KALAMAZOO, MI -- A 48-year-old Kalamazoo man is in jail Monday morning, upon his request, police say, after taking a shovel to the windshield of a police cruiser.

A public safety officer leaving the Kalamazoo Public Safety building on Howard Street at approximately 4:30 p.m. Aug. 14 saw the man using a shovel to damage the windshield of a police cruiser, according to a news release from the department.

When the PSO contacted the man, the man immediately placed the shovel on the ground and told officers to take him to jail. He told officers that he damaged the windshield of the cruiser because he was upset with his girlfriend.

Officers obliged, he was taken into custody without incident and lodged at the Kalamazoo County Jail.