Sunday's midday pulse—26 calls, downtown paperwork, and a fatal collision

Yesterday's 26 incidents split into nine malicious-conduct reports, five administrative or collision-related calls, and a handful of welfare checks and investigations. The Lettered Streets drew nine of those—a third of the day's total—thanks to downtown foot traffic, trespass enforcement, and one midday DUI stop. Theft remained quiet with just two reports, and the single assault came late in Birchwood.

Expect a typical Monday rhythm today: morning commuter volume downtown, midday service calls in commercial corridors, and a quieter evening unless the weather keeps people indoors. If you're near the Lettered Streets or Meridian retail strips this afternoon, plan for the usual mix of foot traffic and parking jockeying. Tonight should stay calm, barring any weather-related welfare checks.

Nine malicious-conduct calls—neighbor disputes, trespasses, and verbal domestics—topped yesterday's roster, reflecting the kind of interpersonal friction that surfaces on a Sunday when people are home. Five "Other" incidents included a fatal collision, a noise citation, and warrant arrests, while three welfare checks and three investigations rounded out the service-oriented workload. Theft stayed low at two reports, and a single misdemeanor assault closed the day.

Downtown's Lettered Streets accounted for most of the malicious and vehicular paperwork—trespass warnings near Magnolia and a DUI arrest on Commercial around 1 p.m.—while Meridian saw a shoplifting call at Sunset Drive in the evening and a neighborhood dispute on Racine. Welfare checks touched Sehome, Cornwall Park, and Alabama Hill, and the fatal collision on Boulevard near WWU added investigative weight to the afternoon. The pattern suggests a day split between downtown foot traffic and scattered residential calls.

Activity built steadily from mid-morning into a four-call peak at 1 p.m., then scattered through the evening.

The busiest window ran from noon to 2 p.m., when six calls—including a DUI arrest, a disorderly-conduct booking, and a warrant arrest—converged on the Lettered Streets. Two more calls arrived at 8 a.m. (trespass warnings downtown) and another pair at 6 p.m. (a neighborhood dispute in Meridian and a verbal domestic off Texas Street). After 9 p.m., the pace slowed to one call per hour: a court-order violation in Birchwood at 8:27 p.m., the fatal collision near WWU at 9:03 p.m., and a misdemeanor assault on Tremont just before midnight.