The Last Time The Police Had To Come To Your Street?

[matt72582]

Street or whatever? For the past two days, this house across the street (and over one) had been playing music so loud for the past two days. I turned up my music loud, but it barely made a tent, for I only have these TV built-in speakers, while this moron (who is actually renting a room for the people he works for, who live there) is blasting the music from his car. The only time they stopped was when it started to thunderstorm yesterday evening. This morning, it woke me up at 4am this morning. I was so angry I had to shout towards them from my porch, knowing I'd never be able to go back to sleep. I doubt they heard a thing. I had actually called the police a few hours later, knowing they probably wouldn't show up. I didn't want to, but two days was more than enough. The houses are so close to each other, and I'm all for depopulation.


By almost 4pm, I see one guy go to the porch and smoke. So I tried to get his attention, and I yelled some expletives and commented "Hearing this garbage since 4am". Minutes later, I hear a pounding. I'm thinking, "It can't be here, but it's so loud. Maybe someone is pounding on my car?"... My first thought is if I should get my pistol, but I thought I'd take a look outside my window. The neighbor next door (burglar/racist) went to their house, and pounded on the door. A lot of expletives, including the n-word, followed by, "I'll burn your house down".. And as he walked away, he shouted, "WHITE POWER".


Then I see more neighbors coming outside, and I see two of the guys from the loud car/house go over there, which seemed peaceful at first, but then I hear threats, and everyone is armed. I live in an open-carry state, so I could see everyone and their gun holstered for everyone to see (law).


Then the police come. They talk to one awful neighbor, and they try to act like good people, when the racist/burglar just had a run-in with another neighbor, and more threats, etc... The cops go to the other house, and the minute they leave, the guy turns his stereo so loud. I go outside, but not before slamming the door, just so my displeasure is known, and then slammed it back, and here I am. I'm just wondering if anything happens tonight.


Someone on the next street was just murdered by a neighbor a few weeks ago according to my I just heard two gunshots. I better go get mine. I waited a bit to peek out my back door, and I would guess it's my next door burglar/racist shooting, which makes me want to shoot a few rounds, but I don't need police coming back in a bad mood. Good thing I didn't follow through with my original plans!

[ScarletLion]

America man. so ****ed up.

[Yoda]

I would hope it obvious that nobody knows what another culture is like based on whatever news stories happen to reach them.

Regardless, you all know the rules: no politics. Insofar as this thread is actually about personal experiences with the police in their community, that's potentially fine. But that's it.

[Yoda]

Anyway, in the last place we lived the police were on our street fairly regularly. It was a pretty poor neighborhood.

Not sure they've had to come by the place we moved to last December, though. Which is one of the reasons we moved here.

[matt72582]

Anyway, in the last place we lived the police were on our street fairly regularly. It was a pretty poor neighborhood.

Not sure they've had to come by the place we moved to last December, though. Which is one of the reasons we moved here.


Glad to hear you are in a better neighborhood.



When you did live there, were the police quick to respond? Were there people who avoided calling in fear of retribution?

[Yoda]

When you did live there, were the police quick to respond?
I'd say so, but then the police station was a block over.

Were there people who avoided calling in fear of retribution?
I don't know, but this would surprise me, outside of the actual drug culture, which we weren't a part of.

Ultimately, in places like that, it seems like you can't avoid being near crime and violence, but you can mostly avoid actually getting pulled into it with some common sense/by avoiding a few things. We definitely saw and heard stuff, and there's always a risk just having it near you, though.

[John McClane]

My previous neighborhood was EMS/cop land and, even with half a dozen cops living there, we still had an active meth lab popup. Watching that bust was insane. About 12 copy cars, and a SWAT truck. But outside of that one event we rarely had any policing, but plenty of ODs. So EMS was out a lot.

Otherwise, that neighborhood was fairly quiet.

My current residence is right off a road that sees tons of traffic, and I’ve seen police pursing/responding to calls about half a dozen times now. But that’s because this is a popular cut through. The street itself is solidly middle class, but down the road is some harder areas. Case in point: a body was dumped about a mile down the road from my house right around the time I moved in, so yeah…my rifle is always at the ready.

