents):
- MV crashes (investigated and not investigated) — keep, these are public safety - MV disabled — marginal, but these are in the public log. I'll drop them as they typically involve no consequential public impact beyond a brief road presence. - Wire downs — keep (public safety hazard) - Water breaks — keep - Burglary/B&E — keep - Larceny — keep - Fraud — keep - Suspicious activity MV — keep (marginal, but in log) - Disturbance — keep - Dispute — keep - A&B — keep - Mental health call — keep (describe by type only) - Assist Fire Department — these are typically medical calls. Keep as brief fire assist entries? The log just says "Assist Fire Department" with no detail. These are very thin. I'll drop them as no consequential public-safety detail is available. - Property damage non-criminal — keep if meaningful - Malicious/wanton destruction of property — keep - Investigation by police dept — keep if location is notable - Police-ordered tow — marginal, keep briefly - Object in road — keep (public safety) - Animal control — keep (no detail on outcome; the log just says "ANIMAL CONTROL-ALL OTHERS" — marginal, I'll keep it briefly) - Lost property — drop (no public safety impact) - All night parking — drop - Parking complaints — drop - School crossing coverage — drop (routine) - CRD Training / Roll Call Training — drop (internal) - Community Engagement — drop (internal) - Child Passenger Safety — drop (routine program) - Medical Review License — drop (administrative) - ROSTER-NEMLEC CALLOUT — drop (internal) - Holding Facility Inspection — drop - Notification — unclear, minimal info, drop - Police Information — drop (no detail) - Police Assist — keep if meaningful context; most have no detail. Drop. - MV crash reported by mail — keep (it's a crash report) - MV crash town vehicle non-police — keep (town vehicle involved)
Let me now organize chronologically (earliest first, Jan 26 → Feb 1):
Jan 26: - 26-001484 04:30 — MV crash reported by mail, 690 Marrett Rd (Lexington Travel Plaza) - 26-001197 08:10 — MV crash reported by mail, Route 128/Exit 45B North - 26-001027 09:33 — Object in road, 27 Maple St - 26-001026 08:52 — Object in road, Hayden Ave/Spring St - 26-001025 07:14 — Larceny-theft from building, 609 Waltham St - 26-001028 11:08 — Burglary/B&E, 30 Captain Parker Arms unit 12 - 26-001030 11:26 — Disturbance, 13 Pelham Rd (Pelham Academy) - 26-001031 11:45 — Dispute-civil, 10 James St - 26-001032 12:39 — Tow police ordered, 16 Clarke St - 26-001033 13:26 — Alarm residential, 25 Tyler Rd → drop - 26-001034 13:49 — Parking complaint → drop - 26-001038 16:15 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001039 16:32 — Police Information → drop - 26-001040 18:43 — Cruiser check person → drop - 26-001041 19:03 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001042 19:09 — Parking enforcement → drop - 26-001043 19:23 — Police Assist → drop - 26-001044–26-001055 — mostly cruiser checks → drop - 26-001049 21:46 — Alarm residential → drop - 26-001052 23:48 — Alarm residential → drop - 26-001053 (01/27 00:50) → that's Jan 27
Jan 27: - 26-001053 00:50 — Alarm residential, 25 Tyler Rd → drop - 26-001057 04:32 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001058 05:20 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001060 07:11 — Alarm no bill cancelled → drop - 26-001062 09:00 — Alarm non-resident/high risk, 1332 Massachusetts Ave (Munroe Tavern) → drop (no outcome) - 26-001063 09:42 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001064 10:22 — Animal control, 5 Minola Rd → keep (AC responded but no details; very thin — I'll drop under Rule C since no public safety impact stated) - 26-001066 10:50 — Property lost, Stone Meadow Golf Course → drop - 26-001067 14:14 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001068 14:00 — Community Engagement → drop - 26-001069 14:27 — School crossing → drop - 26-001070 14:36 — Fraud outside Lexington, 5 Alcott Rd → keep - 26-001071 15:03 — MV crash not investigated, 3 April Ln (Minuteman Apartments) → keep - 26-001072 15:31 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001074 15:53 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001075 15:56 — Police Assist → drop - 26-001076 16:17 — Notification → drop - 26-001077 16:38 — Dispute-customer, 727b Marrett Rd (Element Lexington) → keep - 26-001078 17:19 — MV crash not investigated, Bedford St/Revere St → keep - 26-001079 17:46 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001080 18:20 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001081 19:37 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001082–26-001084 — all night parking / cruiser checks → drop - 26-001085–26-001087 — cruiser checks → drop - 26-001088 22:29 — MV crash not investigated, 1661 Massachusetts Ave (USPS) → keep
