Oh, my goodness!

Today's fun starts early. A large yellow pick up truck (seen many times before) was here most of the night. Then it disappeared and came back. This is the truck that for the past several weeks has been bringing in loads of TRASH, which the Squatters sort and divide, and then put some of it back in the truck for 'sale' to recycling places.

Today, the truck was full of CLOTHING in various torn bags. We are speculating that this guy goes to those 'donation' bins and steals the donations and brings them for his friends. They took everything in and then he left with an empty truck.

Later, it was the usual cars driving up, dropping off people, picking up people or exchanging car drivers. Again, EVERY person who goes into that house has a water bottle with them. Weird, unless they fear the city water or something in the house will get them sick?

The neighbor had seen the Leader guy pushing a man in a wheelchair up the street about 7 am. He returned alone, walking, about 9:30am. WHERE was he and who was the guy in the wheelchair? Mystery of all mysteries.

Then around 10 am, we noticed the curtains in the side windows was being pulled back so they could spy on the outside world. They do that lately since the leader's car was vandalized. So we saw a 'local figure' transient lady go by on foot to the Apartments, and come back shortly, then she came back with her bicycle and probably a bottle of rum or vodka from the looks of the bag and we know she buys drugs from the gal in there who is always fighting with her significant other. Happened lots of times now. BUT the transient lady was in there about 15 minutes, when I decided to water the plants on my porch and lo and behold, a Gang dresses guy came walking up the sidewalk from ? and he CASUALLY walked directly into the Apartments. Never saw him before, but the way he was dressed is indicative of one of our local gangs. Easy to identify.

5 minutes later, he came back, casually, and walked directly into the Squatter's house. Distance between the two places is 2 houses and across the corner. Not far. So we figure the transient lady came to buy drugs, the gal in the Apartments had none, but probably made a phone call and the guy (gang dressed) was the 'delivery boy'. Add to this the window curtain, which was in various stages of pulled back and immediately CLOSED after the guy walked back and you can see what probably happened here. It's soooo nice to be surrounded by drug dealers/users. Arrraaaghhhh! Is there anyone around here NOT on drugs?

For the past week, since Bad Gal has been calling me again (so strange) there have been 'bikers' going around the area. They just cruise around the street and sometimes up or down the side street. Totally visible Harleys. Hummmmm. Wonder what that means? AND in between, we had a pack of dressed out bicyclists (all the gear and jerseys) riding up the street. One of them shouted, "That the house, right there!". Not sure what that meant. Might be a local guy who knows the Squatter house, or might be undercover cops, or who knows. Very strange. A large group (same style of dress) came by yesterday afternoon.

So may mysteries I can't keep track. We are still hoping some of this leads to the Squatters suddenly moving out either with or without police escort. Doesn't look like they are doing anything to indicate a move, but then, they travel light.

Do these "people" pay taxes or slither out of them. Whatever. You're surrounded by all this activity and -I- by twitty birds and twitty cats. On the bright sided. Someday they'll all be in jail and you'll be on the porch remeniscing and laughing.

This thing about bad girl -she's using you for something (?) Be very smart. But keep posting as you have the best posts on G'Boomers. Yeah!!!

To change the subject -How are your kits doing through all this and do you know if opossums eat watermelon. If they do, well, mine don't. I even left some good stuff on the melon and it's still there this AM.

Hi Yankee. Possums absent for a few months, not sure if they went to better digs or died off or got eaten? Don't want to think about it. Come cold weather, I think they will come back. They never would eat anything except the grapes, dry cat food, and apples (if I cut them small). Fussy possums.

