Any tips for getting rid of drug dealing neighbors?

Question

I've got scum bag drug dealers in the neighborhood. It seems to take the police years to build a drug case around here. Short of running my own surveillance campaign (which is probably illegal) do you have any suggestions for a speedier way to send them packing?

Answer 1

The surveillance cameras are NOT illegal especially if you're using them to insure your own property is being watched for intruders. Whatever else comes into view....oh well...that's life!

I would strongly suggest you do several things to stop the problem.

1) Talk to the good neighbors getting a neighborhood watch program going.

2) Anytime you see suspicious activities call the police and ask for a patrol to drive through making them aware of the drug related activities. You should know what they are doing to let the police know it IS drug activity.

3) Talk to your local drug enforcement division with the police or sheriff's department to solicit their help as well.

4) Telephone the Chief of Police or Sheriff to convey your concerns!

Best wishes.

Answer 2

Do they own property? Or are they renters? I'm guessing they're only renting, which means the property owner they're renting from has a duty to evict them off the premises for creating a public nuisance. If the property owner won't evict them, you may have legal recourse to file a suit for public nuisance, and tolerating/creating an environment that encourages criminal activity. Surveilance video is legal, so long as you're not recording them inside their residence through a window. So long as they're out in view of the public, which includes the hallway, pool area, patio, etc.. then you're free to record. The right to video people in public is the same constitutional right that paparazzis are using to stalk celebrities, following their every movement.

Answer 3

Try to get a local reporter to write a piece describing the problem and the police response to it. If you're successful you'll find that the police suddenly become allot interested in these particular dealers.

Answer 4

Try to get a local reporter to write a piece describing the problem and the police response to it. If you're successful you'll find that the police suddenly become VERY interested in these particular dealers.

Answer 5

Is the scumbag living in an apartment or a rental house? Because you may advise the owner that they will lose their house if they rent to drug dealers.

Harass the customers, take pictures of their car, yell at them. Let them know they are not welcome.

But get your neighbors involved too. Or else you could become a dead victim.

Answer 6

The police is problay trying to build a case against them, and may be your surveilance may be the ticket to get them areasted, make sure that the vidieo or pitcher has the date and time on it,if you can get the coustermers lic.plate no. then that will help them(police)get those who are involved.

Answer 7

It never ceases to amaze me why folks who claim to not have a responsive police force feel compelled to do nothing.

Pecking order....citizen complains to police. They do not get any action.

Citizens calls police and asks to speak with the Chief of Police.....pecking order is stirred up....why is citizen calling COP....need to resolve ASAP.

Citizen does not get satisfactory response from COP.....citizen then calls their councilperson, that individual that represents you in your specific area....again...pecking order is disturbed only now you have a person that YOU directly support and that YOU can tell him/her that YOU called the COP and that person did nothing for you. Now the pecking order is really stirred up....and if the councilperson does nothing for you within an appropriate time frame....one week or so.....place another call to the councilperson and advise the councilperson that you want to know how to spell their name for your Letter to the Editor in which you intend to advise the newspaper that all your efforts to correct a criminal problem have gone for not.

Most important part here is that YOU in fact do make contact with the newspaper and YOU do write a letter.

You should get some action.....remember everyone that you contact from the lowly police dispatcher to the Mayor....work for YOU....all you have to do is insist that they do their job.

Answer 8

Form a neighborhood watch and make it uncomfortable for their customers to visit. Make an obvious show of writing down license plates and video taping their coming and going. Get the attention of your city council representatives or local news (those two can put pressure on cops to do something in a hurry).

Answer 9

Get evidence of them selling to minors. Turn all your evidence over to the DA. It's not the police that builds cases, it's the DA.

Answer 10

What are they doing to you? I mean if they aren’t physically harming you, why should u care? I dont know who they are or how big they are remember most drug dealers have guns. And they also have friends. If you tell the police on them, they might find out you told. And that will not be good for you.

Here is the bottom line, they probably aren’t harassing you or harming you in anyway. They are just trying to run a business, achieving the American dream. It just happens the product they are selling is illegal. A few years ago I live in a house like the one your describing we sold everything and made a lot of money. We didn’t bother our neighbors and they didn’t bother us. But if they went to the police...well that wasn’t heard of because they knew what would happen.

Just remember is it really worth it to get involved? A lot of police are on the drug dealer’s payroll. So watch out. If they aren’t harming you leave them alone. Im clean (for all u haters) and not involed with that stuff anymore. Take my word for it, dont piss anyone off. AND MOVE AWAY if you dont like it.