Jan 28: - 26-001090–26-001093 — cruiser checks → drop - 26-001094 02:00 — Water break, 12 Eaton Rd → keep - 26-001095 06:26 — Notification → drop - 26-001097 07:44 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001098 07:46 — MV crash investigated, Pleasant St/Route 2 → keep - 26-001099 08:07 — MV crash investigated, Bedford St/Route 128 → keep - 26-001100 08:17 — MV crash not investigated, 9 Philip Rd (Bowman Elementary) → keep - 26-001101 09:11 — MV crash town vehicle non-police, Adams St/Emerson Rd → keep - 26-001102 09:26 — Malicious/wanton destruction of property, 1906 Massachusetts Ave → keep - 26-001103 09:38 — Assist → drop (assist at travel plaza, no detail) - 26-001104 10:03 — CRD Training → drop - 26-001105 07:00 — Roll Call Training → drop - 26-001106 10:24 — Assist at Estabrook School → drop (no detail) - 26-001107 12:28 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001108 12:47 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001109 12:53 — Medical Review License → drop - 26-001111 14:02 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001112 14:05 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001113 14:05 — Parking complaint → drop - 26-001114 14:29 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001115 14:32 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001116 14:00 — Community Engagement → drop - 26-001118 15:26 — MV disabled → drop - 26-001119 15:38 — Investigation by police dept, Crosby Rd/Massachusetts Ave → keep (marginal; "invest by police dept" with no detail — actually very thin. I'll drop.) - 26-001122 16:06 — Assist → drop - 26-001123 16:16 — MV crash investigated, Meriam St/Massachusetts Ave → keep - 26-001124 16:55 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001125 17:10 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001126 17:11 — Parking complaint → drop - 26-001127 18:13 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001128 18:22 — Police Information → drop - 26-001129 19:29 — Disturbance general, 1295 Massachusetts Ave → keep - 26-001130 20:50 — All night parking → drop - 26-001131 21:01 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001132 21:32 — All night parking → drop - 26-001133 22:20 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001135 23:53 — MV disabled → drop
Jan 29: - 26-001136 00:03 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001137 01:06 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001138 01:23 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001139 02:17 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001140 04:56 — Susp activity MV, 17 Hartwell Ave → keep - 26-001142 08:05 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001143 08:06 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001144 08:18 — MV crash investigated, Bedford St/Route 128 → keep - 26-001146 09:03 — MV crash not investigated, 25 Carriage Dr → keep - 26-001147 09:36 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001148 10:00 — Child Passenger Safety → drop - 26-001149 10:59 — Alarm residential → drop - 26-001150 11:05 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001151 11:21 — Burglary/B&E, 50 Massachusetts Ave (Jackson's Kitchen) → keep - 26-001152 11:51 — MV disabled → drop - 26-001153 11:57 — Cruiser check person → drop - 26-001154 13:05 — Alarm residential → drop - 26-001155 13:08 — CRIMINAL PROCESS-209A → OMIT (DV/209A) - 26-001156 13:00 — Police Assist → drop - 26-001157 13:47 — Alarm no bill → drop - 26-001158 14:35 — MV disabled → drop - 26-001160 15:07 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001161 15:15 — School crossing → drop - 26-001162 15:26 — Assist at Bank of America → drop (no detail) - 26-001164 15:50 — Medical/mental health, 14 Greeley Village → keep - 26-001165 16:00 — ROSTER-NEMLEC CALLOUT → drop (internal) - 26-001166 16:37 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001167 16:46 — Alarm municipal property → drop (no outcome) - 26-001168 17:29 — MV disabled → drop - 26-001169 18:36 — Alarm no bill → drop - 26-001170 19:52 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001171 20:46 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001172 21:03 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001173 21:08 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001174 21:09 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001175 23:05 — Roll call training → drop
Jan 30: - 26-001177 01:03 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001178 01:07 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001179 01:21 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001180 01:36 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001181 01:44 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001182 02:26 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001183 02:29 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001184 03:04 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001185 03:25 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001186 07:09 — Alarm non-resident/high risk, 20 Pelham Rd (Lexington Children's Place) → drop (no outcome) - 26-001188 08:04 — MV crash investigated, Marrett Rd/Kendall Rd → keep - 26-001189 08:20 — School crossing → drop - 26-001190 08:41 — Alarm residential → drop - 26-001191 08:50 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001192 08:51 — Fraud outside Lexington, 67 Spring St → keep - 26-001193 09:20 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001194 09:22 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001195 10:04 — MV crash investigated, 915 Waltham St → keep - 26-001196 10:13 — Cruiser check person → drop - 26-001197 — already listed under Jan 26 (the date is 01/26 but appears on p.7 of the log — I already captured it under Jan 26)
Wait, let me re-check 26-001197: "01/30/26 10:13" — no, the raw text shows it on page 7 under a different section. Let me recheck. Looking at the raw log:
Page 7 shows: "26-001197 01/26/26 08:10 MV-CRASH; REPORTED BY MAIL Route 128 Hwy/Exit 45B North"
So it IS dated 01/26. But it appears on page 7 of the log amid Jan 30 entries. That's a log-ordering artifact (filed late/by mail). I'll keep it under Jan 26.
