Sometimes in law enforcement I wish the old way was still around. We have so many laws now and some are stupid. People seem to think if they don't like something and they pass a law against it people will stop doing it, WRONG! So they pass another law saying they can't do it with it explained in more detail because they are sure it was because it was not specific enough for them to quit, WRONG! So they pass another law with even more specific stuff in it and the circle continues. We need more common sense in laws. Make them simple and not so intrusive and stiff penalties when broken and jail should be jail not room service, maid service, laundry service, cafe etc. If you don't like the jail then don't go there. People should be treated fairly and humane in jail but they should not have a privileged life style that is better then our seniors and soldiers do....ok enough preaching for the day but I think the following way should still be in use.
A older single lady had a trailer court and people were always moving out and leaving tons of garbage etc for her to clean up. By the time she would pay someone to clean it she was losing money. She is older but very strong. It was a low income trailer court. People would not take their garbage to the dump when they lived there they would just store it in the shed until the shed was full.
One such couple left the trailer court to another place and left a whole shed full of bags of garbage, broken furniture. They left a mess inside of the trailer of old broken down chairs, couch etc, clothes they no longer wanted and you name it. She had enough!
Instead of backing up the old dump truck and loading it all up and taking it to the dump and paying a fortune in dumping fees she found out where they moved too, loaded up that dump truck and took it back to them. They called the police cause some crazy lady had a dump truck and was dumping trash into their yard. The police officer arrived. She was very calm and said a very friendly "hi". The guy was yelling and hollering about her dumping garbage in his yard. The police officer asked what she was doing and very sweetly she said that he had lived at her place and was moving out and had not had the time to get the rest of his stuff and she needed to rent the trailer so she thought she would help him out and load his stuff up and bring it to him. The officer had a hard time keeping the grin off his face. He asked the guy "is this your stuff?" the guys kind of stammered and stuttered and said "well yeah, but he hadn't wanted it" The officer advised that there was nothing he could do, it isn't against the law for someone to return something that belonged to you, The lady and the officer said goodbye with a grin on their faces and drove off with the guy standing there mad as a hornet.
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