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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find that people who rush to call the cops when there isn't danger involved (i.e. not a growling dog, but just someone with their dog off-leash) to be bad neighbors.

The first step -- again, if there is no immediate danger -- should be to talk to the person.  That's how you establish a community.  Approach the person and say, you know, this isn't an offleash park, you're supposed to have your dog on a leash because kids play here and some of those kids are uncomfortable around dogs.

If you do this *and* the person is unreceptive, then call the county/city.  I believe that animal control is actually the division you're supposed to call; not the actual cops.

And if it is a bunch of people doing it, post signs around the park.  Or call county/city and ask them to put up signs.

These are the kinds of issues that reasonable people, neighbors, should be able to work out.[/quote]

In Montgomery County, animal control is part of the police department. It is the police's job to enforce the laws, not mine. If someone is breaking the law, and it may result in a dangerous situation, that is the role of our police force. If there were an annoyance, then I would agree speaking with the responsible party about it would be the neighborly thing to do. In this case, it is not an annoyance, but a purposeful breaking of the law.[/quote]

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