Remember: when seconds count, the police are just minutes away.

[John Dumbear]

Every single day. My next door neighbor is a police detective.


:p

[beelzebubble]

Wow Matt! Sorry you live in such a scary/loud neighborhood.

[xSookieStackhouse]

never cause i live in a country that is peace and quiet

[Mr Minio]

A few years ago somebody blew up the ATM located about 60 feet away. It was in the middle of the night and the bang was so loud it would wake up the dead. The burglar took the money and ran away with his car. When the police came, the dude was already miles away.

[Stirchley]

America man. so ****ed up.

This is mean. We do the best we can, but, sometimes, we are overwhelmed by circumstances.

[ScarletLion]

This is mean. We do the best we can, but, sometimes, we are overwhelmed by circumstances.

I mean it just is (I'm sure the millions of good people are trying their best to continue to be good, but from the outside I'm afraid it looks almost beyond salvage). Mass shooter drills in schools. People carrying guns wherever you look. 337 mass shootings this year already Abortion laws that just beggar belief.

Spike Lee said "The foundation of the United States of America is genocide, stealing land and slavery. Any architect will tell you that if you don't have a strong foundation, the building's going to be shaky, and shaky from day one... This original sin has not been dealt with since the birth of this country."

But Yoda has asked to not politicise this thread so I'll respect that and not comment further as I suspect my opinions will be taken as offensive. They're not meant to be. Just tinged with sadness really.

[Yoda]

While I appreciate people trying to respect the no politics rule, I'm not sure it really is respecting it when you say that immediately after doing it (again). And I'd like to ask any friends overseas to Google "survivorship bias" and reflect on which kinds of news stories are most likely to travel that kind of distance, and whether that overlaps with what's emblematic or not.

That said, yeah: no more, please. People can PM me if they want to argue and/or discuss. In fact, I hope people take me up on that, because some of these biases aren't merely selective, but literally false.

[John Dumbear]

...in other words.


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[Yoda]

Is this where someone posts the "that's my fetish" GIF?

[Stirchley]

To answer the OP’s question, that would be last Thursday night. FD was all over the street & PD. Turns out one of the druggie buildings on my street had a shooting where the guy was dead at the scene. Another guy had also been shot & he called 911. He’s in the local hospital & he’s still alive so far as I know. Perp is still at large (with his gun) & the cops said he knew the 2 guys he shot.

Just another night in our ‘hood. :rolleyes:

[Hey Fredrick]

Yesterday. For whatever reason a guy across the street got rid of his driveway so he has to park his car on the street. About 2ish in the am, someone smashed into his car. Cops came knocking on our door to see if our Ring caught anything. It didn't of course, which then made me think that the cops might think that I did it and deleted all the incriminating evidence. I'm a bit paranoid sometimes. I have my passport and hard drives (I'm not copying all my movies again!) ready to go at a moments notice.

[EsmagaSapos]

Since I live in a valley, not much goes on. The last time the police came was because of the gypsies camping in a public park. I don't have a problem with them, they cut some bambu that they use for fishing, although fishing is illegal, but that's reasonable, they do it for eating not sport. They sing their songs by the fire, which I like, they never do it after hours, they sleep, just like I do. I do have a problem with kids, some older than me, that come here and scream all night, but people don't care about them because they ain't gypsies, they're just spoiled youngsters that want to say they spent a night out, and I'm sure their parents kind of like that, not having them around.

The prejudice in every society is alarming, and the gypsies are probably the most marginalized race, they got no voice, and they don't play the victims card. For instance, did you know that Hitler in the latest research killed an estimated 1.5 million to 2 million gypsies? No one cares, they are gypsies, they don't play by our rules, they don't buy our clothes, our houses, our cars, they live from here to there, they camp in places we consider public, but they aren't part of the public.