As for the neighborhood stuff, yeah, you are right, Bad Gal definitely has an agenda of some sort. I think it's probably something to do with maybe getting some paperwork from the Niece about pressing charges. Dunno, but she's in the, "I never did anything to hurt the family or the man, and I only did good things. and tried to protect his property, etc." She's trying to blame everyone but herself for all this mess. I think she needs a 'friend' now who might take her side in court if necessary. I told her I would testify honestly about what I knew, not what I heard or assumed. She seemed to agree. She also says she has an undercover detective (she even knows his name) who is following her all over the place. I don't think they would spend the time and resources to do that for something stupid, so it's probably a form of 'protection' since the cops seem to know things about what's going on. Just maybe we are due for some sort of dangerous takeover or who knows.

Today, again, lots of action. Cars coming and going, a NEW barbeque arrived (nice shiny metal one), lots of people around I've never seen, and THEN just now, voices outside. Saw and heard 3 guys all dressed in black with bandanas and loads of tattoos and they met in the intersection (yup right in the middle). Two were coming from the house, one from the other direction. I heard the older/taller one, tell the 2 younger ones, to meet him 'over there' as he gestured towards somewhere up the block. Then that one went into the Apartments...came out with something in his hands which he was 'sorting' and he walked up the block, to be met by the two other guys, one of which made a stop at the Squatter's house. No doubt in my mind they had gone shopping for various drugs and were meeting up to 'use' them. Awful. Are we safe around here? Geez. Nothing to call cops about, everyone gone from the area, couldn't really identify anyone and who knows if they still would have the goodies?

AND last night around 8pm, a cop car stopped right in front of my house, had a guy on a bicycle right in front of MY house, had him get off the bike, had another car come, and they questioned him about where he got the bike (thrift store) and after 15 minutes, I heard them ask, "So come clean, where's the dope?". "We found your used syringe, and we know you have some stuff." Obviously they didn't find the 'stuff' because another 10 minutes of checking and questioning and they let him go.

I'm SURROUNDED by druggies and thieves and just plain bad people. I'd think about moving, but nowhere is safe anymore. It's the same story all over my area. Squatters, drugs, thefts of mail, stabbings, shootings, theft in broad daylight of a whole counter display of expensive watches and rings (estate stuff) from my local favorite jewelry store just a few blocks away. Daring daylight robbery of about 20 thousand worth of stuff. Awful. Not any different in the 'big city' either or in the 'good' neighborhoods. Every area is getting exposed to bad things happening. Gated communities included in all this. Crime is rampant. I guess I'll just watch it happen and hope for better laws. After all, they caught that bicyclist red handed with the 'illegal drug paraphenalia and just let him go. How sad is that?

Sorta this is tough to read. It is hard to believe that the police or a lawyer couldn't come up with something to get these people out of that house especially since their are multiple neighbors who are aware of the activities going on in this place. Very sad.

Hard to stomach for sure. When the good guys get no support from the people who are supposed to keep the neighborhoods safe, it's hard to know where to turn. It's not like your neighborhood residents aren't doing everything possible to turn things around.

This is why I live in the midwest out in the country.

Our laws have changed to favor the criminal. I think it's a matter of public perception and money. They could have arrested that bicycle guy for the drug charge, but decided to just let him go. Sends a great message to all druggies. If you are caught with a little something, they won't arrest you because it will cost too much to prosecute. Booking, feeding, public defender, courtroom scheduling, lawyer for the prosecution, perhaps a jury (everyone wants a jury), time and money, bottom line.

As for the squatters, they continue to 'nest'. Big beautiful barbeque thingy was in the back yard last night. Not sure if they had a 'party' but maybe today. The head guy has been chopping tumbleweeds in the back yard since last evening (after dark of course). He had someone else out there early today raking. Might be gearing up for a huge wing ding.

The yellow 'delivery' truck was there most of the night. Left for awhile this morning and is now backed into the driveway. They are either loading stuff or unloading. Never sure which. Maybe they are finally taking out the trash? The 'pile' has now grown to about 30 feet long, 6 feet wide, and 5 feet high and is crammed into a space between the side of the garage and the neighbor's fence. Then they put some sort of metal or wooden panels at each end to contain and hide it. I'm sure the neighbors can SMELL the lovely odors. NOTHING has been put out for trash collection since they all moved in. Months and months of gooey, maggot infested, now probably attracting rats.

