Should I call the cops? OPINIONS PLEASE

You are totally within your rights to call the police. If you don't want to go that extreme and you know the owner of the house, you could always call him or her and let them know the tenants are being unruly. I would suggest waiting until morning if you choose the later option.

Snugglebunnies, call the cops while the disturbance is happening so they actually catch them in the act. If there are fire ordinances and noise ordinances they will get a citation. If you know the owner of the house (their landlord) file a complaint with him. Also, tell your neighbors to call the police to as soon as they are bothered by the noise. tell everyone to ask to remain anonymous if they don't want the troublesome neighbors to know. Remember, nothing will be done about them unless you guys all drive the police nuts with phone calls. If you make them a nuisance for the police, the problem with stop lol.

call the cops. they are rude. its not like you're some noisy neighbor. they'll blocking the roads, and being a nuisance.

I had trouble with my neighbors before because of loud noise,. I sent my boyfriend over that was living with me at the time over to talk with them. At the time I was having to get up early in the morning to go to school and they would be playing music until 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning and I couldn't sleep. After I sent him over the noise stopped, I would say if your neighbors have talked to them and they still continue to make all this noise then yes call the cops because they just don't care about anyone else but themselfs.

If these people are breaking the law, then definataly yes. Not only that it is 1 am, that is noise pollution. Tell the police that you scared for your safety and that is why you have not approached them with all that is going on.

Call the cops! When you call the cops just tell them you want to remain anonymous and let them know what you are going thru. Good Luck to you!

Hands down; if you still haven't reported them, by all means do!!! In my town, in the weekly newspaper, it posts up the reports to police, but never posts names (unless somebody is arrested over 21 or such). But you laugh sometimes as people call the police on things like father adn son raise voice fighting of who gets DVD use, and oen of tehm report it. (Ends report as: Police arrive; problem solved peacefully.) But there are often reports about neighbors reporting loud parties (even when legal ones), and police arrive to scol them and tell them they need to taper down the sound and racket. Definitely. Even if it is nto in the middle of a party. You can report about the regular bonfires, etc. Good Luck!

Sorry I wasn't here to answer this when you asked... I was sleeping of course! I know how you feel though. I lived in a trailer park about 4 years ago where the guy right behind us would be working on his motorcycle until 3am every night. In order to work on the bike, he'd have to rev it every 5 minutes. OMG that drove me up the wall! The last place we lived wasn't too awful, it was just the occasional thing. Sometimes the people behind us would throw a small party until 2am, but they were adults and the worst of it was they'd all sit out on their back deck yapping with each other all night. Of course our bedroom window was facing the back of our house! Then there was a lady across from us who was hardly ever home, but when she was home, she and her boyfriend of the week would be fighting like crazy. We did have to call the cops on them once because she was screaming "No, please don't do this to me" at the top of her lungs! We heard her in the house, it was terrible. There was some sort of love triangle going on I think.. not sure though. I think she liked the drama even though she was obviously in her 30's at least with a teenage daughter. I felt bad for the girl. I know how you feel, not wanting to call the cops. But if it happens again, I would do it. They won't know that it was you that called the cops, it's not like the cops are going to go there and say "Yeah, your neighbors in that house right there think you're being too loud..."

I would not hesitate to call the police about the bonfire. That is the way that a fire in our state got started. It burned thousands of acres. Homes and lives were lost.

i certainly hope something got done for you as i just saw this today. i know what you mean. you just wonder how people can be so insensitive to others. when i had my house, i had to call a couple of times, for the kids across the street started acting like gang bangers or something, with late night arguements, hiphop music loudly playing, etc. finally, thank goodness, the cops came and arrested the main culprit one morning for i dont know what and it all stopped. hope that happens for your peace.

Hi snuggle! I do hope that you or someone did call the cops! If not, I hope that all of your neighbors get together and go to the police station and take out a noise complaint against these people! If you all do it then they will do something about! The more complaints the police get, the faster they will serve them with an order of disturbing the peace! It is illegal after a certain time do certain things, make loud noises! It is pretty much the same from state to state! I live in NYS and I have a neighbor from hell so I can tell you IT CAN BE DONE! We got together and she was served with a Sheriffs Order which is a legal order to "Cease and Desist"! If she doesn't follow certain rules she can be fined, thrown out of the apartment, jailed! But, you all have to get together and make multiple complaints!

There obviously trouble makers and call the cops not leaving your name, because unless you do something now it will get worse and worse. Its not fair for you and your family to suffer seeing as you were living their first. You and the neighbours have given them enough chances they have just thrown your kindness back in your face. Dont be scared get the courage to call the cops for your sake and the kids.

yes of course, you should call the cops..i think there's something weird going on with that neighbor of yours. bonfire at 1am? is this some kind of cult group or something?you should definitely report this to the cops..ü only my opinion!!ü

Of Course!!!! You have your rights as well and they are NOT respecting you or your neighbors! By law you have a right to call if they are making too much noise after a certain time! Just stay anonymous.

I would have called. I know I'm late in responding but it this goes on all the time, you need to nip it in the bud and the sooner the better. After all, the first time the cops come out they may just get a warning. You should also call the fire department if burning is illeagal. They issue their own warnings and fines. Good luck with the situation!

Depending on where you live and if your neighbors will band together should help you to decide on if the cops should be called or not. My daughter lived in an area of east Waterloo in Iowa that was a high crime area. I had a fit when she moved there. She called the law after a neighbor broke into her rented house and the cops just talked to the kid even though there were witnesses. The house next door is where he went with at least 30 people all standing outside and yelling "You're a #@#@#" at us. The next day she has two brand new tires slashed. She called the cops again. The next day she had the passenger window where the baby's carseat was smashed in and the tail light to her car smashed in. The cops were useless as it is pack mentality in that area. My daughter ended up moving out of the neighborhood. If you own your home you need to band together with all your neighbors and nip this in the bud now before they run your neighborhood. You will have to stand together though or it will not work.

My hubby and I had the same situation in the apartments we lived in before we moved here, but there was also illegal stuff going on there. We called the cops over 20 times in the first three months. I really would call the police especially if you have children. You shouldn't have to suffer through all that mess.

Fires are dangerous and they're breaking the law. Your son should be able to sleep peacefully, that's ridiculous. Go ahead and call the cops (I hope you did) they won't tell them who called. Be sure to ask them not to. Call the non-emergency number and tell them the situation. Call the landlord of the rental house, you can find him/her on the public records site for your county. Don't put up with it, you have a right to NOT have to listen to trashy neighbors.

i think you should complaint it to cops because you have your own rights.

You should. It is your right to have a simple privacy. They are beyond their privacy for they are creating loud noise without proper coordination with the authority in your village. Just be careful. Make sure that your doors are locked properly.