January saw HUPD getting the usual bizarre dispatches, though it's been a quiet month overall. Theft and suspicious activity are down, as are noise complaints (the month's sole loud party was thrown in Adams.) As part of our Securitas Series, we've combed through recent HUPD logs and published some of the more colorful entries below.

BY THE NUMBERS:

Demonstrations: 5

Loud parties: 1

Reports of suspicious activity: 26

Reports of harassment: 3

Total value of stolen laptops: $9,079

Total value of stolen bicycles: $750

Total value of stolen vacuum cleaners: $1,200

Total value of stolen tennis equipment: $1,160

Jan. 6, 2012

Suspicious Activity (7:17 p.m.)

29 Garden Street, Cambridge

Officer dispatched to a report of an individual running up and down the stairs serval (sic) times. Officer arrived and reports individual was gone on arrival.