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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations[/quote]

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?[/quote]

“Mentally unwell” is as risible as “houseless” - you mean a threatening, crazy person who may very well be violent?[/quote]

Sure, and when people like that yell at me, I just walk away. Even when a guy ran up and hit me in the back downtown once, I didn’t call police — he kept running and I was fine. Not every scary encounter is a crime. [/quote]

Maybe not, but that one was— it’s called assault. [/quote]

I guess technically, yes, but it didn’t feel like I was assaulted, I wasn’t injured, and I didn’t get a good look at him, so I really didn’t see any reason to call the police. Did not seem like a particularly big deal, once the shock of it happening wore off. I continued to the Metro and went home. [/quote]

Not a big deal but you were also in shock?  You need to talk with someone to help you work through this incident.  [/quote]

I hope you were just in shock because the conscious clear decision not to call the police on someone who assaults you out of nowhere seems like borderline self harm. [/quote]

You’re being quite melodramatic about this. He ran up behind me, smacked me on the back, and kept running. It took me about 15 seconds to process it, and then I moved on. I don’t think that’s “borderline self harm,” and I don’t think calling the police would have really accomplished anything. [/quote]

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