07-09-2010, 12:39 PM
A couple of officers came to our door a few nights ago because there was an attempted burglary on the street behind us and the people who were staying in the house saw the culprits run toward our property. The two officers were very nice and courteous. I realized at one point that our front gate had been locked for the evening. I said, "hey, how'd you guys get in?" And they said they hopped the gate. The next day, when I told this to my neighbor, he said, "What!? You should've told them to get lost! They have no right hopping your gate!" That attitude, to me, was unbelievable. I guess that's a sample of the comments here. Sometimes I feel like I've gone back to 1968 (we moved here a year ago), when see that "us" and "them" mentality. Course that's just the one neighbor. I have no problem with the cops coming onto my property looking for bad guys.