[matt72582]

Since I live in a valley, not much goes on. The last time the police came was because of the gypsies camping in a public park. I don't have a problem with them, they cut some bambu that they use for fishing, although fishing is illegal, but that's reasonable, they do it for eating not sport. They sing their songs by the fire, which I like, they never do it after hours, they sleep, just like I do. I do have a problem with kids, some older than me, that come here and scream all night, but people don't care about them because they ain't gypsies, they're just spoiled youngsters that want to say they spent a night out, and I'm sure their parents kind of like that, not having them around.

The prejudice in every society is alarming, and the gypsies are probably the most marginalized race, they got no voice, and they don't play the victims card. For instance, did you know that Hitler in the latest research killed an estimated 1.5 million to 2 million gypsies? No one cares, they are gypsies, they don't play by our rules, they don't buy our clothes, our houses, our cars, they live from here to there, they camp in places we consider public, but they aren't part of the public.


Thank you for the detailed story!


I definitely know about the Roma, and YouTube is full of some fascinating documentary, interviews, footage, etc.. From what I've read, it seems like they came from India, split in Northern Iraq, where some went to Egypt (which might explain the name), and the rest went to Romania and Hungary - where I saw some. I actually bought weed from one, and I actually did get ripped off. I'm laughing now, because I didn't take it lightly. When she said, "acht", I thought, "Oh 8 grams", but it was one, and I knew that was "egy" in Hungarian. After I yelled something about dishonesty, her "guy" said, "Do you speak gypsy?", and I had nothing left, so I said, "I'm telling the police" and just walked back to my hostel to smoke it. It was really good, though. But you usually had to get it from a prostitute. The funny stories of negotiating with a language barrier makes for some funny moments, but maybe a bit too vulgar for this site :)

[WHITBISSELL!]

I was going to say years and years ago. It was kids partying and the people next door somehow got involved. I think their kids tried to crash the party and it turned into a whole thing. Then my idiot neighbor's idiot brother had to get involved and got hurt. Cops eventually showed up and settled things down.

Anyway, that was years ago. But recently some people moved in (I think it's the exact same house where the party was years back) and they're kind of trashy. Park their cars on their lawn. Which quickly went from patchy grass to completely dirt. A veritable buttload of kids of all ages. And they never show any lights on, even at night. Blackout curtains. Their garage (the few times it's been open) is piled floor to ceiling with boxes. They sort of settled down a bit since an altercation between the teenage girls living there and another group of teenage girls. Insults were hurled as were rocks that broke the rear window of one of the many cars parked on the front lawn/patch of dirt. I was watching from my house and they later tried to get me involved as a witness but I told the cops I hadn't seen anything. Which was more or less true. They couldn't find a single neighbor that would step up for them. This was a nice quiet neighborhood before they moved in.

[cricket]

Street or whatever? For the past two days, this house across the street (and over one) had been playing music so loud for the past two days. I turned up my music loud, but it barely made a tent, for I only have these TV built-in speakers, while this moron (who is actually renting a room for the people he works for, who live there) is blasting the music from his car. The only time they stopped was when it started to thunderstorm yesterday evening. This morning, it woke me up at 4am this morning. I was so angry I had to shout towards them from my porch, knowing I'd never be able to go back to sleep. I doubt they heard a thing. I had actually called the police a few hours later, knowing they probably wouldn't show up. I didn't want to, but two days was more than enough. The houses are so close to each other, and I'm all for depopulation.


By almost 4pm, I see one guy go to the porch and smoke. So I tried to get his attention, and I yelled some expletives and commented "Hearing this garbage since 4am". Minutes later, I hear a pounding. I'm thinking, "It can't be here, but it's so loud. Maybe someone is pounding on my car?"... My first thought is if I should get my pistol, but I thought I'd take a look outside my window. The neighbor next door (burglar/racist) went to their house, and pounded on the door. A lot of expletives, including the n-word, followed by, "I'll burn your house down".. And as he walked away, he shouted, "WHITE POWER".


Then I see more neighbors coming outside, and I see two of the guys from the loud car/house go over there, which seemed peaceful at first, but then I hear threats, and everyone is armed. I live in an open-carry state, so I could see everyone and their gun holstered for everyone to see (law).


