This an account that happens too often in the Center City section. "Last night, C and I arrived home at about 10:45 after attending a wedding in ville. The usual shenanigans were going on at -- - people drinking and hanging out all over the front lawn, window shaking music etc. We waited until about midnight, figuring they might disperse on their own, or at least quiet down. No such luck. It got louder and louder, and more people kept arriving. He called the police. Three police cars came, spoke to them, and the inhabitants said OK, turned the music down,and went inside the house. At 1AM the party was in full swing again. We called the police again. Three cars arrived, announcing their arrival with lights, barking police dog, etc. They spoke to them again. At this point I should also mention that we know for a fact that at least 2 of the people who were present have warrants out for their arrest, and we told the police that. Also, several people there took off running as soon as the police arrived, but I guess they didn't think it was worth their effort to pursue them or ask for ID. Then the officer came over to our house and told us, we didn't hear anything, so there's nothing we can do. You can go file a complaint on Monday if you want. You'll love this: we were told: If the music is too loud, why don't you turn up your TV. After about 1/2 hour the party finally started to break up, and the partygoers left, making plenty of noise in the process, and leaving trash all over the sidewalk in front of our house (see attached photo).
If this is the kind of action we can expect from our police force, no wonder Center City homeowners are bailing out. And no wonder the rest of NJ thinks it's OK to dump their human trash here, a drive around Center City will show him we don't really have much concern for our quality of life, either!"
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