No flame here but we all have a responsibility to keep our neighborhoods and city safe and clean. If I see someone throwing their garbage all over the park I say something.

Sorry you don't agree, but most studies show that self policing communities do the best and keep the lowest crime rates.

I am not saying you should always confront people but you can go tell the ranger, or flag down a cop.

I have, and will continue to, tell someone that they "have dropped something" if they are littering.

Jake

Neighborhood Watch groups are perfect examples of local citizens "policing" or more accurately stated as PROTECTING their communities. The reason terrorist were able to go unnoticed within our communities and accomplish the horrific devastation to our country on 9/11 is because of the mentality stated by shelbyrose. Jeffery Domer was able to do what he did in a large apartment complex for years? These are extreme examples of why we must be proactive in our communities! The more people that speak up and protect this neighborhood from those individuals that threaten to lower our quality of life the better. Guess what? "Those people" will either change or move out of our neighborhood. Recently, the Queens West Site Engineer was faced with a problem when Peninsula Park was opened to the public without the necessary signs in place for the park. The engineer enlisted the help of a local community group to minimize the damage to the Park until the appropriate signs where in place. The group obliged and "WA LA" a wonderful example of a community working together.

9/11? Jeffrey Dahmer? Excellent points kck, I thought we were just talking about dogs pooping on the grass. Maybe we should get signs for that stuff too.

The following are prohibited on the grass:
Explosive devices and/or shoulder launching rockets
Dogs
Slaughter and Eating other human beings

If Shelbyrose promises to report all possible terrorist activities and any serial killings he/she knows about, then can she play with a leashed dog on the grass?

Let's all try and lighten up a little.

Hey "alkaseltzer"....you protesteth too much. KCK was attempting to make a point only. Not really a correlation between dogs pooping and terrorism.

That point is, the basis for any civilized society begins with the responsibility of the people of that society. The laws of the land begin at the bottom, with the individuals who compose the society, and then works it's way up into elected officials, law enforcement, etc.

Any person trying to "watch out for the neighborhood" is a good citizen. What a caotic world this would be if every person lived in a "bubble" and paid no attention whatsoever to anything outside the bubble. If your neighbor's home is being broken into, would you call someone or just make sure your own door is locked? If you witness an accident would you call for help or just observe you were luck it didn't involve you? A person does not need to wear a uniform, carry a gun or be elected to call offenders attention to the fact they are offending. If you are sitting in a park, on the lawn, would you be offended if a person's dog pooped next to you (even if the owner picked up), would you be offended if the dog hiked a leg on the nearest shrub?

And, speaking of "picking up" just how much of the offending matter can be cleaned up with a plastic bag? The most conscientious "picker upper" does not carry paper towels and disinfectant. You could put your hand where a dog had pooped/peed....you could sit in it.

Common sense is commonly available to all.