Then the police come. They talk to one awful neighbor, and they try to act like good people, when the racist/burglar just had a run-in with another neighbor, and more threats, etc... The cops go to the other house, and the minute they leave, the guy turns his stereo so loud. I go outside, but not before slamming the door, just so my displeasure is known, and then slammed it back, and here I am. I'm just wondering if anything happens tonight.


Someone on the next street was just murdered by a neighbor a few weeks ago according to my I just heard two gunshots. I better go get mine. I waited a bit to peek out my back door, and I would guess it's my next door burglar/racist shooting, which makes me want to shoot a few rounds, but I don't need police coming back in a bad mood. Good thing I didn't follow through with my original plans!

I've lived in some tough places but I would be out of Flint in a hurry.

[Stirchley]

Since I live in a valley, not much goes on. The last time the police came was because of the gypsies camping in a public park. I don't have a problem with them, they cut some bambu that they use for fishing, although fishing is illegal, but that's reasonable, they do it for eating not sport. They sing their songs by the fire, which I like, they never do it after hours, they sleep, just like I do. I do have a problem with kids, some older than me, that come here and scream all night, but people don't care about them because they ain't gypsies, they're just spoiled youngsters that want to say they spent a night out, and I'm sure their parents kind of like that, not having them around.

The prejudice in every society is alarming, and the gypsies are probably the most marginalized race, they got no voice, and they don't play the victims card. For instance, did you know that Hitler in the latest research killed an estimated 1.5 million to 2 million gypsies? No one cares, they are gypsies, they don't play by our rules, they don't buy our clothes, our houses, our cars, they live from here to there, they camp in places we consider public, but they aren't part of the public.

Which country are you in? Portugal? Can’t remember.

Thank you for the detailed story!

I definitely know about the Roma, and YouTube is full of some fascinating documentary, interviews, footage, etc.. From what I've read, it seems like they came from India, split in Northern Iraq, where some went to Egypt (which might explain the name)

Definitely they got their name from “Egypt”. But IIRC, they were never actually in Egypt: people thought they were because of their darkish skin. Definitely from India originally.

[gbgoodies]

I don't know why yet, but the police were here about two hours ago. There were about 5 or 6 police and fire department vehicles with flashing lights, (no sirens), and at least one ambulance.

We were eating dinner, so we didn't go outside to ask what was going on, but apparently everyone else thought it was a good time to walk their dogs when the lights started flashing. (I didn't know that people with dogs could synchronize their pets' bathroom breaks like that. :rolleyes:)

I'll probably find out what happened tomorrow.

[Austruck]

I can't think of a time since I've lived here when the police were on our street, except perhaps the first year we were here and someone broke into my car and stole my digital recorder. I caught him in the act (we had driveway sensors that went off when he came down the driveway) and stupidly ran out the back door yelling at him to stop, then followed him out the driveway and saw which way he went before calling the police. Turns out two other locals had called about him within the same few minutes, so they caught him within the hour and called me back to update me. He had the recorder on him (which had my name on it). He'd broken into a half dozen cars before he was caught.

That was the big, exciting event in our neighborhood, which is usually dull and quiet. Fine with me.

[Austruck]

I can't think of a time since I've lived here when the police were on our street, except perhaps the first year we were here and someone broke into my car and stole my digital recorder. I caught him in the act (we had driveway sensors that went off when he came down the driveway) and stupidly ran out the back door yelling at him to stop, then followed him out the driveway and saw which way he went before calling the police. Turns out two other locals had called about him within the same few minutes, so they caught him within the hour and called me back to update me. He had the recorder on him (which had my name on it). He'd broken into a half dozen cars before he was caught.

That was the big, exciting event in our neighborhood, which is usually dull and quiet. Fine with me.

Oh yeah, I kept the police log article about it. It was nine years ago:

88495

[John McClane]

Prowling at night.

Geez, anything to tack on an extra charge.

Too bad they don’t have a howling at night law, too. Cuz I got some dogs I’d like to report. lol

[Austruck]

Prowling at night.

Geez, anything to tack on an extra charge.

Too bad they don’t have a howling at night law, too. Cuz I got some dogs I’d like to report. lol

I'm guessing the prowling at night was because he was coming onto private property to get to some of the cars (like mine, which was parked a long way off the street, down our driveway, right next to the back porch).

