What can the cops do?

Felix T. Cat

You obviously have children that are not well behaved. What does you being attractive have to do with any thing? You are 25 and have a 10 year old. Oh my gosh. I would have never gotten pregnant at 14 or 15 Not to brag, but I am smarter than that.

Samantha K

Actually, if they get continual complaints and you do nothing about it your apartment leasor can evict you.

You should file a harassment complaint about him so that they know to have a heads up on the situation.

Vero

The reason they are going to your house is probably because someone is complaining. All they can do is go and check it out. What you can do is go to the court or the police and file a harassment claim and state that your neighbor is calling the cops on you for nothing. They might be able to do something about that because it seems that he is harassing you and using the police to do so. Good Luck.

Skeptical Thinker Atheist Too

The statement about being "A very attractive woman" is what's known as a "qualifier". You make the statement in order to validate your question.

It's this statement that leads me to wonder how you "shut him down". If you were rude and told him to shove off, or called him old and unappealing, you need to learn some TACT. After all, he didn't assault you, all he did was talk.

Just say NO.
If he persisted you could have gotten a restraining order.

Now, you don't know who is calling the LAW on you and can't prove it's the old guy getting his revenge.

Before you get evicted for being a loser, you need to take a step back and ask yourself this:

"Why is it that there are so many stupid people around me?"

Keep this question with you for the rest of your life.

wilson50036

I would go to the police department and request copies of the Calls for Service. They are public record, so you should be able to get your hands on them. See who is filing complaints against you. Then subsequently go to the clerk of courts office or talk to the police chief and file a harassment complaint against your neighbor if it is him complaining.

Things could be different in your state, but if you do the above things, you should be alright. And as they always say, if your not doing anything wrong, don't worry about it.

sensible_man

If your dog is barking and your kids are causing a problem for the neighbors, they have the right to call the police. Although the police won't tell you who complained, if you tell them of the problem with the one neighbor, it may help since they do know who is calling them. Could be considered harrassment.

lchae

iF YOU KEEP YOUR DOG QUIET AND YOUR KIDS IN YOUR OWN YARD, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM. YOU COULD PROBABLY GET A TRESSPASING FOR YOUR KIDS AND A NOISE ORDINANCE SOMETHING OR ANOTHER FOR THE DOG BARKING ALL THE TIME. TRY JUST BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND HAVING RESPECT FOR OTHERS WHO WANT IT PEACE AND QUIET.

gtx_ryan

Keep a log of the dates and times of all the times they come to your house. take this to the chief inspector (or whoever is in charge at the police station).

Tell them you're concerns about someone who keeps reporting you for apparently no reason, they will ask who you think it could be, and any reasons for this.

Its best to tell them your concerns, than wait for them to find something you have done wrong and get you for it.

Whatever you do, don't confront your neighbor, it will only make the problem worse.

Grant Ray came on 12/8/08!

As long as people keep on complaining they can keep on coming. You can file a harassment complaint against the neighbors. But you would have to show proof, which you would have, all you would have to do, is go to the police station and get the public record of how many times they have been to your house and the reasons why. It will also tell you who called and complained.

Undecided

If you are doing nothing wrong eventually they will quit responding. they have more important things to do than follow up on fictitious complaints.

TeKe

they will get tired of coming to your place and investigate why so many complaints are made..if you are not doing anything wrong do'nt worry about it

Captain Sarcasm

The Police are duty bound to respond to compalints and investigate them. If the complaint is about you then naturally they have to approach you, let you know about the complaint and investigate it. Trust me they have better things to do than repeatedly get involved in neighbour disputes so if they can avoid them they will, they are not harassing you, they are simply doing their job. Be nice to them, make them a cup of tea, be Mr Reasonable and they will see what a nice chap you really are.

Ian UK

In relation to the Police harassing you, they are only acting on information provided to them. A defence to harassment is if its done for the prevention or detection of crime so the Police are not guilty of this.

If however, your neighbour is constantly calling the Police on you, this COULD be deemed as harassment from him.

On the other hand, if the Police keep coming round as a result of your neighbour and find nothing wrong, it will eventually look worse on him.

oianzinho

I'd say try what everyone is saying, but in my experience, if someone calls the cops on you first then you can't count on the cops for anything, even if that person is outside your window yelling death threats at you day and night.
If you call the cops on someone who called them first on you, the cops will probably laugh at you and say, "Yeah, right." Or worse.

[L0V3D 0N3]

shut him down what do u mean???

also the complaints are stupid but they still have to go cux there old ppl the ones who are making complaints...

nite_angelica

You need to talk to the police about what the older guy tried and let them know just in case it's him that is calling.

If the complaints are true, then you need to take care of whatever issues there are. If they are unfounded, then I would think the police would be upset with whoever is wasting their time by calling. They have more important things to do than follow-up bs calls.

Mack A

ask for there name and badge number andreporttothere supervisor! some cops are nice people sum are just tryin to make there quota!

burnt_crawfish

you can't get into any real trouble unless they have proof of you doing something wrong. Like the old fart would have to videotape your kids doing something wrong, or your dog barking. and even then, those offenses won't get you much. tell the old man to take a cold shower and get over it. have you told the police about how he acted towards you?

Sephora

When they do that tell the police that it's not true and there is no evidence to support those statements given just by calls.

David M

You need to let us know what you are getting called on for.

Spindrift

So you're assuming the person who calls the police on you so often is your old man neighbor who was coming on to you? They will not tell you who calls and complains but they can tell you if it is the same person and if so, then just tell them about the man and how he was behaving toward you and you feel this constant harassment may be based on his reaction to your "shutting him down." Also make sure your dog isn't barking and your kids aren't yelling and disturbing the neighbors just to be on the safe side.

Amb

i dont think they should be coming to your house and harrasing you. Its rude even for a police officer I would maybe move so they wont come to your house.

Kiki

If you take the man to court no. The judge will tell him it doesnt matter what youre doing and he needs to mind his own business. They shouldnt come out more than like 2 or 3 times. He doesnt have the right to do that to you.

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