Continuing Jan 30: - 26-001198 11:21 — Assist Fire, 141 Massachusetts Ave (Dunkin) → drop - 26-001199 11:20 — Assist Fire, same location (duplicate entry) → drop - 26-001200 11:36 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001201 12:15 — School crossing → drop - 26-001202 12:22 — Wire down, Depot Sq/Edison Way → keep - 26-001203 12:38 — MV disabled → drop - 26-001205 12:30 — CRD Training → drop - 26-001206 13:32 — MV crash town vehicle non-police, 1575 Massachusetts Ave (Police Station) → keep - 26-001207 13:44 — Property damage non-criminal, 1575 Massachusetts Ave (Police Station) → keep - 26-001208 13:57 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001209 14:04 — Assist, Old Massachusetts Ave/Wood St → drop (no detail) - 26-001210 15:09 — MV crash investigated, 459 Bedford St (Armory) → keep - 26-001212 15:57 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001213 16:11 — Wire down, 13 Depot Sq (Lexington Historical Society) → keep — this is the same area as 26-001202 (Depot Sq/Edison Way). Both are Jan 30. These could be clustered. - 26-001215 16:56 — MV crash hit-run/property, 3 April Ln (Minuteman Apartments) → keep - 26-001216 17:38 — Fraud outside Lexington, 35 Bedford St → keep - 26-001217 17:57 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001218 18:12 — Assist Fire → drop - 26-001219 18:53 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001220 20:37 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001221 21:04 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001222 21:11 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001223 21:20 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001224 21:39 — MV disabled → drop - 26-001226 23:55 — Cruiser check → drop
Jan 31: - 26-001227 00:10 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001228 00:54 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001229 02:44 — Alarm non-resident/high risk, 177 Bedford St (Knights of Columbus) → drop (no outcome) - 26-001230 03:40 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001231 03:45 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001233 07:54 — Assault & Battery, 430 Concord Ave (Artis Senior Living) → keep - 26-001234 08:11 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001235 09:36 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001236 11:04 — 911/Caller ID investigation, 30 Watertown St (Pine Knoll Nursing Center) → keep (marginal — a 911 call investigation at a nursing home; this is a real police activity. Keep briefly.) - 26-001237 11:26 — MV crash investigated, Hancock St/Coolidge Ave → keep - 26-001238 12:13 — Parking complaint, William Diamond Middle School → drop - 26-001239 12:34 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001241 16:38 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001242 16:41 — Water break, Williams Rd/Gleason Rd → keep - 26-001243 16:46 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001244 17:23 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001245 17:29 — Directed traffic → drop - 26-001246 18:04 — Assist at Police Station → drop - 26-001248 20:01 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001249 20:02 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001250 21:19 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001251 21:19 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001252 22:48 — Susp activity MV, 13 Smith Ave → keep
Feb 1: - 26-001254 01:45 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001255 01:52 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001256 02:09 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001257 03:00 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001258 03:01 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001259 03:03 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001260 03:06 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001261 03:16 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001263 08:10 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001264 08:25 — Notification → drop - 26-001265 08:39 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001266 11:13 — Alarm non-resident/high risk, 1761 Massachusetts Ave (Bank of America) → drop (no outcome) - 26-001267 12:05 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001269 17:48 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001270 19:39 — Assist Fire, 26 Bedford St → drop - 26-001271 20:15 — Cruiser check person → drop - 26-001272 21:03 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001274 22:06 — Cruiser check → drop - 26-001276 23:33 — Alarm municipal property, Lexington High School → drop (no outcome)
Now let me compile the final list of substantive entries in chronological order:
Monday, Jan. 26: 1. 26-001025 07:14 — Larceny-theft from building, 609 Waltham St 2. 26-001026 08:52 — Object in road, Hayden Ave/Spring St 3. 26-001027 09:33 — Object in road, 27 Maple St 4. 26-001028 11:08 — Burglary/B&E, 30 Captain Parker Arms (unit 12) 5. 26-001030 11:26 — Disturbance, 13 Pelham Rd (Pelham Academy) 6. 26-001031 11:45 — Dispute-civil, 10 James St 7. 26-001032 12:39 — Police-ordered tow, 16 Clarke St — keep briefly 8. 26-001197 (filed Jan. 26) 08:10 — MV crash reported by mail, Route 128/Exit 45B North 9. 26-001484 (filed Jan. 26) 04:30 — MV crash reported by mail, 690 Marrett