My friend is so unhappy and upset, PLEASE HELP  

This is awful I feel really sorry for you friend. Those kids need taught a lesson not her.

A lot of children these days are behaving like this. They should not of been doing that yesterday and they should of not give back cheek to their elders either.

I looked this up. Read it and see if you can find anything to help on there. Good luck and I hope your friend is OK.

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hi bunny,
sorry about your friend......i hate when cops get a "god complex" and are rude, especially to an elderly honest business owner.
you can try this site i found.
look on the left side and you'll see "public and private laws"
why you're at it maybe you should try to find the code for the law against riding skateboards in front of businesses.
hope this helps.....good luck.

Hi bunnybon7,




What is wrong with the law these days, thy should have got hold of these kids and throw the book at them or are they too coward to handle the kids and instead pick on the old lady and give her griefe and make her so ill? that really makes me so angry!!!!! it there no one these days that respect the old?


Tamara

Can't say as I blame her for being upset! This is really terrible! There are probably many ways you could look up codes. You could certainly try on the government's website. I'm not sure about the American one, but I do know that the Canadian Criminal Code is in pocket book form. There are probably many ways you can check up on that. I hope your friend feels better.

Not sure about the codes. I'll see what I can find out.
The police was rude to her as well? Dang!
The kids were breaking the law, they should have dealt
with them. There was a church I knew of, they didn't want
skateboarders to skate in their paved parking lot, they called
the police, and had no skatboarding signs put up around the
church's property. Maybe she needs some signs out as well.
Just a thought.

i am sorry to hear that ,but i don't know the codes , but don't worry about that ,just like the common day ,something was happened just let go ,it will be solved ,have a good mood ,things may be will get better,as we all kown ,when we are sad or angery,we may make it come bad. wish your friend get across and happy

Well, you can't strike or push people because of just this reason. You can never really tell if the kid is connected to someone on the police force or not. An uncle, a brother, a dad.. etc... and the broom technique probably makes her come across in a bad light with the kids too, making them less likely to feel they should stop.

If she has a shop and skateboarders are a problem on the street, she could get together with the rest of her neighbors and contact the police department together. That would make her point harder to ignore. Furthermore, being 64 years old, she should suggest that being knocked down by rude and careless skateboarders is a real danger to her and her customers. A broken hip, for example, might force her to close shop (depending on the type of shop and some other details I'm not privy too.)

Her shop brings in tax revenue. This makes her more important than the kids on skateboards. She has aldermen or the mayor she could contact. She has assets and resources that the kids do not. All she has to do is find the people to make noise. Generally, the police want quiet. If it is harder to quiet the people she agitates, they will go after the skateboarders.

Video cameras also can be helpful. If she can record people on the street being bumped into or falling because of the skateboarders she can complain that falls on her property will be claims on her insurance.

Alternately, she could support a skate park area being built to give the kids a place to skate that would be more fun than her sidewalk. This can be hard to sell, because the lady probably doesn't want to do any favors to the rude skateboarders. However, it seems to me that it would be more important to get them off her sidewalk than to worry about getting even. Another idea to investigate is how to make her sidewalk unappealing to skateboarders legally. You cannot present a tripping hazard to your customers, of course. Yet, if you could put heavy mats down to provide additional traction and safety for pedestrians in front of your shop, then it might provide a less pleasant surface for skateboarders to cross.

I have no idea how to look up codes. Why don't you call the police station and ask about the code? In my community the police are very helpful and receptive to people in need of help with such things. I would hope that yours is also. Ask them if there is a place online where you can go and if not who would you speak to about such a code.

That is just aweful what happend to her how could those creeps be like that? As for the police to be rude to her I thought there saying was " To protect and serve " dosn't sound like they were doing either one to me. As for this code she was told about what is the code give it and I will ask a friend that is a cop here in my town he'll know what it means. I do hope she get's this whole mess resolved and soon for she dosn't deserve that.

That's awful, someone needs to call their parents and let them know they are harassing your friend. I think you could look the code up on google. Just type in police code and then the number and see what pops up. Good luck.