Public Safety Roundup

I need to carefully parse this log. Let me note a few things before drafting:

1. The date range in the source file is February 1–28, 2026, but the date range provided in the prompt header says "June 20, 2026." The source file name is `HPD-Public-Log-February-2026.pdf`. I will use the actual log dates (February 1–28, 2026) and flag this discrepancy prominently for the editor.

2. The log is very long. I need to apply all tightening and exclusion rules aggressively.

3. Let me identify statutory exclusions (DV/restraining orders, sexual assault, juveniles): - Any entry coded `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder` — these are likely 209A/harassment-order related. I'll omit all of them. - `26-24045` (Feb 5): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder No Service` - `26-24069` (Feb 5): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder No Service` - `26-25099` (Feb 6): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder No Service` - `26-25441` (Feb 7): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder Logged` - `26-25705` (Feb 7): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder Services Rendered` - `26-25912` (Feb 8): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder Services Rendered` - `26-29924` (Feb 13): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder No Service` - `26-30174` (Feb 14): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder Services Rendered` - `26-30257` (Feb 14): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder Services Rendered` - `26-33539` (Feb 19): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder Report Follows` → refers to incident 26HOL-104-OF - `26-34770` (Feb 21): `PD-Restraining/HarassmentOrder Services Rendered` - `26-24703` (Feb 6): `PD-Warrant No Service` — not a restraining order, keep. - Assault at school building `26-23547` (Feb 4): `PD-Assault Offenses Report Follows` at `HOLBROOK PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING` — this is ambiguous; could involve a juvenile. I'll flag and omit per "when in doubt, omit."

4. Entries to drop under tightening rules: - All motor vehicle stops (verbal warnings, citations) with no arrest or notable outcome — these are routine enforcement, no incident narrative. I'll include them as a very brief cluster or drop entirely. Actually, re-reading the rules: non-arrest entries should be one sentence. MV stops with just "Citation/Warning Issued" or "Verbal Warning" with no further incident narrative add little to a public safety roundup. I'll drop purely routine MV stops (no arrest, no collision, no notable outcome). This is aggressive tightening per the rules. - Actually, let me reconsider. MV stops resulting in citations are public enforcement activity. But per the tightening rules, I should strip anything not "directly incident-relevant." I'll include MV collision entries (which have public-safety relevance) but drop routine MV stop/citation/warning entries unless there's something notable. - Burglar alarm entries that were confirmed accidental, cancelled en route, or building checked/secured with no further action — drop. - "Details/Time off" entries — drop entirely (internal administrative). - "Prisoner transport" — drop (post-arrest logistical). - "Follow-up investigation" — these have no new incident info, drop. - "Summons no service / warrant no service" — drop (administrative, no incident). - "House/building check — secured" — drop (routine patrol). - "Lost/found property" with no narrative — very brief or drop. - "Police information logged" — drop unless substantive. - "General info" — drop. - "Private investigator logged" — drop. - "Vehicle maintenance" — drop. - "Repossessed MV/Private Tow Logged" — drop (not a police incident). - "Abandoned MV" — keep briefly if public-safety relevant. - "Assist fire department" — keep briefly. - "Assist other agency" — keep if it generated an incident report or arrest; drop if just "services rendered" with no further detail. - "Animal complaint" with no injury/attack/property damage — drop per rule C. - "Soliciting" — keep briefly. - "911 hang up confirmed accidental" — drop. - "911 hang up services rendered/report follows" — keep if it generated an incident report. - "Disabled MV" — drop (routine). - "Unwanted party" — keep briefly. - Motor vehicle complaints with just "services rendered" or "gone on arrival" — drop most. - "Disturbance" entries with "Report Follows" or "Peace Restored" or "Services Rendered" — keep (public-safety relevant). - Health & welfare checks — keep, described generically.

