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Police report: North Bend sees 26 calls in period; officers investigate encampments and truck routing complaints
Summary
Officer Jay McElroy reported 26 calls for service and described a transient encampment near Shady Lane that officers visited but later found largely cleared; council members and police discussed truck traffic on Cliff and Rittenhouse roads and limits to enforcement tied to current signage.
Officer Jay McElroy presented the village police report during the Oct. 27 meeting, summarizing calls and investigations and highlighting two issues: mobile homeless encampments and truck traffic using local streets for non-through travel.
McElroy said there were 26 calls for service in the reporting period and one detective-assigned case; he noted two criminal reports for fraud and harassment and one auto accident report. He described initial searches for a reported homeless encampment near Shady Lane and the beer market: officers at first could not locate an established camp, later found a heavily disturbed site and subsequently saw it cleared.
On truck routing, McElroy said some heavy vehicles are not simply passing through but using local roads to reach nearby destinations, and the current signing limits his ability to cite drivers. He said enforcement depends on signage wording — for example, a restriction that allows “no through traffic” may not be sufficient to cite a truck that is stopping within the village for a local delivery; officers discussed alternative sign language and targeting intersections where trucks commonly turn into local jobs.
McElroy urged residents to lock vehicles and remove keys; he attributed many reported vehicle take incidents to unlocked cars or keys left inside. He also told council he will continue to coordinate targeted patrols where truck routing and encampment activity are reported.
No formal council action was taken; council asked staff to look at signage language and consider options for changing regulatory signs to enable citation of non-compliant heavy vehicles where appropriate.
