Reporting Suspicious Activity to what extreme?

[El Diablo Blanco]

The news here in SoCal was going off on a neighbor who said they noticed suspicious activity from the San Bernardino shooters in their garage but he decided to mind his business and not call the police.

Then cops at a big event were urging people to be vigilant and take responsibility and notify cops of suspicious activity since they can only do so much on their own.

I agree that this would help but to what level is something suspicious?  Are you supposed to call the cops all the time?  Wouldn't it be like the boy who cried wolf if after your third call to the police that nothing was found that they'd start to ignore you?

Are you going to call the cops on your tan neighbors anytime they act weird?

If Shizzo was your neighbor wouldn't he essentially be doing suspicious shit all the time?

[Las Vegas]

Washington DC is where the suspicious shit is happening.

[El Diablo Blanco]

I'm pretty sure every neighborhood already has the nutjob person who peers through their curtains complaining about everyone not white, blonde and blue eyed.  I had a neighbor who used to complain about my lawn.  I mowed once ever two weeks and mid summer it would grow a little faster than normal but was always nice.  Would cops take these asshole seriously if they called them every week with a different suspicious person?  At what point would it be harassment?

Its easy to say after the fact that you should have called the cops but what if you did and each time nothing was found?  For every million phone calls I bet it's a small percentage that lead to anything substantial.

a lot of neighbors called the cops a few years back on a house everyone knew was selling drugs. The cops did fuck all.  I would see all sorts of shady people 24/7 show up for a minute or two and leave.  Pretty obvious they were shady.  The cops are lazy assholes that won't respond to such calls most of the time anyways.

[Walter Sobchak]

The news here in SoCal was going off on a neighbor who said they noticed suspicious activity from the San Bernardino shooters in their garage but he decided to mind his business and not call the police.

Then cops at a big event were urging people to be vigilant and take responsibility and notify cops of suspicious activity since they can only do so much on their own.

I agree that this would help but to what level is something suspicious?  Are you supposed to call the cops all the time?  Wouldn't it be like the boy who cried wolf if after your third call to the police that nothing was found that they'd start to ignore you?

Are you going to call the cops on your tan neighbors anytime they act weird?

If Shizzo was your neighbor wouldn't he essentially be doing suspicious shit all the time?

The SB shooters were in Saudi Arabia for months within the past few years. The NSA should have been watching them anyway.

[SF1900]

I know someone who was telling me that someone saw a bunch of men in a van filming the brooklyn bridge. Its against the law to film a bridge in NYC. She went to report it to cops and they didn't want to hear it. Told her to report it to someone else.

[calfzilla]

Yes they say this but most of the time you try to report something they just blow you off and never want to come out to investigate.

It's funny at community events the police say the citizens are our eyes and ears, but if you report something they make every excuse in the book not to come out.

I would only call the police in the most extreme cases, otherwise they are useless.

[Las Vegas]

I know someone who was telling me that someone saw a bunch of men in a van filming the brooklyn bridge. Its against the law to film a bridge in NYC. She went to report it to cops and they didn't want to hear it. Told her to report it to someone else.

You mean she flagged-down some cops, or what?

[SF1900]

You mean she flagged-down some cops, or what?

Yes, she approached them. They didn't want to hear it. She was told to report it at the station. 

I guess it was interfering with their doughnut and coffee break. 

[Irongrip400]

They don't have enough resources. Even if they did, look at the Gestapo. People don't like you, report you to the police and get you harassed. Could you imagine? I think they just realize that death is a cost of doing business.

[Las Vegas]

Our "Intelligence" can have directions tattooed on the backs of their hands, and they'd still manage to "ignore" it.

[Las Vegas]

Yes, she approached them. They didn't want to hear it. She was told to report it at the station. 

I guess it was interfering with their doughnut and coffee break. 

Yes, they'll probably just take a "report" at the station, to be either referenced or destroyed later (depending on whether it would help or hurt them).

[Nails]

my wife packed more then 3.4 ounces of shampoo on a trip once, i was going to report her for suspicious activity , but then she told me she forgot there was rule so she said she would buy shampoo once we reached out vacation spot

[Parker]

Yes they say this but most of the time you try to report something they just blow you off and never want to come out to investigate.

