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Pacific County Sheriff’s Office and Long Beach Police Department dispatch log: Nov. 1-7, 2026

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Pacific County Sheriff’s Office Nov. 1 Ocean Park: A 911 caller, possibly a child, said there was a “monster outside.” The dispatcher could not clearly understand what the caller was saying. A reporting party said a friend had been assaulted by her boyfriend several days earlier and was receiving threatening messages from him. A reporting party said her husband and occupants of two other vehicles had been threatened by someone brandishing a firearm. The suspect allegedly threatened to run them over with a vehicle. A reporting party said a woman was experiencing withdrawal symptoms after changes in her medication, was combative and had possible dementia. A reporting party who purchased a vehicle in Louisiana without receiving its title requested assistance from an officer in obtaining the necessary inspection.

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