I really want to call/write the Niece who is in charge of all of this estate/eviction stuff to clarify if SHE finally served papers on them to get the heck out. Since she didn't respond to my last 'update' which included the entertaining TV news spot, I just got the impression she didn't want to be bothered. Last thing I need is some sort of 'harassment' lawsuit from that side of the fence. No matter what the 'innocent' do, they will be the ones to suffer if anyone wants to sue. I'm staying out of it and just hoping and praying that the head guy wasn't lying when he said they had to be out in two weeks. Ya never know, this could all be over soon. Ahhh but don't fret, when that happens, you can be assured that tne NEW people will provide hours and hours of entertainment which I will happily torment all of you with. Yup, not gonna disappoint my faithful readers.

it really is sad how things are always slanted to the bad guys and there is always an excuse for bad behavior.

Wow, it's been way too long since I reported on all the fun.

It's been non-stop cars in and out for a week. Monday seems to be the 'blue light special' day. More cars all day than any other coming and 'shopping'. The one we have been told is the 'cooker' of the meth (he does all the mixing etc. after the ingredients are there) showed up after about a month. That started a major buying frenzy since we think he also travels somewhere and brings back heroin and other nice drugs.

There are so many NEW cars and people now I can't keep track. Each morning (yes, they are now daring to come out in the morning) several people walk or bike up the street from the house. They usually have heavy backpacks so they must just stay the night and then go elsewhere during the day.

There are 2-3 or more new girls who all dress alike (black tops and pants and hair in a bun in back). They all seem to be doing 'stuff' around the house and dealing with the shoppers. 2 days ago, a tow truck appeared at 10:30 at night and towed the head guy's car away. They had only had it for about 2 weeks and that's the one that got 'vandalized' we think. So now that one is gone and another newer, shiny, better one is parked in its place. We are speculating that the old car was probably sold to a junkyard for 2-500 bucks. Any way to make money. They even sold the aluminum house awnings a few days back. I never noticed they were gone until the ex-boyfriend told me. Geez.

We are positive they have now gathered all the ingredients for making meth. The last thing we saw go in was a huge propane tank which a guy (who is big and muscled) was having a hard time carrying. Before that, some 18" square metal plates went in. Six loads of them about 4 at a time and VERY heavy. Don't have any idea what they are used for. Lots of other stuff going in like several car batteries. I looked up the 'making of meth' and found most of the things they are taking in are used. Wish I could find something about those shiny metal plates. They are exactly the size of a pizza box, but incredibly heavy.

We are trying to get an accurate 'count' of how many people are living there. Impossible. Today, we counted 11 in about 15 minutes actually in the yard coming out of the house or garage. Must be more we can't see. This doesn't include those that drive up for 'service' and they go away.

They are now 'spying' on the neighborhood. They pull back a curtain to look out. Usually it's when they are expecting someone to arrive. There is a guy on a very expensive 'scooter' who comes around all the time looking for one of the gals. He rarely goes inside, but calls from the street at the open window. If she doesn't come out, he goes away.

We thought that they might have really gotten that 'notice to move' paper from the Niece, since the head guy told the next door neighbor he had to be out in 2 weeks. Well, that obviously was a lie, because his 'wife', yesterday, came home with a huge 5 drawer dresser and some bedding and other stuff and they took it in. If you are moving out, why bring in more stuff?

AND they started the trash service this week! They delivered 3 cans (trash, recycle, yard waste) so they are filling them now and will probably put them out Wednesday night for pickup. WHY now? They lived there for several months, building up a huge mound of trash and just now decided to pay for trash removal??? Really weird. The only explanation that makes sense is that they don't want ANYONE coming by to complain about the trash or to inspect or cite them for it. They don't want anyone coming in to look around so they won't see the meth lab.

