01-27-2010, 09:56 AM
Have the owner call the Police main office and ask them why they are not taking action on an owner’s complaint of a trespasser. If the answer is not to their satisfaction, ask for the next person in command higher up. Keep doing that until someone provides a valid answer. There could be a legitimate legal reason the Police hands are tied, but the owner needs someone to quote them exactly what that is, otherwise, the owner has a legitimate expectation of police action when a crime is reported.
Ohhh, In reading Daniels post below, and rereading your post, you said the owner gave the friend a POA. So the friend was legally acting on behalf of the owner when he made a deal with the 'squatter' and gave license to be on the property. That may make it a landlord tenant issue to the police until a court says otherwise. Although the law does keep referencing the agreement, so it may just be a matter of getting the court to state that no agreement exist as a landlord tenant so there is no landlord tenant issue. Or they may say to treat it as terminanting a month to month agreement.
Ohhh, In reading Daniels post below, and rereading your post, you said the owner gave the friend a POA. So the friend was legally acting on behalf of the owner when he made a deal with the 'squatter' and gave license to be on the property. That may make it a landlord tenant issue to the police until a court says otherwise. Although the law does keep referencing the agreement, so it may just be a matter of getting the court to state that no agreement exist as a landlord tenant so there is no landlord tenant issue. Or they may say to treat it as terminanting a month to month agreement.