Suburban cop favorites:
- Dogs in parks
- Dogs off leash in dogs-allowed parks
- Dog poop infractions
- People in parks after dark
- Teenage parties
- Curfew enforcement
- Horribly bungling the case when something real and tragic does happen
- Dogs in parks
- Dogs off leash in dogs-allowed parks
- Dog poop infractions
- People in parks after dark
- Teenage parties
- Curfew enforcement
- Horribly bungling the case when something real and tragic does happen
What a world. What a world.
Me? I throw it in a city trash can.
Me, where I walk my dog he squats in the ditch between the pile of bear scat and the dead raccoon carcass. We lack the delicate sensitivities of sophisticated city dwellers.
They are often disallowed as a result of dog owners not cleaning up after the dogs. Other considerations are whether horses are allowed in the park, if there is wildlife that is threatened by dogs, or if there are things like soccer fields that might be torn up by a dog.
> - Dogs off leash in dogs-allowed parks
Leash reactivity is real. Google it. Leaving your little Fluffy off-leash in an on-leash park is a recipe for disaster. I'm not a lawyer, but you'll probably be found liable if a fight starts out, even if the dog on leash 'starts it'.
> - Dog poop infractions
Good! Bag your poop. Carry it with you until you can dispose of it properly. And that doesn't mean using a private person's garbage without permission.
I had this conversation in a park with another dog owner just last night. The park has two spaces - a developed area where dogs are required to be on a leash, and an undeveloped area with trails through tall grass where dogs are allowed to be off-leash as long as they are responsive to their owners.
He was sitting on a bench on the developed trail, with his dog on the ground next to him, with no leash. No surprise, his dog lunged at mine as we walked by, and he couldn't comprehend why I was upset that he didn't have a leash handy for his dog. It's incredibly frustrating that folk can be so selfish and short-sighted.
And in the US, parents would face criminal charges for things Japanese parents routinely do, like sending their kids to the store alone. Unfortunately the US is filled with plusungood sexcriminals (citation needed) and weapons (price of freedom) so we can’t do it in the land of freedom.
Charlotte, NC or Mecklenburg County curfew age was 16 and under when I was growing up.
Also the 17 year old age restriction for "R" rated movies is a suggestion. I hope Regal Cinemas as a business continues dying off for changing their policy to be 18+ when I was 17, and then reverting their policy back to 17 when I turned 18. My stepfather would buy a ticket, escort all of us into the theater, walk back out to the ticket box, demand a refund for his ticket, and leave us to watch. Silliest company policy ever.
Truly land of the free.
I know because that was a shift taken after a few incidents of prostitution at night and unsavory hazardous litter prompted the change.
The alternatives are obvious (open but larger patrols at night to make it unsuitable) but that is more expensive for what is a fringe activity.
Well, it's not quite as cut and dry as that. There does seem to be some legitimate question on First Amendment right to peaceful assembly grounds. Much of the case law has generally upheld these ordinances, however it has shaped them so that municipalities have to be careful to construct the ordinances correctly.
...sale or use of prohibited substances.
...prostitution.
...homeless campsites.
...public intoxication or underage drinking.
...pretentious indie filmmaking.
...spray-paint tagging.
...logging.
...poaching.
...dumping.
...lewd behavior.
Suburban cops in Nazi Germany, Pinochet's Chile, or some such place?
Now in Indiana, supposedly one is supposed to be allowed out with parental permission, but I don't know if it is like this in the rest of the country or if places have re-written their juvenile curfew laws to account for this sort of thing.
In addition, folks on house arrest or parole often have curfews as well.