Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known — but no less noteworthy — incidents from police log books (a.k.a. blotters) in our suburbs.

A WAYWARD SNAKE

At 9:36 a.m. Aug. 27, Mansfield police received a call from a resident of Northridge Road who reported that a snake was in his closet, and that he thought it might be a rattlesnake.

Animal Control Officer Jeff Collins responded, and found the intruder was actually an Eastern milk snake measuring almost 3 feet long. “It was a good size,’’ Collins said later. “Eastern milk snakes have a tendency to move the tip of their tail in a way that gives the appearance of a rattler. But they’re harmless.’’ The snake had made its way into the closet in the finished basement, and Collins donned a pair of gardening gloves and successfully removed it from the home.

SMOKING ON A JET SKI

At 1:18 p.m. Sept. 3, Stow police received a call from a concerned citizen who reported “two guys on jet skis lighting up [a] marijuana cigarette and then driving off toward the beach area.’’ Police located the jet skiers on Lake Boon but didn’t find any marijuana; instead, they discovered that one of the jet skiers was smoking a small cigar. Police didn’t observe any impairment, so only a verbal warning was issued.

WELCOME TO THE ‘HOOD

At 8:12 p.m. Aug. 27, Peabody police received a report of a suspicious vehicle backed into the driveway of a vacant house on Dudley Street. The officer dispatched to the scene discovered that everything was fine: A new family had moved into the house a week before.

I’M THE METER MAN

At 8:18 a.m. Aug. 19, a Salem police officer was dispatched to investigate a report of a man opening parking meters in the Klop Alley parking lot. The officer found that the man was indeed emptying the meters, but that he was a city employee who was just doing his job of maintaining the meters.

CAR WASH, HERE WE COME

At 10:03 p.m. Aug. 28, Winthrop police received a call from a man on Park Avenue who reported that someone had dumped a bucket of dirt on his Camaro. Police determined the same thing had happened to other cars on the street during the night, and the night shift was alerted to be on the lookout.

FOOD VANDALS

On the evening of Aug. 24, a man came into the Bridgewater police station to report that he found bologna all over his car that morning. He also told police that his mailbox had been damaged eight days earlier.

Four days later, in another incident involving a mailbox in the town, police received a report that someone pulled up cornstalks from a field and stuffed them inside a homeowner’s mailbox during the night.

TWEET, TWEET

At 3:06 a.m. Aug. 26, Bridgewater police received a 911 call reporting a male in a red shirt tweeting like a bird while walking on the street. Police searched but could not locate the bird-caller. However, they said there is a man who lives in that neighborhood who is known by police to walk around outside at all hours of the night playing “Pokemon Go,’’ so it’s possible he was the one chirping at that early hour.

K-9 RETIREMENT

Congratulations to K9 Axel of the Hingham Police Department, who appears to be enjoying retirement. The Hingham police recently posted a video of Axel romping in the water, along with the following caption: “Retirement life? Great to see #K9 Axel, who retired earlier this year, doing what all hope to do. #YouEarnedIt.’’

Emily Sweeney can be reached at esweeney@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @emilysweeney.