Still, since he pled guilty, there was no trial and I didn't have to testify. And eventually I got my voice recorder back. :D

[Stirchley]

Oh yeah, I kept the police log article about it. It was nine years ago:

88495

Good police work. They found the missing cigarette lighter. :p

[Stirchley]

Prowling at night.

Geez, anything to tack on an extra charge.

Too bad they don’t have a howling at night law, too. Cuz I got some dogs I’d like to report. lol

Might seem amusing to you, but the last thing we need on our street is some lunatic “prowling at night”. Don’t come anywhere near my fence, my locked gate or any part of my house. :rolleyes:

[Austruck]

Might seem amusing to you, but the last thing we need on our street is some lunatic “prowling at night”. Don’t come anywhere near my fence, my locked gate or any part of my house. :rolleyes:

My thoughts as well. When you're home alone in the middle of the night when that guy is "prowling at night" (as I was), it's a completely different feeling. The man had crept up our driveway (about 100 feet), right up near the back door, to get to my car. I'm glad the police responded as quickly as they did, and that they took the time to call me back to let me know he had been apprehended. I slept better.

[Austruck]

Good police work. They found the missing cigarette lighter. :p

I know, right? As I reread that article, I realized that the MP3 player was also mine (but didn't have my name on it). When I saw the list of items, I realized that he'd nabbed that too. So I took a printout of the receipt from Amazon (which had a picture of the item) when I went to get the voice recorder. Yup, it was my MP3 player. I thought the police handled the situation well, all things considered.

[Stirchley]

My thoughts as well. When you're home alone in the middle of the night when that guy is "prowling at night" (as I was), it's a completely different feeling. The man had crept up our driveway (about 100 feet), right up near the back door, to get to my car. I'm glad the police responded as quickly as they did, and that they took the time to call me back to let me know he had been apprehended. I slept better.

My local police tell me in all their years they’ve never had a break-in where the house has a dog. (We don’t.) My hugest fear has always been a home invasion. Highly unlikely as our house has an alarm on every door & window & a barbed wire fence, but, still ….

[Austruck]

My local police tell me in all their years they’ve never had a break-in where the house has a dog. (We don’t.) My hugest fear has always been a home invasion. Highly unlikely as our house has an alarm on every door & window & a barbed wire fence, but, still ….

We too have all the windows and doors set with alarms, plus a bunch of security cams aimed at every entrance and way onto the property. Still... :D

We also do not have a dog (hubby's not a fan), but I can imagine the barks of a dog would scare off most potential intruders, for sure. Dogs are unquantifiable variables.

[John McClane]

I understand the prowling at night law. I just find it's verbiage amusing.

Prowling is dangerous here. Liable to get you shot than arrest.

[Stirchley]

We too have all the windows and doors set with alarms, plus a bunch of security cams aimed at every entrance and way onto the property. Still... :D

We also do not have a dog (hubby's not a fan), but I can imagine the barks of a dog would scare off most potential intruders, for sure. Dogs are unquantifiable variables.

Yes, even the smallest dog can be ferocious & the “prowler” has no idea what kind of dog is actually inside & how big it is. As you say, the barking itself will suffice.

I love dogs, but have never actually owned one of my own. We’ve turned into cat people somehow.

[PumaMan]

Prowling is dangerous here. Liable to get you shot than arrest.

Same where I live. My semi-rural neighborhood (1.5 to 5 acre lots) has a high gun ownership percentage, probably >90%. Prowling here at night can get you hurt. The Amazon delivery folks have told me that they are afraid to make after-dark deliveries in my neighborhood. I leave the (very bright) outdoor lights on when I know they are going to be delivering on the late side.

My wife and I don't have guns -- we rely on attack cats. :D

[Austruck]

I understand the prowling at night law. I just find it's verbiage amusing.

Fair enough. The wording IS kinda funny. :D

[ScannerDarkly]

I see the cops all the time, can't really remember the last time.

The last memorable time is someone got shot a few houses down the police had my driveway blocked off.