We are all hoping and using every ounce of our energy to think evil thoughts and project them across the street so that the 'cooker' guy has an 'accident' while cooking the meth. It's a very dangerous process anyway and prone to explosions. We can only hope he makes a mistake. The neighbor closest, has seen a 'red glow' in the kitchen area for the past 2 nights. We wonder what that is.

OH and we figured out that our police (who actually are nice guys) only respond to 1. Fires, 2. stabbings, 3. shootings, 4. murders, 5. major traffic accidents, 6. retail burglaries or hold ups, 7. domestic violence IF there is injury. Anything else, they don't care, won't come, and definitely won't write a report. They have their priorities set. Sad... AND did you know that our little city, has the LOWEST crime rate of any city in San Diego County? Our Police Chief told us that at our first Citizen's Academy class. Oh sure, it's because nobody writes the reports so all this other stuff (like the drug house) isn't counted. It makes for some nice skewed statistics!

I have no words...

If the police won't help what about a city council person?

I'm getting closer to my goal of infiltrating the police department and meeting the 'higher ups' who might be able to actually help. It's a long struggle and probably won't be successful but I'm not giving up. The 'other' drug house only a few blocks away took almost FOUR years to clear. That one was owner occupied, had stolen cars, gunshots, stabbings, drug raids, arrests for violence. At one time there were 73 police responses to that address in ONE month. Still, our local PD could only arrest for major things, and it wasn't until the ATF got involved that they cleared the house. The single incident that got that problem solved was the entire block banding together (a cul-de-sac) and ended with one of the house squatters threatening the LIFE of one of the residents. Took forever, was dangerous every day. The residents started picketing and putting huge banners on their fences alerting everyone to the criminals living there. I see ours headed the same route.

Last night and today, tons of cars coming and going from 7am on. Sometimes it seems that everyone leaves (goes to eat probably) and others, there are so many going in and out and buying drugs at the CURB no less (curbside delivery service) that we lose count. Today ANOTHER new guy moved in. OH and last night, ANOTHER car got towed. It might be the same one that they had towed the night before and reclaimed? In any case, off it went. Never ending entertainment.

It's trash put out day so we assume they will put out the 3 cans for collection tomorrow. Should be interesting. They might also try to put out a load of huge plastic bagged stuff. Our service will NOT pick up trash that isn't in cans. I can hardly wait to see what happens with the trash situation. We think they finally started trash service because they are cooking the meth now and can't afford to have any 'city' inspections for garbage, etc. Makes sense.

OH and I think I finally figured out what the 18" square HEAVY metal plates are. Found a site about meth ingredients and one listed was 'sodium metal'. So I looked it up on ebay and found something similar for sale. Smaller in size but the same silver-white look. Gads.Hoping for an explosion. Does that make me evil?

At this point a small cleansing fire or explosion might be the only resolution!

I'm not sure what to say anymore. This is all so sad.

We need a miracle. In the past few days, they have had an 8 year old boy staying the night (started last weekend) and then that mother (and I mean it in the lowest sense of the word) took her BABY in and stayed for about 3-4 hours. I can only imagine the poor little kid being exposed to massive amounts of marijuana smoke and then being put in its little car seat by a mom who is now probably high on meth or on heroin! I am shuddering to think of how many people are out driving in our streets under the influence of not just alcohol, but drugs too. Lately we have had more than a few cars going into houses, businesses, hit and runs where the victims died, hit and runs where there is massive property damage and head on collisions on freeways where the 'impaired' driver crossed over the line OR over the entire median strip (one was 60 feet across) and kill the occupants of the other vehicle who were doing nothing wrong. It's almost a 'given' now when we hear the TV report that they will end it with, "The suspect was found to be under the influence'. Yup. So easy.

