A caller from American Medical Response, 455 W. Beverly Place, reported at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday that a guy was there who on several occasions has “sprayed the ambulance as it goes by” and “bangs on the door in the middle of the night.”

He was gone when police arrived33 minutes later.

The Tracy Police Department received 186 calls for service Tuesday. The following is a sample of those calls:

12:25 a.m.: A caller reported being notified by a dollar store employee that a man was beaten up and bleeding near Tracy Liquors, 1220 W. 11th St. An ambulance was called in.

12:40 a.m.: A man went to the emergency room of Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, 1420 N. Tracy Blvd., with a head injury, saying he was beaten up somewhere in Tracy.

7:32 a.m.: A caller reported graffiti on the side and back of a home, as well as inside an empty swimming pool on the 3700 block of Farnham Drive.

9:21 a.m.: A woman on the 300 block of Portola Way reported that her boyfriend shoved her and scratched her neck the previous night. Police arrested the man on suspicion of domestic violence and the woman on an outstanding warrant.

9:36 a.m.: A woman on the 1000 block of North West Street reported a guy appeared on her porch, and when she asked him what he was doing, he said, “Is this a house full of girls?” He walked off toward 11th Street.

10:38 a.m.: Police arrested a student at West High School, 1775 W. Lowell Ave., on suspicion of a drug violation. The kid was booked into the San Joaquin County Juvenile Hall in French Camp.

11:46 a.m.: A shoplifter was detained at Target, 2800 Naglee Road.

3:03 p.m.: Someone involved in a crash between a Honda and a Chevy Tahoe at Tracy Boulevard and Sycamore Parkway complained of “pain in the neck.”

3:14 p.m.: A woman on the 400 block of Cumberland Drive reported a man at her door trying to sell pest control service who was “very persistent” and didn’t want to let her close her door. She said he walked across the street, but a neighbor said the man was never seen.

4 p.m.: A woman on the 400 block of West 12th Street reported her grandson stole money from her van. She said he’s tried to cash one of her checks in the past.

4:14 p.m.: A man reported someone stole the rear license plate of his 200 Acura Integra at Mountain Mike’s Pizza, 870 W. Schulte Road.

5:21 p.m.: A woman on the 1900 block of Silverberry Street report her foreclosed home as broken into, and that the front door was replaced by a closet door.

5:34 p.m.: A caller reported an “ongoing problem” with squatters in a vacant field near 11th Street and MacArthur Drive.

5:45 p.m.: A caller on Eighth Street reported her uncle has been “touching” her, and that her parents know about it. She said it’s happened more than once.

7:33 p.m.: Police arrested a man and a woman, both suspected shoplifters, after they fought with security guards and were handcuffed at Save Mart, 875 S. Tracy Blvd.

7:42 p.m.: A caller on the 200 block of Rochester Court reported seeing two guys with crowbars trying to break into “a friend’s” car, but took off running when they saw a neighbor. The caller said there was no damage and nothing was taken.

This column includes a sample of items as reported in the Tracy Police Department dispatcher’s daily log. Additional information is based on reports from officers and other law enforcement agencies. To anonymously report information about a crime: Crime Stoppers, 831-6847.