How many times have you called the police to report something? - Page 2

wdfifteen · wdfifteen's Garage

Lots of times. I've witnessed two car accidents and called 911. There is an idiot who lives next to our office building and parks a van on the street right up next to a stop sign. When stopped at the sign you have to pull out into the street to see around his van to check for oncoming traffic. I got a ticket for not stopping because stopping at the line is a waste of time. You HAVE to pull into the street to see around this guy's van. Every time I look out my office window and see the axhole's van parked by the sign I call the cops and he gets a parking ticket. We'll be even in a few years.

krystar · 06-26-2013, 05:52 AM

only a couple of times

once when i was attempted mugged at almost gunpoint
twice on the road calling in drunk driver
once witnessing an accident

mattdavis11 · 06-26-2013, 06:14 AM

Once to obtain a police report on 2 stolen audio systems, and once when a laser was pointed at my chest, both at my home.

dienstuhr · dienstuhr's Garage

Used to be a few times a year when we lived next door to a rooming house. Noise, assaults on the street, guys selling drugs.

We moved a couple months ago and I've not called them since that.

Cheers

d.

oldE · 06-26-2013, 11:22 AM

Interesting question. I expect the answers will vary based upon where folks live.

For me, I think the number has been three times in thirty five years.

The first was when I was an assistant manager for a fast food chain which will remain nameless (but has golden arches) and our drive through speaker erupted with profanity one Thursday afternoon. I went out to talk to the guys in the car and spotted the half-consumed 24 of beer in the back, went in and called the RCMP. Response was great and the guys got to take their take out with them to the station.

A couple of other times happened after I had picked up hitch hikers. One of whom was boasting about selling drugs to jr. high school kids and the other tried to sell me some tapes I believed to be stolen.

I don't pick up hikers any more.

The night my drunken neighbour was driving around our hay fields with a loaded rifle trying to spot a deer which had crossed his lawn on the way to my place, I let my brother in law handle it. He used to wrestle and was a bouncer for a few years.

Best
Les

KFC911 · 06-26-2013, 11:41 AM

Let's just say that I've called the Police a LOT less (never) than they've been called on me. Hey, we weren't criminals...we just had loud parties

vonsmog · 06-26-2013, 11:43 AM

When I had my antique shop it was at least a couple times a month. There were accidents in front of my shop at least once a week, and to have the shoplifters that I caught arrested. Since I sold the property, I have not needed to make a call. And never had trouble around the neighborhood.

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

6-7 times in my life. And I'll be 65 in 3 months.

Bill Douglas · 06-26-2013, 12:48 PM

People call the police about me once or twice every year, but that's about it

mikeesik · 06-26-2013, 05:39 PM

Forgot...plus one.
When I lived in a Condo on the fourth floor the couple next to me would do a lot of drugs.
My Kids were over on the weekend and we were all sleeping.
I woke up around 2am to a heck of a lot of noise on the neighbors balcony.
I looked out my window and they were both stark naked and he had her bent over the railing fornicating like they were the only ones left in the Universe.

nynor · 06-26-2013, 06:03 PM

i called last year when i witnessed a couple of guys brawling right downtown, broad daylight. police response was over 40 minutes, not sure they ever came, as i left the gun store before they arrived and the guys were still outside taking potshot punches at each other. very odd, actually.

then a week ago i nearly got nailed in an intersection because the lights were GREEN in all directions. very scary.

that's it.

Bill Douglas · 06-26-2013, 07:43 PM

There were some white trash people living over my back fence selling drugs from their rented house. It was a bit obvious. Cars with engines still running, eyes looking left right left right while someone trotted into the house and back again in 5 minutes. It didn't really worry me as school kids need to buy drugs from somewhere. But they had a rip roaring party one Thursday night that was going strong until 10 the next morning. I thought one bad turn deserves another so I went to the police station and talked to my old boss and "anonymously" reported them as being possible drug dealers. I'm not sure what happened but the people moved on a couple of weeks ago. These people never stay for long in rented houses.

Groesbeck Hurricane · 06-27-2013, 03:11 AM

Hmmmm, almost never until the past few years.

I call about once a week now. There is this one lane bridge down the road on a busy state highway with lights controlling who goes first. The lights are going down almost weekly. I figure when the really bad head on happens at least the victims will know the locals knew and refused to respond. The wrecks appear to be happening quite often right now.

Aragorn · 06-27-2013, 01:39 PM

I have only called the popo once when my car was broken into in Michigan. I ended up having to drive to the station to fill out a report because the officer on duty was on his dinner break...

epbrown · 06-27-2013, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by sammyg2

Three times in 50+ years.

This. I called when my Honda Prelude was stolen back in 1986, months after moving to Chicago. I called to report shots fired in a playground I was passing maybe 10 years ago. I called to report a guy masturbating in a public stairwell that faced onto a swimming pool in the same playground.

This doesn't count calls to report a couple of fender-benders for which the police here refuse to come.

A930Rocket · 06-28-2013, 08:25 AM

Called 35 years ago to report someone had broken into my car. Called about 20 years ago when a neighbor was cutting down a tree on my property and threatened me. Called a few years ago when I found a body on the side of the road after a motorcycle accident. And lastly, called a few months ago when I saw some guys were messing with a 70-71 Mustang at about 12:30 AM on the way home from work.

Aragorn · 06-28-2013, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by epbrown

This. I called when my Honda Prelude was stolen back in 1986, months after moving to Chicago. I called to report shots fired in a playground I was passing maybe 10 years ago. I called to report a guy masturbating in a public stairwell that faced onto a swimming pool in the same playground.

This doesn't count calls to report a couple of fender-benders for which the police here refuse to come.

I remember walking past a gated parking lot and seeing a guy wearing a duster, coboy hat and shiny coboy boots zipping up his fly as he was walking away from the gate entrance. The gate latch was dripping wet and there was a puddle on the ground. Have no idea why he whizzed on the gate latch but was glad I never used that lot. I was also glad I wore biking gloves all time.

No... I didn't call the popo on that one.