I wish there was an easy answer, but all I come up with would just get me in trouble and they would end up laughing. From what my neighbors and I have seen going in (supplies) and the caliber of people taking them in, we can say with complete certainty that they are indeed cooking meth. We actually thought of calling the cops today about noon when 5 cars were there, all the same time, and hoards of people went in carrying 'stuff'. They also had the 'head guy' and another of his crew, bringing drugs to the curb and getting paid there, without anyone ever getting out of the vehicles. At least 4 times that happened in 1/2 hour. So if we called the police what would happen? WE would be asked to PROVE the drug stuff and WE would not be able to swear to any of it. We all decided not to call the police.

I'm sending all my negative energy over there, invoking the spirit of the old dead guy and any other spirits I can gather to make something serious happen to get the attention of the people who can do something about all this stupidity. Can't hurt to try. No chanting needed, just begging the old guy to come back from wherever he is and haunt the place. I'll let you know if it works.

Good luck Sorta. Maybe it is time to call the reporter again???

Things do seem to have escalated... I wonder if he would still be interested since it has progressed far beyond just the squatting issue.

Yes yes yes, the dynamics have totally changed from squatting/stealing all the old guy's stuff, to DRUG production and stealing from the community to support their endeavors/lifestyle. They sell stolen cars, jewelry stolen from who knows where, the drugs of course for a profit, and anything else they can get. So now that Bad Gal is pretty much out of the picture, she enabled these drug producers and sellers to take over our neighborhood. Everyday, there are more and more 'buyers' who are not getting 'curb-side' delivery of the goods. So obvious to anyone watching. They probably don't want anyone coming into the house now that they are 'cooking' the meth. Pausing to chant 'explode, explode, explode'. Ok now I can go on.

Aha! I may have an answer to some of this. TV station isn't an option at this point (too dangerous) and here is why:

Attended my second Citizen's Police Academy on Wednesday. The guy who presented was the GANG unit head for our city. He was awesome. We learned so much about gangs and identifying them and what they do, and the associations with other gangs etc.

So he asked questions and one was, "How do you identify a gang member?" Lots of answers from the group but he kept saying, 'OK, but..." so I spoke up and said, "By the way they dress". He walked right over to me and asked me what about the way they dress? My answer was, "Well, the ones in my neighborhood wear (can't put it hear because of identity stuff) and the entire class laughed and some of them gasped LOUDLY. I was only telling the truth about the Squatters. The speaker said I was totally right and then identified the gang that dressed like that, as well as 4 others in my area.

NOW I know who is at the house. We have THREE distinct gangs, maybe 4 all cooperating with each other and living in the same house. NOT supposed to be that way since gangs are AGAINST each other (fights, killings, etc). So after class I asked the instructor WHY would these 3 that I can clearly identify by dress and hair, etc. would be living together at the same place? He gave me the perfect answer, "Because it's a cooperative effort for some result that is advantageous for all of them." He agreed it is rare, but it happens. So I told him about the DRUG stuff and mentioned those metal, pizza box size plates. He said they are the 'heating' plates for the meth. Ohhhhhhh. Now I know. Then he gave me the name of the head guy for DRUG enforcement and told me to call him. I will, but not right now. I want to wait till I finish this class and know all I need to know about the police.

AND I found out that we have 250ish employees in our Police Dept. This includes everyone from patrolmen to secretaries, and up to the highest levels. AND then we were asked how many of these were out in the field, on duty, patrolling at any given moment? I guessed 50. Wrong, so wrong. There are 12-15, yes I said 12-15 patrols out in the field for our city which is the second largest city in San Diego County (San Diego is first), we have a population of about 270,000. And those 15 guys/gals are the only ones protecting ALL of us? I'm more scared now that before. Wow! No wonder nobody wants to respond to our calls about squatters or petty thefts, etc. They are all doing other things which take priority. Geez! Appalling! We are horribly understaffed for the population and the huge area they have to cover. They are begging for applicants but the department pays less than all the others around so it's hard to get anyone.

