The Weyburn Police Service is reminding the public: if you see something suspicious, notify the police immediately.
Last week the WPS responded to numerous mischief calls, one of which has not resulted in an arrest.
"It's concerning when you have just random mischief where they think it's harmless, but it really isn't harmless at all," said Deputy Chief Shane St. John.
The other incident involved smashed windows on equipment and vehicles and a report of two youths in a compound tampering with a forklift, who were caught on video clear enough to be identified.
St. John said they were young enough that they could not be charged criminally.
"They were handled by their parents, who were not happy with their children, of course. We always hope the parents are on board with any kind of punishment there and that this doesn't become a trend to other things. You hope this is a one-off and those kids have learned their lesson and the parents take responsibility or take action with the children to make sure something like this doesn't happen again."
He said they were simply too young to think ahead beyond the moment.
In the case of a much more serious offense with children too young to be charged criminally, however, St. John noted it would likely result in institutionalization.
If a child or children were repeating acts of mischief with the issues pointing to their home life, Social Services would become involved to enforce any further action.
"They would partner with us and the families because clearly there's something going on that's outside the norm and the kids aren't getting what they need at home, so they're acting out, they're doing something in the community because there's always a reason for the actions usually, so you need to get to the root of that and maybe there isn't help needed at home. I'm not saying that's the case with this, but if it's an ongoing situation with the same youth over and over again, clearly there'd be something amiss at home."
St. John added police are well-trained and are often able to discern whether it's mischief due to boredom or something more serious.