re: Neighborhood parties - have you ever called the cops, had the cops called on you?

Ran out of bubblegum.

It's 1:00 eastern here. Just called them. Tired of the loud music. I feel like they got an extra hour. Midnight is plenty reasonable in a neighborhood.

No. Didn’t call cops. Where I live the breaker boxes are outside the house on the side. Dressed in black and snuck over, flipped breakers, snuck back. It took the momentum out of the party. They figured it out after 20 minutes but the vibe was gone and it flamed out. I wouldn’t have done it, but the base boom was awful.

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they discovered that we had nothing but root beer. Half an hour after they left we brought out the half barrels of actual beer.

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4D Chess right here^

I’ve been at many that had the cops called, but there was one that stood out.

The cops didn’t come in lights-flashing/sirens blaring and try to scatter the party. They casually walked in and cut the music. And they asked for each designated driver to raise their hand. Then they made each driver match up with who they are driving. After we demonstrated every drinker had a driver, they left. This was well before Uber existed. I always thought those cops handled it well. (And, of course, it tamed the party down)

Yes

I've never called the cops

I had the cops called on me all the time in the 90s when having band practice

It’s done by neighbors who are trying to sleep but don’t want to be confrontational, or blamed, so they have the cops do it.

I've been arrested twice for party related issues. Extreme disturbing the peace.

I used to be a neighbor from hell. Fine college kids in a nice big house throwing huge parties.

One year I decided to try and top the Carlotta street party.
Went out and got 5 kegs, two port o let's. Catering, and had parking set up .

We were doing fine. No complaints. Then a shite ton of Southern students showed up from a nearby AA club on Nicholson and it got out of hand.

Police raided us. My roommates at this time were on LSD so I took the fall.

I had 4 other citations for parties. But they actually booked me for this one.

Had a good bit of charges. Property damage, disturbing the peace, fire ordinance violation. Refusing lawful orders. And the big one. Providing minors with alcohol.

It's cool that decades later I'll see some random person and they will talk about that party or another party.

The house we rented had a 1,200 square foot indoor half court with 15' ceilings. We had a band stage installed. 15 tvs throught the yard and house. Men's and women's port o let. We had a trash band and a nu metal band play. Also charged $5 a head to get in with unlimited beer.
We had A place in tigerland deliver two more kegs.
Halloween 2001 was lit.

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What WOULD make you call the cops?

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Party host not knowing how to lower the noise at a decent hour. I shouldn’t have to be kept up until 2am or having a child that keeps being woken up because neighbors want to blare music and have guests yelling outside when everyone else is trying to sleep.

I called a couple times on the house behind me in my old neighborhood. They had a pool and their teenage son started throwing parties in their backyard. Loud music and drunk teenagers outside until 1 or 2 in the morning. Let it slide the first time, but called the cops when they were partying and loud past 11pm a week or 2 later. Then a couple weeks later, another loud party late at night and I called on them again. After around the 3rd or 4th different party the cops had to come out for, they finally got the hint (or a noise ordinance ticket) and stopped having parties outside late at night