So that's the good news and bad. We need more police, the ones we have are overworked and underfunded, and controlled by the upper management, and probably are just here waiting to transfer to a better paying job elsewhere. But the good stuff is knowing the GANG head guy now and the referral to the DRUG head guy (and he said to tell him he referred me..yes!). This is the reason I signed up for that training. It's working.

Hope to have some good news soon about DRUG enforcement and perhaps a raid on the place. Just need time. They did a 'sweep' yesterday and arrested 11 people they had been watching for a year related to drug sales. Soon they can do MY neighborhood.

Finally, really solid information. This class sounds like a gold mine for you!

The whole gang thing sounds dangerous Sorta. Be careful.

I don't understand why you wouldn't contact Drug Enforcement now as suggested? What advantage do you see in waiting?

I wondered the same thing Sorta. If you report it and the cops do nothing that is on them but it is possible you might save a life by reporting it.

I do worry about your safety though around these people. You're is a tough spot. What about sending an anonymous letter to the police?

Very good questions Sparkle and Space. I am definitely in a very precarious position. First is because of my LONG history of making calls to the police about the constant burglaries for the past 2 years. My 'credibility' is bad. Then we have my calls about the Squatters which ended with 'don't call us anymore' due to the 'civil' nature of the situation. Then there is Bad Gal who got me mixed into all the doings over there from the start. The Niece I think actually suspects ME of being involved with all the stealing. Getting that feeling from her. And then Bad Gal leaving the house suddenly BUT keeping in touch with ONE of the residents/squatters. I just confirmed that yesterday. I had suspected it for a long time. Something strange about her 'leaving' but willing to go back so easily for the TV reporter's report, AND parking in front of my house so that the house residents would suspect I was Bad Gal's friend or at least involved somehow. Then a few weeks back when Bad Gal called me to tell me that she couldn't TELL me anything, but that I was 'safe'. Uhhuh. Really a weird conversation. She made it sound like she had arranged for some bad guys to come and scare the squatters out. I always wondered why she continues to involve herself with that house when it's obvious she has no chance of owning it. THEN 2 days ago, her ex boyfriend came over. He does that about once a week or calls. His mom is dying and I am trying to prepare him for it and help him get things in order for the time when she's gone. He has done nothing. Everything in in her name (trailer, cars, bank accounts, insurances) and he has an emotional disability which is hard to work around. He is easily controlled but doesn't seem to see the big picture. NOW BAD GAL is in contact with him again after dropping him like a rock for the new guy. I find this VERY shady. She took him out for hamburgers so the ex tells me, AND she went to visit his mom and talked to the doctors about her condition. NOT GOOD for her to be advising her ex. Not my decision here, but she's obviously playing him again for some reason. He also says she told HIM he was 'safe' from all the stuff at the house. It's a real mess. Worse than I imagined.

So the reason I am waiting is all that stuff needs to be sorted out before I make a call that I will regret. Either Bad Gal has 'plans' and isn't telling me everything, or she might tip off the Gang people over there who are producing the Meth and then I will be in real danger. I can't trust Bad Gal at all right now. Police might make a little raid but it will bounce back on me for sure. I have to wait till I have more information and REAL assurances from the Narcotics Task Force that I won't get harmed in the process. The guys over there are not nice people. Two of them have already been arrested over there for suspicion of murder. I think you see what I mean now. We are not just drug users or annoying neighbors, now we are involved, living right across the street from presumed killers. They probably have done at least 2 murders in the past month (remains for the trials) but I'm not willing to put myself in harm's way right now.

They are quiet, except for the constant drug traffic with curb service now. I hate what's going on, but it's very dangerous at this point now that I know from the ex and some of what Bad Gal was hinting about. I planted some 'information' with the ex so he will tell Bad Gal and I will be able to use him to throw her off her game. OH and besides that, the NEW boyfriend (who is a really nice, responsible citizen) is definitely figuring out all about Bad Gal's past and illegal doings. THEY, according to the ex got into a punching match recently. Don't know what about, but I'll bring it up next time she calls. All was rosy and now this. I suspected he was pulling back from the 'house' and now I'm positive he no longer supports HER involvement. The fight might have been about the house and her continued association with one of the occupants.