5. Now let me identify what to keep and draft entries:

Substantive entries to include:

Feb 1: - 0235: Public assist at 30 Roseen Rd — minimal info, drop (no incident narrative beyond "services rendered") - 0247: Suspicious activity at Super Petroleum, 845 S. Franklin St — keep briefly - 0848: Welfare check at Abington Ave @ Weymouth St — keep - 1118: Welfare check at 105 Pine St — keep (cluster with above? Different time/location, keep separate) - 1633/1645/1656/1730/1820/2041/2126/2251/2253/2284: MV stops — drop all (routine) - 1645: Suspicious activity at 35 Emery St (Report Follows, incident #26HOL-60-OF) — keep - 1730: Shoplifting at CVS South Franklin (incident #26HOL-61-OF) — keep - 2251: Repossessed MV — drop

Feb 2: - MV stops — drop - 0711: Disabled MV — drop - 0934: Welfare check at CVS North Franklin — keep - 1059: Disturbance at 55 Chandler St (Peace Restored) — keep briefly - 1120: Animal complaint cancelled en route — drop (no interaction) - 1302: Suspicious activity near Sal's Gas (Report Follows + accident ref 26HOL-18-AC) — keep (accident involved) - 1313: Details/time off — drop - 1303: Actually this is 26-21987 Details/Time off — drop - 1313: Suspicious activity at Maple on Franklin — keep briefly - 1433: Disabled MV — drop - 1731: MV complaint gone on arrival — drop - 1808/1831: MV stops — drop - 1816: Burglar alarm at 10 Clover Rd, appears secure — drop - 1856: Suspicious activity at Council on Aging, appears secure — keep briefly (public building) - 1916: Burglar alarm at Mary Lou's Coffee, building checked/secured — drop - 2011: Motor vehicle collision at Rama Ln @ Quincy St (Report Follows, 26HOL-19-AC) — keep - 2031: Burglar alarm at Mary Lou's Coffee — drop (same location, second alarm same night — note for editor) - 2359: House/building check MBTA station — drop (routine patrol)

Feb 3: - 0134: MV collision at 419 S. Franklin St — keep - 0331: Suspicious activity at 2 Ohan Cir → ARREST: WATTS, DAVID M, 61, Holbrook — keep - 0626: Burglar alarm at Sal's Gas, confirmed accidental — drop - 0731: MV collision near Viking Club (Report Follows + incident 26HOL-63-OF) — keep - 0851: Prisoner transport — drop - 0927: Vehicle maintenance — drop - 1028: Follow-up investigation — drop - 1038: MV stop at Walgreen's — drop (routine) - 1222: Assist other agency (Avon PD) — drop - 1428: Disturbance at CVS North Franklin (Report Follows, 26HOL-64-OF) — keep - 1503: Disabled MV towed — drop - 1508: Larceny/forgery/fraud at CVS North Franklin (26HOL-65-OF) — keep - 1722: Larceny/forgery/fraud at 11 Forest Rd (26HOL-66-OF) — keep - 1837: Burglar alarm at Kingdom Hall, confirmed accidental — drop - 1851: MV complaint — drop - 1924/2000: Drug offenses at Holbrook Ct (Report Follows) — keep; also MV stop at Holbrook Ct (these are related, same location same time — cluster or keep drug offense only) - 2000: Drug offenses at Holbrook Ct — keep - 2049: Public assist near S. Franklin St @ Cummings Way — insufficient detail, drop

Feb 4: - 0040: Repossessed MV — drop - 0129: Suspicious activity at Super Petroleum — keep briefly - 0801: Details/time off — drop - 1129: MV stop — drop - 1244: Summons no service — drop - 1253: Warrant no service — drop - 1329: Assist other agency at 41 W Shore Rd (Report Follows, 26HOL-68-OF) — keep - 1408: Prisoner transport — drop - 1502: Assault at Holbrook Public School Building (26HOL-69-OF) — FLAGGED for possible juvenile; omit per "when in doubt" - 1516: Assist fire department at 198 N. Franklin St — keep briefly - 1531: MV complaint at Walgreen's — drop - 1541: Follow-up investigation — drop - 1634: Unwanted party at MBTA Train Station — keep - 2202: MV collision at 1015 S. Franklin St (Report Follows, 26HOL-21-AC) — keep