It's funny at community events the police say the citizens are our eyes and ears, but if you report something they make every excuse in the book not to come out.

I would only call the police in the most extreme cases, otherwise they are useless.

One of reasons could be that a lot of officers time will spent on people who have issues with their neighbors, girlfriends and boyfriends accusing each other of stuff, and just random unfounded accusations.

[Agnostic007]

I heard the same thing.. neighbor said he would have reported the suspicious activity but didn't want to be called racist. I call BS on this claim. The suspicious activity he alluded to was several middle eastern males coming to and from the residence. He never thought to report that.. but afterwards he put 2 and 2 together then used an excuse as to why he didn't. Basically, if you take him at his word, he is a coward, at best, a liar at worst 

[El Diablo Blanco]

I heard the same thing.. neighbor said he would have reported the suspicious activity but didn't want to be called racist. I call BS on this claim. The suspicious activity he alluded to was several middle eastern males coming to and from the residence. He never thought to report that.. but afterwards he put 2 and 2 together then used an excuse as to why he didn't. Basically, if you take him at his word, he is a coward, at best, a liar at worst  

So having some people of the same descent and gender coming to your house is suspicious?  I guess everyone with a tan who has friends that regularly come over is suspicious.  That's the problem.  After the fact you can make claims that something seemed odd but during the time it's just normal things that millions of people do.
I was watching one of those storage auction shows and one time they opened a storage locker and it turned out to be a fake credit card operation.  They had blank cards, a magnetic reading, spreadsheets with numbers etc..  lol.  I guess the storage facility people didn't notice anything odd.

[Las Vegas]

I heard the same thing.. neighbor said he would have reported the suspicious activity but didn't want to be called racist. I call BS on this claim. The suspicious activity he alluded to was several middle eastern males coming to and from the residence. He never thought to report that.. but afterwards he put 2 and 2 together then used an excuse as to why he didn't. Basically, if you take him at his word, he is a coward, at best, a liar at worst 

Doesn't sound like a strong reason to call police.

[Las Vegas]

Notice how all these things go against what America is about?

[El Diablo Blanco]

Notice how all these things go against what America is about?

Ironic isn't it.  The republican motto for this election is to restore America etc... yet they want to go against everything America is about.

The more you see how the recent politicians fucked this country the more you appreciate the genius of the founding fathers and what they were trying to build.

[SF1900]

Yes, they'll probably just take a "report" at the station, to be either referenced or destroyed later (depending on whether it would help or hurt them).

[Las Vegas]

Ironic isn't it.  The republican motto for this election is to restore America etc... yet they want to go against everything America is about.

The more you see how the recent politicians fucked this country the more you appreciate the genius of the founding fathers and what they were trying to build.

Yeah, man.  Then look at all the weak fucking people on this forum in these threads.  They don't even have the excuse of being out-of-touch politicians, but they are making excuses for this insanity nevertheless.  They went from 0-60 with NO resistance.

[El Diablo Blanco]

Nothing to see here, just checking if the arab donut maker is radicalized.  Turns out he was discussing treats he ate in Hawaii when he was shouting "Aloha Snackbar"

[Las Vegas]

If I was a cop in a uniform, no fucking way I'd go anywhere to have my food prepared.  They've destroyed their own ability to safely and comfortably do that.

[SF1900]

Nothing to see here, just checking if the arab donut maker is radicalized.  Turns out he was discussing treats he ate in Hawaii when he was shouting "Aloha Snackbar"

When I was in junior high school, they had a cop give an assembly talk to my grade. Toward the end of the discussion, we were allowed to ask the cop anything we wanted. One of my friends asked him what his favorite doughnut was.  He wound up getting 1-week detention. 

[calfzilla]

When I was in junior high school, they had a cop give an assembly talk to my grade. Toward the end of the discussion, we were allowed to ask the cop anything we wanted. One of my friends asked him what his favorite doughnut was.  He wound up getting 1-week detention. 

I remember we asked our DARE officer if he ever killed anyone, he said yes 

[Las Vegas]

Why they'd even want to put a cop up as someone for children to ask questions of, when there's absolutely no reason to think cops are anything but shady characters on average, is puzzling.