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20:03:06,225

20:03:06,225

INFO - Audited post #538: PASS, 0 PII flags

When
06/15/26
20:03
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:03:06,224

20:03:06,224

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
06/15/26
20:03
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:03:06,223

20:03:06,223

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

When
06/15/26
20:03
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:03:06,085

20:03:06,085

INFO - generate_posts(blotter_id=581): created 1 digest post

When
06/15/26
20:03
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:03:06,077

20:03:06,077

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

When
06/15/26
20:03
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:03:05,737

20:03:05,737

INFO - ✅ Text blotter #581 complete: 12 incidents indexed

When
06/15/26
20:03
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:03:05,731

20:03:05,731

INFO - Created text blotter batch #581

When
06/15/26
20:03
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:03:05,726

20:03:05,726

INFO - Text blotter: county=Hill, incidents=12

When
06/15/26
20:03
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:03:05,716

20:03:05,716

INFO - Processing text blotter from email body

When
06/15/26
20:03
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:02:59,831

20:02:59,831

INFO - Havre roster ingested: filename=JAILROSTER.docx fetched=38 new=0 updated=38 missing=36

When
06/15/26
20:02
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:02:59,810

20:02:59,810

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

When
06/15/26
20:02
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:02:59,768

20:02:59,768

INFO - Havre roster DOCX saved: message_id= <CO6PR22MB2579D030AC7913E721B93385AAE62@CO6PR22MB2579.namprd22.prod.outlook.com> filename=20260615_JAILROSTER.docx path=/root/montanablotter/uploads/20260615_JAILROSTER.docx roster_date=2026-06-15

When
06/15/26
20:02
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:02:59,766

20:02:59,766

INFO - Routing Havre PD roster email to jail_bookings pipeline: subject='JAILROSTER 06/15/26' sender='reichl <reichl@hillso.org>'

When
06/15/26
20:02
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:01:53,388

20:01:53,388

INFO - Havre roster ingested: filename=JAILROSTER.docx fetched=36 new=0 updated=36 missing=35

When
06/15/26
20:01
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:01:53,379

20:01:53,379

INFO - Parsed 36 records from HCSO roster docx: /root/montanablotter/uploads/20260614_JAILROSTER.docx

When
06/15/26
20:01
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:01:53,339

20:01:53,339

INFO - Havre roster DOCX saved: message_id= <DS0PR22MB5971AF1B016C5AA3A90F5840A8E72@DS0PR22MB5971.namprd22.prod.outlook.com> filename=20260614_JAILROSTER.docx path=/root/montanablotter/uploads/20260614_JAILROSTER.docx roster_date=2026-06-14

When
06/15/26
20:01
Location Unknown
County Hill
20:01:53,337

20:01:53,337

INFO - Routing Havre PD roster email to jail_bookings pipeline: subject='Hill County jail roster' sender='Kelly Bracha <bracha@hillso.org>'

When
06/15/26
20:01
Location Unknown
County Hill
19:58:45,793

19:58:45,793

INFO - Havre roster published to jail_bookings: message_id= <SA2PR22MB25877628AAD3B5F9AC3B25F9AA1B2@SA2PR22MB2587.namprd22.prod.outlook.com> filename=JAILROSTER.docx county=Hill

When
06/15/26
19:58
Location Unknown
County Hill
19:58:45,792

19:58:45,792

INFO - Havre roster ingested: filename=JAILROSTER.docx fetched=35 new=0 updated=3 missing=0

When
06/15/26
19:58
Location Unknown
County Hill
19:58:45,779

19:58:45,779

INFO - Parsed 35 records from HCSO roster docx: /root/montanablotter/uploads/20260611_JAILROSTER.docx

When
06/15/26
19:58
Location Unknown
County Hill
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