Feb 5: - 0914: MV collision at Walgreen's (26HOL-22-AC) — keep - 1012: Suspicious activity at Holbrook Public School Building (26HOL-70-OF) — flag possible juvenile; omit per "when in doubt" - 1045/1069: Restraining orders — omit (statutory) - 1031: Public assist advised to court — drop - 1034: Details/time off — drop - 1052: Welfare check cancelled en route — keep briefly (or drop? Cancelled en route = nothing happened, drop per rule C) - 1207: Welfare check cancelled en route at Connection Cafe — drop (no action) - 1427: MV collision near Foodmart Liquors (26HOL-23-AC) — keep - 1451: Police information logged — drop - 1516: Suspicious activity at 80 Abington Ave (Report Follows, 26HOL-71-OF) — keep - 1541: Assist public logged — drop - 1612: Disturbance at Abington Savings Bank (Report Follows, 26HOL-72-OF) — keep - 1647: Summons no service — drop - 1718: Suspicious activity dispatch narrative — drop (no outcome noted) - 1724: Assist public at school building — drop - 1820: MV collision paper exchange at Domino's Pizza (26HOL-24-AC) — keep (brief) - 1949: MV stop verbal warning — drop - 2055: Assist fire dept at 11 Mullane Ave — keep briefly - 2214: MV stop citation — drop - 2329: Suspicious activity unfounded — drop - 2331: MV complaint — drop

Feb 6: - 0955: MV complaint sent on way — drop - 1037: Warrant no service — drop - 1150: Assist public (Report Follows, 26HOL-74-OF) at public safety building — keep - 1426/1449/1649: Suspicious activity — keep the ones that generated reports; 1426 & 1449 at Ramblewood appear to be follow-up to same area, 1649 at Ramblewood 2 — keep briefly - MV stops — drop - 2109: MV stop citation — drop - 2120: MV collision at Plymouth St @ Sycamore St (26HOL-25-AC) — keep - 2099/2201: Restraining order — omit (statutory) - 2201: Suspicious activity at 424 N. Franklin St → ARREST: BARROS, JOEY CARDOSO, 38, Holbrook — OUI — keep

Feb 7: - 0830: Burglar alarm cancelled en route — drop - 1143: Assist public advised to court — drop - 1158: Welfare check at 62 Belcher St — keep - 1230/1705: Restraining orders — omit (statutory) - 1336: MV collision at 121 Union St (26HOL-26-AC) — keep - MV stops — drop - 1916: Suspicious activity at 1 Thornton Rd — keep briefly (this address keeps appearing) - 1936: Restraining order — omit - 2020: 911 hang up checked and spoke with — drop (accidental-like, no incident) - 2059/2110: MV stops — drop - 2114: 911 accidental — drop - 2143/2151: Suspicious activity — keep 2151 briefly (27 N Shore Rd) - 2244: MV stop — drop - 2248: MV complaint investigated — drop

Feb 8: - 0159: Restraining order — omit (statutory) - 0711: Disturbance at 52 Quincy St (Report Follows, 26HOL-76-OF) — keep - 0711: Details/time off — drop - 1606: Welfare check at 258 Sycamore St — keep - 1817: Disturbance at Ramblewood 1, 138 Longmeadow Dr (Report Follows, 26HOL-78-OF) — keep