This is all so annoying, and now dangerous to the point that I can only watch, document and hopefully in a few weeks, when I am more into the Police Citizens Academy class, I can start making some more contacts. The more law enforcement people I get to know (and vice versa) the better chance I have of getting something done.

It's sad, but other drug houses have taken 4 years to clear out. We keep hoping the meth lab will explode (not kidding) and that will solve the problem. For now, I just watch the people, the cars, and today, I'm screaming, because once again, they had that tiny kid there, walking around outside barefooted. He looks to be about 1 1/2 years old! How irresponsible! If I were a cop I'd do something, but for now, I'm just starting out at the bottom. Eventually, after this course and I get my 'badge' (yes a little miniature police badge) then I might sign up for the Senior Patrol. Real cops, old guys, who have uniforms, patrol cars, and all that stuff and have 'standing' in the police force. Crossing fingers.

In the meantime, think good thoughts for me and bad thoughts for Bad Gal and the Squatters and the Gang members and the Drug producers.

We are all in your corner Sorta. Stay safe.

It's really heartwarming to know that someone cares about my plight. I appreciate all your comments and well wishes.

This all started out as a nuisance with the house and then turned into something much more serious and dangerous. I sometimes read what I've written and think, "Is she kidding? Delusional? Making it all up for attention?" and then I look across the street and remember, it's all so real. Darn those people! Why come into my quiet neighborhood and make a mess out of it? Makes me mad, but then I'm not the only one. My neighbor, who is 85 (going on 15) is scared to death. We call each other each day to check up and I reassure her about what she's seeing and what I'm seeing. It's an alternative to the traditional 'coffee club'.

My best hope is that Citizen's Police Academy. It's really something. You have to apply, go through a background check and then be chosen to attend. Some people didn't make it. Last class, some didn't come back and some on the waiting list (who sat in on the first class) got to be real participants. At the end, we take a test on all we learned. 100 questions on police tactics, gangs, safety, guns, general stuff about our city and the police force, arrest laws, court system, etc. We do self-defense next week. That should be fun. I'll be sure to pick a partner who is smaller and weaker than I am. AND near the end we get to ride along in a simulated police chase. Oh boy! I've already decided (after touring the jail) that I never want to go there as a 'guest'. I think we are also going to tour the lab and the morgue. Ugh. Hope there are no bodies that week.

I think I said once before, that I'm not a newbie to law enforcement. My mom was a cop in the 50's and my first hubby was a sheriff's deputy. I attended classes with him and got certified in using handguns on the range. Awesome. And then we both became EMT's for 2 years just for fun. Fighting crime in in my blood I think.

After I graduate, at the ceremony held in the City Council Chambers, and get a certificate and my miniature police badge, I will proudly wear it and then I will have some clout when I call the dispatch. They will know ME and not just put me off as a bothersome caller. They have lists of US. When they call up my name, there is a list of ALL the calls I've ever made to the police and the results. Ugh.

Now my job today is to contact the neighbor up the street whose 13 year old boy likes to harass the squatters. He yells things as he goes by on his scooter or stops to talk to them over the fence, taunting them. Precocious kid. What they don't know and I do, is that the current occupants are DANGEROUS. I've got to warn the mom to tell her kid to stop all contact and taunting. It was innocent fun but now could spark some bad stuff.

Thanks again all you faithful readers. I really need some good karma and lots of psychic energy coming my way. Sometimes I just hide instead of looking over there. But then it catches up when the horn honks at the curb for a 'buy' or for someone to come out for a ride somewhere. Hate those people and their drug habits. Eventually they will cause their own demise. It's bound to happen. Yesterday there was a small dispute between one of the guys and a girl. It stopped before it got physical....darn darn darn!