another horrid neighbour story

Not sure where to put this. I have tried to find the other threads on the topic but can't so time I guess to start a new one.

In my case it involves a neighbour directly across the street.

It is a nice neighbourhood. While lower-middle class the people are for the most part good people. The homes are generally well maintained - the people on the street work hard and care.

Except for the one residence. It is a ram shackle broken down eyesore. It is also we are all convinced a crack shack. The tell tell signs are there - people parking down the street and coming and going spending mere seconds at the door just long enough to make an exchange. Drunks and drugged up intoxicated people often stumble out of the house. It is not unusual to see people passed out face down out front.

The thing is, the police are aware of all this. They are by regularly yet nothing seems to be done. I never see them walk away with anything or any person in hand. I myself regularly call the police as I am sure that so do the other neighbours.

Yesterday I was witness to a large fight - involving firearms including to my horror an assault rifle. OMG. It seems several of us called 911 but the assailants with the gunpower fled the scene before the police arrival. I swear a dozen cop cars showed up and that was only out front of the house. I am sure more pulled up behind. For an hour police blocked off the street and had their own weapons drawn as though it was a stand off. In the end it seemed not a damn thing was done. They all left the scene. Heck they even jumped the battery of the victim's car for him.

It was obvious to me this was a gang thing and that the victim was being given a message regarding turf and territory.

For god's sake, why won't the police do anything?!!!!

That sounds horrible and scary, WishfulThinker66. I don't know what the police is doing. Please stay safe and take care care of yourself. Be careful. I'm so sorry this is happening to you. Sending many hugs to you

Oh wow. That sounds awful and scary. Do you own your house, or are you renting? (Just wondering how easy/difficult it would be for you to move, if it comes to that.)

I'm so sorry you have to deal with it.

This is when I get all conspiracy theory about stuff like this. I wonder..." are the police deliberately not doing anything?" " do they have some unspoken deal?"

That’s scary. Every neighborhood has that one bad neighbor but this is really bad. In my experience, the police don’t really get involved. We had some theft issues in my old neighborhood and beyond taking down a report, they never followed up.

So, finally, I got a call from a police constable regarding the incident. Unfortunately, I have no license plate of the armed assailants (like I'm supposed to run out and behind a car in the middle of a melee with a guy waiving around an AR15). Thus, they won't do a damned thing. She told me the resident of the house was in fact beaten badly but he refused to report/admit to the assault or accept medical treatment. Thus, they won't do a damned thing.

"But what about all the drugs and stolen goods?" I asked. Surely the police must have seen the tell-tale signs of this when inside. Nope, they need an official warrant. Oh come on here, like a gang turf battle out in the street isn't enough probable cause?

And the icing on the cake? When I offered to submit the statement of events I had prepared, the constable told me there was no reason to do so. My god, there were probably 3-4 dozen police out there for the afternoon and you don't want a statement?

Infuriating. I want something done! Shut the place down.
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As I was asked, I respond by saying that we are in fact renting. We really don't want to move if it can be helped. It is a beautiful new home, near by all our amenities. The rent is very good. The rest of the neighbourhood is really quite nice. We have managed to ignore to our best ability the comings and goings across the street - until now. The thing is we just signed a new lease which we can't break so we are stuck here for near another year. Thank goodness for our big dog. Thank goodness, including my husband, there are four burly looking Harley Davidson biker types in a row on our side of the street.