Though HUPD has responded to fewer noise complaints and reports of "loud part[ies]" over the last few weeks, HUPD continued to respond to numerous reports of "suspicious activity" and an extraordinarily high rate of computer theft. As part of our Securitas series, we’ve combed through HUPD log entries from the last few weeks and published some of the more colorful entries below.

BY THE NUMBERS

Reports of “suspicious activity”: 29

Reports of “unwanted guest[s]”: 5

Reports of "loud part[ies]": 5

Noise complaints: 9

Total value of stolen computers: $30,249.97

Total value of stolen cash: $1,635.76

Total value of stolen bikes: $395.00

Dec. 7, 2010

Suspicious Activity (11:08 p.m.)

Barker Center, 12 Quincy St., Cambridge

Officers dispatched to a report of two suspicious individuals climbing up a light pole on a ladder. Officers report the individuals were studying the height of bids [sic] nests in the city.

Dec. 9, 2010