Mom arrested for letting her kids play outside.

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40. And what of pedestrians?

Will you call the cops on them, too?

There's not that much difference between a kid on a scooter and a kid on foot, other than acceleration. But even kids on foot can dart about and change location really fast. Oh--and I should mention that bikes can reach respectable speeds too, so should kids never ride bikes?

Did you ever consider being neighborly and talking to such kids and/or their parents before escalating to calling the police about nuisance calls? Did you ever consider telling your neighbors that you did back into a dog without a leash 20 years ago and you still fear that happening again with a child? Did you ever try to teach those kids to be more careful, or do you simply believe in letting the police do that work for you (at not insignificant taxpayer expense)?

Granted, the parents should be the ones doing that, but your post makes it seem like you're not even giving the parents a chance to engage in parenting before running to the police.

Do you enjoy being such an asshole?

Do you want to be known as "that guy who calls the police to get kids off his lawn" to operators and first responders when you need to call 911 for something that is actually serious and imminently life-threatening?