# Calling all cops, Vol. 2: Loud neighbors

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-cops-vol-2-loud-neighbors/478218>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 21, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-cops-vol-2-loud-neighbors/478218 "2008-12-21T20:28:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-cops-vol-2-loud-neighbors/478218/1 "2008-12-21T20:28:09Z")

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The background: I’ve got some neighbors a couple of doors down who like to throw very loud parties every 6 weeks or so. They turn up the music so loud that it makes the shutters and windows vibrate here. I (or another neighbor) call the police; they come out; things settle down. Last night, I called twice because they started it up again a couple of hours after the initial cop-visit.

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 Question: Considering that we've called repeatedly over the past year or so about the problem, wouldn't these neighbors be getting fined after a while? Or do they just get lots of warnings?
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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-cops-vol-2-loud-neighbors/478218/2 "2008-12-22T16:45:58Z")

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There doesn’t seem to be many cops around here so I guess its just me. This tends to be a very local issue. In most places it is covered by local ordinances rather than state law. No way for me to know what the law is there. Generally if I have to come out twice in one night they get ticketed. I would depend on what I actually heard as opposed to what the call was. At all times the complainant has the right to sign a complaint for themselves with the court clerk.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-cops-vol-2-loud-neighbors/478218/3 "2008-12-22T16:53:50Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> There doesn’t seem to be many cops around here so I guess its just me. This tends to be a very local issue. In most places it is covered by local ordinances rather than state law. No way for me to know what the law is there. Generally if I have to come out twice in one night they get ticketed. I would depend on what I actually heard as opposed to what the call was. At all times the complainant has the right to sign a complaint for themselves with the court clerk.

How often do you discover more serious offenses when you go out on a loud party call? 😉 I’d expect you to find drunk folks staggering out to cars, the aroma of weed wafting from the door, couples _in flagrante delicto_ in parked cars, and the odd jerk who wants to fight you. Anything else?