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Old 02-23-2011, 01:05 AM   #21
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Right....he should tell someone, "yes, I am working an insurance fraud case on your neighbor". The neighbor is that person's friend, so they go inside, call him, and tell him not to do anything that will jeopardize the fraud he is perpetrating on the insurance company that hired the P.I. Yeah, makes total sense.
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Old 02-23-2011, 01:59 AM   #22
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All he had to say is that he was a P.I. working a case. It could have been on anything. He was snapping away at everything around could have been on or about anything really. Instead he decided to be rude. If he didn't want to be asked questions maybe he shouldn't have parked infront of a restaurant with large windows all along the street right after the lunch rush.
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Old 02-23-2011, 02:14 AM   #23
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I only assume he was coming for your light beer.
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Old 02-23-2011, 02:38 AM   #24
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It seems that Magnum was always a little stealthier; that was back in the good ole days I suppose.
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Old 02-23-2011, 07:24 AM   #25
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I only assume he was coming for your light beer.
Thank god I have none to give him.


In retrospect, I think it may have been a city flunky working for the traffic and planning commission that borrowed an "extra" city vehicle. One with capability to run plates. We have a much higher traffic rate on our street than it was designed for, and have consulted the city about it (being a "shortcut" for a larger development that was built later behind our neighborhood.)
My only analysis was that he was running plates and plotting salient home addresses in a map to find where the high volume traffic originated from.


That.... Or he was a lost alien ship commander and couldn't recognize the adaptive cloaking of his former ship and was trying to find it.
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Old 02-23-2011, 07:47 AM   #26
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Maybe he was on a stakeout or investigation and didn't feel the need to compromise it by detailing to you what he was doing?
Too bad. He should have been better at not being suspicious looking.

The first time someone gets murdered or a kid gets taken and we find out someone noticed the suspicious person but didn't notify anyone, everyone gets all bent out of shape for people 'not caring'.

Anyone parks anywhere near my house doing what this guy did in the OP, and he gets the cops called on him. He probably gets his own picture taken first, in case the cops get there late.

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Old 02-23-2011, 08:02 AM   #27
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I'm with Dan. This makes more sense. I don't think the Feds would sit in an obvious car in plain clothes. Kinda seems to pointless.

Maybe a personal vendeta against one of your neighbors. Making them paranoid
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Old 02-23-2011, 08:18 AM   #28
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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?

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Old 02-23-2011, 08:28 AM   #29
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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.
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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.

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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."
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Old 02-23-2011, 09:52 AM   #31
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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
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Old 02-23-2011, 10:00 AM   #32
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I see a guy camped out taking pictures out in front of your house as a no-win situation. If he's on a/the job, he's not going to tell you anything, which is just going to piss you off. If he's not on a/the job, then he's probably doing something shady, which should piss you off.

And, as for the guy in the car, he's not going to be happy to have to talk to you because you're either a) screwing with his job or b) screwing with the "job" he's about to pull.

Either way, everyone is pissed off. See, no win

So that's why I just call Tom or Tyr
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I see a guy camped out taking pictures out in front of your house as a no-win situation. If he's on a/the job, he's not going to tell you anything, which is just going to piss you off. If he's not on a/the job, then he's probably doing something shady, which should piss you off.

And, as for the guy in the car, he's not going to be happy to have to talk to you because you're either a) screwing with his job or b) screwing with the "job" he's about to pull.

See, no win

So that's why I just call Tom or Tyr
So I suppose you wouldn't agree with my methodology when I pulled an Axel Foley and shoved a tater up his tailpipe?
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So I suppose you wouldn't agree with my methodology when I pulled an Axel Foley and shoved a tater up his tailpipe?


A huh huh huh <-- Axel Foley laugh
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So I suppose you wouldn't agree with my methodology when I pulled an Axel Foley and shoved a tater up his tailpipe?
banana

sheesh. kids these days. And note the continuity problem in the movie where the banana he picked from the buffet clearly isn't the one be put in the tailpipe.
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I see a guy camped out taking pictures out in front of your house as a no-win situation. If he's on a/the job, he's not going to tell you anything, which is just going to piss you off. If he's not on a/the job, then he's probably doing something shady, which should piss you off.

And, as for the guy in the car, he's not going to be happy to have to talk to you because you're either a) screwing with his job or b) screwing with the "job" he's about to pull.

Either way, everyone is pissed off. See, no win

So that's why I just call Tom or Tyr
If someone is parked in your neighborhood doing something that you consider suspicious, call the local police non-emergency number and let them handle it. I live across from a grade school and anyone parked in front of my house taking pictures is gonna get reported quick.
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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.
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Randy Newman was rude to me once.... ONCE!

LOL, no one is rude to luscious objects of desire
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I'm sorry Týr, but "Luscious" does not go with your Avatar
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