Today I called the cops...

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Originally Posted by LasciviousXXX

Since when did everyone all of a sudden have a right to know what other people are doing? Or feel justified in being upset when they aren't "in on" what's going on. Was he parked on private property? Or was he on a public street?

<shakes head and walks away>

If something odd or out of the ordinary happens in my neighborhood, I want to be aware of the situation.
Curiosity, nothing really more than that. It is good to remember, that sometimes the watchers need to know they too are being watched. There is a "small" amount of corruption in our fair city. Tax monies can be squandered in a multitude of ways, among other things. Look upon it as ensuring my public employees know they are on my dime. "Justified in being upset"? Not upset at all, but I do find a fair amount of cynicism and curiosity can be positively used. Situational awareness is an admirable trait, Tyr, and quite frankly, I feel it is a habit worth practicing. Some people never know what is going on around them. Any douchebag can buy an old city Crown Vic, complete with hockey pucks on the trunk, drivers side search light, etc.

Originally Posted by Blueface

Pete,
We use lots of investigators in our fraud investigations.
The very last thing any of them will ever, ever do is tell someone the true reason why they are there, specially any information on the party being investigated. That can lead to privacy issues and result in potential slander and defamation charges.
As such, mum is the word usually.
If on public grounds and one is concerned, notify the police and let them investigate. If they are the police, well, life goes on as doubt they will share the reason for activity and tip anyone off.

The car was pretty solid as being a current or retired city/county unit, but the complete lack of markings of any type raised my curiosity. There was no real attempt at being "discreet." There is, however, a fairly high percentage of my cities workers I have come into contact with (I would put it at about 80%, perhaps 4 out of the last 5 just in the past few months) haven't been the brightest bulbs on the Christmas tree. This, of course, doesn't directly correlate with the personal adage I try to remind myself of, "Folks, half of the people you run into every day are below average, and it behooves anyone to take that into account."

[LasciviousXXX]

Understood Pete. I was more pointing my comments towards Neens and his situation but I understand yours as well. I'm all for people being aware of what's going on in their neighborhood. While neighborhood watch programs are often frustrating on a quantity of calls basis, they do in fact on occasion alert officers to valid crimes etc.

I guess my issue was with the "well he was rude" post earlier up. If I had a nickel for every time someone was rude to me.... I'd have like 10 cents

[markem]

Originally Posted by LasciviousXXX

I guess my issue was with the "well he was rude" post earlier up. If I had a nickel for every time someone was rude to me.... I'd have like 10 cents

No one would dare be rude to you, Tyr. It's clearly wrong to be rude to someone shorter than Gerry.

You set yourself up for that one, oh "luscious" one.