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19:18:51,076

19:18:51,076

INFO - Havre roster DOCX saved: message_id= <SA2PR22MB25877628AAD3B5F9AC3B25F9AA1B2@SA2PR22MB2587.namprd22.prod.outlook.com> filename=20260611_JAILROSTER.docx path=/root/montanablotter/uploads/20260611_JAILROSTER.docx roster_date=2026-06-11

When
06/16/26
19:18
Location Unknown
County Hill
19:18:51,074

19:18:51,074

INFO - Routing Havre PD roster email to jail_bookings pipeline: subject='JAILROSTER - 06/11/26' sender='reichl <reichl@hillso.org>'

When
06/16/26
19:18
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:58,316

16:51:58,316

INFO - Facebook auto-queued 1 audited post(s) for text blotter #603

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:58,308

16:51:58,308

INFO - Blotter auditor: 1 post(s) audited, 0 flagged for review

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:58,307

16:51:58,307

INFO - Audited post #555: PASS, 0 PII flags

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:58,306

16:51:58,306

ERROR - Claude audit API error: Error code: 400 - {'type': 'error', 'error': {'type': 'invalid_request_error', 'message': 'Your credit balance is too low to access the Anthropic API. Please go to Plans & Billing to upgrade or purchase credi…

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:58,305

16:51:58,305

INFO - HTTP Request: POST https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request"

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:58,174

16:51:58,174

INFO - generate_posts(blotter_id=603): created 1 digest post

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:58,168

16:51:58,168

ERROR - Claude API error: Error code: 400 - {'type': 'error', 'error': {'type': 'invalid_request_error', 'message': 'Your credit balance is too low to access the Anthropic API. Please go to Plans & Billing to upgrade or purchase credits.'},…

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:58,167

16:51:58,167

INFO - HTTP Request: POST https://api.anthropic.com/v1/messages "HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request"

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:57,618

16:51:57,618

INFO - ✅ Text blotter #603 complete: 18 incidents indexed

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:57,613

16:51:57,613

INFO - Skipped 5 duplicate incident(s) before insert for text blotter

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:57,607

16:51:57,607

INFO - Text blotter: county=Hill, incidents=23

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:57,599

16:51:57,599

INFO - Processing text blotter from email body

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:54,082

16:51:54,082

INFO - Havre roster ingested: filename=JAILROSTER.docx fetched=35 new=0 updated=35 missing=35

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:54,074

16:51:54,074

INFO - Parsed 35 records from HCSO roster docx: /root/montanablotter/uploads/20260616_JAILROSTER.docx

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:54,042

16:51:54,042

INFO - Havre roster DOCX saved: message_id= <CO6PR22MB2579E9C3AD15412718C7AD74AAE52@CO6PR22MB2579.namprd22.prod.outlook.com> filename=20260616_JAILROSTER.docx path=/root/montanablotter/uploads/20260616_JAILROSTER.docx roster_date=2026-06-16

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:54,040

16:51:54,040

INFO - Routing Havre PD roster email to jail_bookings pipeline: subject='JAILROSTER - 6/16/26' sender='reichl <reichl@hillso.org>'

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:10,125

16:51:10,125

INFO - Havre roster ingested: filename=JAILROSTER.docx fetched=38 new=0 updated=38 missing=39

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
16:51:10,108

16:51:10,108

INFO - Parsed 38 records from HCSO roster docx: /root/montanablotter/uploads/20260615_JAILROSTER.docx

When
06/16/26
16:51
Location Unknown
County Hill
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