Feb 9: - 0200: Robbery at 12 Mayflower Rd (Report Follows, 26HOL-79-OF) — keep, FLAG for serious crime - 0236: Burglar alarm false alarm — drop - 0921: Follow-up investigation — drop - 1355: Larceny/forgery/fraud at 291 Pine St (26HOL-81-OF) — keep - 1450: Soliciting, gone on arrival — drop (no action) - 1520: Larceny/forgery/fraud at Walgreen's (26HOL-82-OF) — keep - 1620: MV collision at CVS South Franklin (26HOL-27-AC) — keep - 1721: Breaking & entering at 1 Thornton Rd — keep, FLAG - 1859: Suspicious activity, services not required — drop - 1922: MV stop citation — drop - 2045: MV stop — drop - 2056: Disturbance at CVS North Franklin (Report Follows, 26HOL-83-OF) — keep

Feb 10: - 0650: Burglar alarm, building checked/secured — drop - 0919: Disturbance at 480 S. Franklin St (Report Follows, 26HOL-84-OF) — keep - 1007: Suspicious activity at CVS South Franklin — keep briefly - 1043: Follow-up — drop - 1047: Lost/found property at school — drop (no narrative) - 1108: Animal complaint no service — drop - 1305: Assist other agency → ARREST: DAUWER, KEVIN M, 33, Holbrook — warrant — keep - 1352: Welfare check at 165 S. Franklin St — keep - 1428: 911 hang up, services rendered — drop - 1433: Disturbance at school building — possibly juvenile, omit per "when in doubt" — flag - 1519: Welfare check at 202 Weymouth St — keep (cluster with 1352?) - 1522: Assist other agency no service — drop - 1526: Assist public — drop - 1561: Welfare check services not required — drop - 1712: MV stop citation — drop

Feb 11: - 0006: MV collision, services not required — drop (no report follows, minor) - 0307: Suspicious activity at school building, building checked/secured — possible juvenile concern, but this is overnight and "building checked/secured" — keep briefly (no juvenile involvement apparent — this is overnight security check after suspicious activity) - 0807/0820/0827: MV complaints/collisions — 0820 MV collision at School St @ N. Franklin (26HOL-28-AC) — keep; 0827 MV collision at 355 S. Franklin @ Walsh Rd — no report number, services rendered — keep briefly - 0954: Assist public at Dunkin Donuts — drop - 1141: Assist public (Report Follows, 26HOL-86-OF) at 184 Belcher St — keep - 1146: Assist public — drop - 1202: Assist other agency at train station — drop - 1224: MV complaint verbal warning — drop - 1333: MV complaint — drop - 1416: Suspicious activity at public safety building — drop (routine) - 1437/1502: Assist public — drop - MV stops — drop - 1851/1906: MV stops — drop - 2036: MV stop — drop - 2155: Suspicious activity at 121 Longmeadow Dr — keep briefly - 2201: Suspicious activity at 27 N Shore Rd — keep briefly

Feb 12: - 0552: Burglar alarm cancelled — drop - 0646: MV collision at Lucky 777 (26HOL-29-AC) — keep - 0647: 911 hang up (Report Follows, 26HOL-87-OF) at 73 Union St — keep - 0755: MV collision at 81 South St (26HOL-30-AC) — keep - 0909: Follow-up — drop - 0929: 911 hang up at school — drop (no report) - 1025: Assist other agency at 29 Ell Rd (Report Follows, 26HOL-88-OF) — keep - 1126: Stolen motor vehicle at 84 Abington Ave (26HOL-89-OF) — keep, FLAG - 1132: Welfare check at 204 S. Franklin St (Report Follows, 26HOL-90-OF) — keep - 1201: Follow-up — drop - 1333/1504: MV complaints — drop - 1752: Suspicious activity at public safety building — drop - 1815: MV stop — drop - 1950: Disturbance at 46 Rindone St (Report Follows, 26HOL-91-OF) — keep - 2019: Assist public — drop - 2230: Police information — drop - 2328: MV stop — drop; also Warrant no service — drop

