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[quote=Anonymous]I misspoke - you are right  One time we knew the kid from community associations (bad luck for the kid) and resolved it with the parents who we called. We did not know who the compadres were but since they traveled the neighborhood for years in a group it would have been easy as pie to establish that once we knew the first. However we considered the matter resolved.  The second time we went to the high school with an accurate description - the security guards knew exactly who we were talking about , even had their nicknames - and we passed it along to the principal so the kids could be warned.  The third time we called the police (the most serious act of vandalism). It was not a local school kid in this instant, though a young kid who made a bad choice. Speaking in generalities - we have found going to police /parents/ school or some.combination thereof to be effective. Of course we do it because we don't like nuisance crime, but also so someone - parent, school police (all they do usually is call the family with a warning) get to these children before nuisance crime escalates to crime crime. just saying to OP that I think the instinct in our society is to not get involved, or in a group, not intercede if everyone else is just walking by. Sometimes you feel guilty for doing something, when it should be the other way around. But then after you of course second guess. So saying its ok to act and its usually resolved with a warning. Hopefully enough that the kid stops and thinks the next time.[/quote]

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