would you have called the police

February 14, 2009 2:39pm CST
my husband andi live on the ground floor flat of 3 floors. we live in a nice quite place even with children and babys liveing in the same building. however last nigth we were keep up tell 3am by new people who are renting a stuio flat on the 3rd floor. the have over 150 people in that small flat, they were coming out into the hallways shouting leveing the beers out in the halls. and souting out side our bad room window. i ask if they would mind keeping it down but all i got was drity looks. the music was so loud i could hear every word. i was thinking of ringing the police as i had work in the morring. but my husband told me not to..whay would you have done.
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• United States
15 Feb 09
I would have called the police if they are going to be like that. Considering you had work in the morning I wouldn't have hesitated. They can't just play music like that @ 3 in the morning unless I am invited too. That's a different story.
• United States
15 Feb 09
exactly. had they invited me i would not mind them playing the music like that under some circumstances.
15 Feb 09
lol i hear you we did say they did not even ask us to come lol
@TessWhite (3146)
• United States
15 Feb 09
Yea, I would have called the police. I've done it before with some neighbors of mine. They would have their music cranked up so high the windows rattled. I could hear shouting, fireworks, and all sorts of noise. If its a weekend I'm a bit more tolerant. But, when 1am comes and its still going on, I want sleep. So, I called the police and they got them to quiet down. You might want to invest in some ear plugs. I keep mine under my pillow. LOL
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15 Feb 09
lol am going to gt some, but iam still going to call the police next time, and hopfully they will not come and knock on my door later.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
14 Feb 09
I would not only have called the police I would have called the landlord...and if he's not available in the eveings I would still call him as soon as he's available to report these people. This kind of behavior IS going to continue unless someone puts a stop to it. Do not confront them yourself...that's what you pay rent and taxes for...so someone in authority can tell thoughtless people to quiet down. Don't worry about them knowing who called...I'm sure they were disturbing everyone in the area.
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15 Feb 09
yes i whated to do that but cant seem to find out who his landlord is
@katrhina23 (1282)
• United States
15 Feb 09
not the police maybe. might be somebody in charge of the whole building. i still want to have good relationship with my neighbor..
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@daneg33 (1128)
• Canada
15 Feb 09
The police should be called when people are partying into the night. It's a simple respect thing. If you are having a party, keep the noise down and definitely shut it down at a reasonable time. There are noise bylaws and if they don't obey those, they can get charged by the police, especially if the police have to keep coming back because the disturbance is ongoing.
@dlr297 (5409)
• United States
14 Feb 09
I also would have called the police, because if you don't step up for your rights it is going to keep happening, you have the right to be able to sleep at night. and if you try to confront it yourself you run into being in danger because you never know what could happen. It is best left for the police to handle situations like that. They should have to keep the noise down after a certain time in the evenings. You should respect their right to have a party and be loud till about 10:00 or 11:00 Oclock, and they should respect your right to get a good nights sleep. If it happens all the time call the police,
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14 Feb 09
yes i thinks its 10pm yes am going to have to stand up for my rigths i have the right to sleep at nigth.
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@alharra (507)
• United States
14 Feb 09
I would have definately called the cops. And be prepared to call again- the noise is sure to start back up as soon as the cops leave the first time so just keep calling. And I would call the apt mgr and pitc a fit about the new tenants
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14 Feb 09
thanks i think i will for sure next time, not sure ho owns the apt on the top floor but as soon as i fine out the will be getting a letter.
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@sid556 (30960)
• United States
15 Feb 09
I am not a cop-caller but under the circumstances that you describe...oh yes...I'd have called. You did your part in trying to reason with them; You have a right to some peace and quite at that hour. I'd also report it to the landlord. It is over with now but if it happens again....get your neighbors to also support you.
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@mscott (1923)
• United States
14 Feb 09
I would have called them. That many people makes it not even safe not to mention the noise and who knows what else. If they did it once now they will probably do it again. Maybe not to that extent but they will have parties or whatever. Renting comes with responsibilities to your neighbors as well.
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14 Feb 09
yeah i feel like going up there telling them that if they do something like that again am going to call the police. i take to the neighbous who live above me who have two young children. and the same outside there door was so dirty in the morring and they to could not sleep even the children look tired.
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@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
15 Feb 09
I have never had that problem but I think I would have to call the police. You have now given permission by ignoring the problem and they obviously do not care about you. It will probably happen again so the problem has not gone away, only postponed. I do not know why some people think they are they only people in the world.