Feb 13: - 1013: General info — drop - 1129: Welfare check at 14 White Rd — keep - 1418: MV collision at Walgreen's (Report Follows, 26HOL-31-AC + 26HOL-94-OF) — keep - 1706: MV complaint — drop - 1725: Animal complaint services rendered at 24 Chesapeake Rd — keep only if injury/attack; no details, drop - MV stops — drop - 1837: MV stop — drop - 1953: Disturbance services rendered at T Square Food Shop — keep briefly - MV stops — drop - 2311: Suspicious activity at 19 Glen Rd — keep briefly - 2314: MV complaint — drop - 2317: Assist other agency — drop - 2328: Restraining order — omit (statutory) - 2352: MV stop — drop

Feb 14: - 0041: Suspicious activity sent on way near Sumner Field — keep briefly - 0633/0741: MV stop verbal warning / MV collision at 23 Indian Rd (Report Follows, 26HOL-33-AC + 26HOL-95-OF) — keep collision - 0953: Assist other agency — drop - 1036: Restraining order — omit (statutory) - 1236: Suspicious activity unfounded — drop - 1321: Restraining order — omit (statutory) - 1359: Suspicious activity (Report Follows, 26HOL-96-OF) at Winthrop Congregational Church — keep - 1620: Welfare check transported to hospital at 96 Plymouth St (26HOL-97-OF) — keep - 1726: Breaking & entering at 14 Elm Ave (Report Follows, 26HOL-98-OF) — keep, FLAG - 1727: Suspicious activity at 105 Pine St — keep briefly - MV stops — drop - 1949: Suspicious activity at 1 Thornton Rd — keep briefly - 2041: Assist public — drop - 2227: MV complaint — drop

Feb 15: - 0207: MV stop citation — drop - 0218: MV stop — drop - 0222/0247: Suspicious activity on Pond St and at Tractor Supply — keep briefly - 0731: 911 hang up confirmed accidental — drop - 1339: Details/time off — drop - 1553: Repossessed MV — drop - 1825/1826: MV collision with personal injury (FD call merged) at 915 S. Franklin St (26HOL-34-AC) — keep, flag PI - 1840: MV stop (Report Follows, 26HOL-99-OF) at 127 S. Franklin St — keep - 1941: Welfare check at 105 Pine St — keep - MV stops — drop - 2312: Assist public spoke with — drop - 2323: 911 accidental — drop

Feb 16: - 0335: Suspicious activity at Holbrook Court — keep briefly - 0642: Private investigator logged — drop - 0917: Burglar alarm confirmed accidental — drop - 1050: MV stop — drop - 1109: Animal complaint gone on arrival — drop - 1115: Disturbance at 50 Francis St (Report Follows, 26HOL-100-OF) — keep - 1255: Larceny/forgery/fraud at 1 Thornton Rd — keep - 1322: Disturbance at 166 Longmeadow Dr (Report Follows, 26HOL-101-OF) — keep - 1400: Abandoned MV — drop - 1433: Welfare check at 4 Thornton Rd — keep - 1727: Welfare check services not required — drop - MV stops — drop - 1758: Assist public at car wash — drop - 1903: 911 accidental gone on arrival — drop - 2115: General info — drop - 2209: MV stop — drop - 2256: Assist public advised to court — drop

Feb 17: - 0154: Animal complaint at Canine College — no injury detail, drop - 0630: 911 hang up confirmed accidental — drop - 0755: Police information — drop - 0922: Assist other agency at Union St train tracks — drop - 1038: Assist public logged — drop - 1143: Details/time off — drop - 1336: Welfare check at 50 Overlook Rd — keep - 1426: Repossessed MV — drop - 1504: Harassment at 7 Linwood St (Services Rendered) — keep briefly - 1919/2026/2150/2222: General info, welfare check unfounded, MV stop, disturbance unfounded — drop all (no outcomes)

Feb 18: - 0706: Details/time off — drop - 0918/0920/

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