The Tacoma Police Department has posted the August monthly reports for the four sectors and several specialty units on its web site.

Here are some of the highlights.

Sector 1: Two men armed with guns robbed the Stop & Mart, 1501 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, on Aug. 17. A police dog tried to find the robbers but was not successful.

Officers arrested four men on suspicion of breaking into a home Aug. 20. Investigators were looking into whether they were involved in other burglaries.

Residents around Peck Park have come together to form a new group, Peck Park Neighbors.

Sector 2: Officers stopped a taxi driver who turned out to be on the FBI Terrorist Watch List. The stop was Aug. 5 in the 2600 block of North Orchard Street. The driver provided officers with an address in Sector 3 where he'd moved into that day. Officers completed a field report and flagged it for Homeland Security. The department also contacted the Terrorist Screening Center, as requested.

An officer was instrumental in arrested a man suspected in a string of crimes in the sector. The crimes occurred in the area of North 37th and Pearl streets. Officers say they cleared several reports of vandalism, dining-and-dashing, an attempted robbery of a newspaper carrier and a deli robbery. The man was found in possession of a Ford Taurus stolen in Bremerton and a bb gun.

Sector 3: The South 47th and Oakes area continues to be a problem spot. In August, an officer had a rock thrown at (and hit) his patrol car while he was trying to disperse juveniles from the area. In addition, two juveniles were robbed and assaulted by seven males and females in the same corridor. The victims didn't have serious injuries.

Sector 4: The Jennie Reed community-based services group is now working with Safe Streets to improve and organize their area. The number of residents participating in the group has increased.

The lower Portland Avenue community also continues to combat crime and blight issues. The group is working with the Puyallup Tribe to create a new park area now known as the T Street Gulch. As part of the effort, the park would be renamed to honor its first Puyallup Indian name. Biking and walking trails could be part of the new park.

Gang Unit: Members of the unit arrested 70 people during August, confiscated five guns, drugs and seized $1,390 cash.

K-9 Unit: The three dogs and their handlers made three felony arrests and one misdemeanor arrest for the month. They assisted with 23 other arrests and completed 22 tracks.

Traffic Unit: Officers issued 995 traffic citations in August, with drivers in Sector 2 getting the most (276) and drivers in Sector 1 coming in a close second (272). Officers arrested 10 suspected drunken drivers in Sector 1 and eight in Sector 3.

There were 2,960 citations issued from the red light cameras.

Marine Services Unit: Officers completed 54 vessel safety inspections and wrote 19 citations. They handled 22 complaints about water activity and had 10 calls for service.