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@sandymay48 (2030)
• Canada
15 Feb 09
I think I would have called the landlord first. It is their duty to look after things like this. Thats what they are paid for. However if I did not get an immediate response, then yes I would have called the police. That could be a potentially dangerous situation.
@Jae2619 (1483)
• United States
15 Feb 09
I think I would have had to call the landlord/tenant of the building and complained to them, and mentioned that you've already asked them to keep it down with no avial. If nothing was done by the landlord/tenant, then I would have called the police.
@alharra (507)
• United States
14 Feb 09
I nwould have called the cops... and kept calling. You can be sure the noise would stop asw soon as the cops leave so I would keep calling.
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@ddfreedie (690)
• India
15 Feb 09
hmm...i'd tell em for the first time...if they do the same then ill complain to the police...
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@mamabeezy (172)
• United States
14 Feb 09
I would've called the police. I'm suprised they even have a studio there? People with no respect for anyone else really tick me off!!
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14 Feb 09
thats the thing no respect at all. sometime i feel i over react that why i stop myself complaning, but i shoud of called them
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@Bethany1202 (3431)
• United States
15 Feb 09
I would have politely asked them several times to turn down the music, as you did, and if they kept ignoring and giving dirty looks, I would certainly have called the police. That is unacceptable behavior. I am surprised no one else in your complex ended up calling the cops on them! Even though it was a weekend night, as you said, children are sleeping and some people DO have to work on weekends as well. To party is fine, even into the early morning hours as they were, but they need to understand they are not isolated and respect the people who live by them as well. To party would have been fine if they had at least made some attempts after people were complaining of the noise. I would have been grateful if they complied and turned the music down a little bit as well as try to control their own rowdiness and noise, and use quieter voices rather than screaming...
@gwoman2 (710)
• United States
15 Feb 09
Hi Lorraine, so sorry you are experiencing this crap. Yes, I would have called the police. You have got to check out your local community centers and find out who your councilman or woman is...they are responsible for making sure that these types of things do not happen...Also, write or call your local Freeholders, write to your local newspaper opinion page...I believe you will get results...I am no stranger to disturbances, although in my area it is all about violence, real violence...just two weeks ago a guy was shot in the face in front of my house, UGH, he lived...it had to do with retaliationl...it is a gang thing...mostly everyone around me is hostile, they are unaproachable...In December 08 a girl was shot 3 times in her legs, again in front of my house! We, my daughters and I stay to ourselves since buying this home in Nov. of 07 we have made no friends here...one lady directly across from our back yard is nice but she too keeps very much to herself...the others are unsociable, they only know arguing and violence, it makes me sick, sometimes I wonder if I did the right thing...this house is a gift for my daughters, it is the perfect house in that it is actually two houses in one, our garage is a single residential dwelling, it has a living room, bedroom, and a bathroom, only missing a kitchen and the big house has 8 rooms, it is beautiful. I am not going anywhere I will call the police as many times as I have too and even though inside myself I am a bit scared, I never show it...we also have two giant size pit bulls! No one messes with us, thank God I sincerely hope everything works out and hopefully they were just celebrating their moving in, if not take my advice it will deter if not resolve your issues with the undesirables. Good luck! *G*
15 Feb 09
hay thanks really good tips there an i will be useing them
@phoenix25 (1541)
• United States
15 Feb 09
I would definitely have called the cops, especially after asking them to turn it down and getting no response from them. I don't tolerate violation of noise ordinances. I used to have to call the cops ALL the time when I used to live in a bad neighborhood. There would always be people next door with their stereo really loud or people in the parking lot yelling and talking really loud at 4 am. I have a kid and it would sometimes keep him up, so I didn't mess around.
@benhilo (871)
• Tripoli, Libya
15 Feb 09
Why the question? It is obvious that the police should be called. You have every right to enjoy your unit like all the other in the building. If you were in my building, I would like it that you contact me first since I am the building manager. That way you are out of the picture and will not be retaliated against. But in the case where there is no manager on site - CALL THE COPS!
@lisa0502 (1724)
• Canada
15 Feb 09
I would have called the police. You have a right to live a nice quiet life and they had wrecked that for you. Also it leaves room for more of that in the future. I have called the police on some of my neighbours in the past and would continue to do this. We all have rights and you should exercise those rights.
@ds6413 (2070)
• United States
14 Feb 09
Hello, after awhile I would have called the police because if the people live in an studio apartment to have 150 or more is unsafe not to mention rude to others who live there to.
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