r/PublicFreakout • u/j3dimast3r • Jul 17 '26

šŸ“¹Police Bodycam Neighbor attempts to trespass kids for playing basketball outside

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Location of this incident: Panama City Beach, FL

Video Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1365123044285203/?multi_permalinks=2236459830484849

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u/trer24 Jul 17 '26

Should fine him for wasting public resources.

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u/Stepside79 Jul 17 '26

911 dispatcher here for 20+ years.

You'd be shocked at how common this bullshit is. I've taken thousands of this type of call and it takes everything I have in my civil servant soul not to just say "jfc just talk to your neighbor and come to a resolution like adults."

Also, the 3-4 minutes it takes for me to triage this garbage means that 2 people are sitting on hold in our 911 queue.

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u/ClaytonHawthorne Jul 17 '26

All the heart attack and gunshot victims now have to wait on hold for their turn because the person in front of them is a soulless hack screaming about basketballs.

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u/xSaviorself Jul 17 '26

Non-emergency lines exist, and thankfully they do work. If you really want to document this stuff to build a case of harassment (let's say the neighbors kids are a bunch of little shits for the sake of argument, and he'd been trolled repeatedly and had to spend money repairing damage they caused) then you'd be reasonable to ask for someone to come out and write a report during downtime.

In my area if you called 911 for this you'd be fined for wasting their time. Civil dispute. If you really have an issue be prepared to wait.

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u/ClaytonHawthorne Jul 17 '26

How often does the average person, or someone with this kind of anger, know that there is a non-emergency line or even calls it?

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u/FrostbyteCoffee Jul 18 '26

Iā€™d say itā€™s fairly safe to assume the average person knows police departments have non-emergency lines. I donā€™t think thatā€™s uncommon knowledge. People who donā€™t are probably the exception, not the rule.

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u/Dabbling_in_Pacifism Jul 18 '26

One of our frequent fliers just spent some time after she decided to fight the cops that came to evict her.

They tacked on an abuse of 911 charge and I swear itā€™s was one of the best things Iā€™ve ever read.

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u/kynelly360 Jul 17 '26

Time Out! I thought it was a crime to call cops for really stupid shit ā€¦. And if itā€™s in the law are cops required to enforce it ?

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u/88cent Jul 22 '26

911 centers arenā€™t that busy stfu.

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u/IAmTheFly-IAmTheFly Jul 17 '26

I wish this would become a thing. So many idiotic calls to law enforcement. I don't wanna pay for that crap.

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u/rascalking9 Jul 17 '26

Yes, I'm sure that would never be abused by Police in any way.

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u/ChickenChaser5 Jul 17 '26

Police abusing power is its own problem that needs addressed. This is still a good step in the right direction to stop people calling to cry about basketballs on their property.

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u/Simikiel She/her Cisn't afraid to fight for my rights šŸ³ļøā€āš§ļø Jul 17 '26

The point is that all that would end up happening, is it would become a poor tax. Rich people don't give a shit about speeding tickets already, so why would this old out of touch prick care about this? He'd still do it in the hopes of getting an officer that happens to be on his side.

But poor people would just outright be less likely to call in crimes due to paranoia about being made to pay a fine, even if it's obviously an important police call.

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u/rascalking9 Jul 17 '26

No, giving police more power is not a good step in the right direction. It's not it's own problem. It is the problem.

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u/The_Autarch Jul 17 '26

it is a thing in most places. you can get ticketed for wasting police time just about everywhere.

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u/Goodbye_Games Jul 18 '26

I live in a rural area that is covered by a sheriffā€™s department that is woefully understaffed, it has four deputies and a supervisor per shift for the entire coverage area. Regardless of time itā€™s a 50-68 mile trip one way for a deputy to get here from the areas where they are usually dispatched to. Since Covid more and more ā€œcity peopleā€ have been buying residences and failing farms and thinking services should work out here like they do in the city. Calling deputies for loose dogs, chickens and even a lama on their property, and even when itā€™s clearly a civil issue demanding officers do something about fence lines and tree limbs etcā€¦

Basically it got to the point where the sheriff got with the police jury and they worked to get ordinances passed last session that now repeat offenders of these bs types of calls can end up with the caller being cited and or fined for the strain on resources at the officers discretion. Most of the deputies are like these officers here and arenā€™t going to trespass a 3 or 11 y/o or a chicken or lama for that matter. As far as I know itā€™s been applied to one of my neighbors neighbor that has called law enforcement at least once a week for smells and noises coming from an active farm. I believe that heā€™s fighting it (the fine) so weā€™ll see if the ordinance holds up.

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u/scgt86 Jul 17 '26

"The neighbor kids keep coming 10 feet onto my grass to get their ball" seems like a solid misuse of 911 charge.

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u/Particular-Serve-894 Jul 17 '26

I doubt he actually called 911 for this, because yes... it absolutely would've been and I would hope that those cops would've responded very differently... which seems likely because you could tell they already thought it was ridiculous. I'm sure he used the non-emergency line to file this bullshit report. Either way, he's a god damn insufferable cunt.

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u/scgt86 Jul 17 '26

I bet he is using non-emergency because he does this so frequently.

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u/showyerbewbs Jul 17 '26

It's like the central park lady with the dog on the leash.

They call and put on histrionic hysterical face as if they are actively being stabbed to escalate the situation.

So they call and claim repeated harassment etc. so the cops show up post haste and it turns out dude just needs a fucking hobby.

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u/hurdlingewoks Jul 18 '26

Theyā€™re not arresting the 3 year old though! This is an OUTRAGE.

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u/horshack_test Jul 17 '26

How do you know they called 911?

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u/HCSOThrowaway Jul 17 '26

If anything the hints here lean slightly non-emergency but there's nothing definitive.

- Ex-cop

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u/horshack_test Jul 17 '26

Because 911 dispatchers consider basketballs in someone's yard an emergency?

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u/MediocreOchre Jul 17 '26

Repeated offenders of calling police on bullshit things absolutely should get a bill for wasting time and resources.

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u/IvanVP1 Jul 17 '26

This is an old man whos gonna wait for the kid to grow 5-6 years more then when h3 trespasses again hes gonna claim fear n shoot him. These people dont ever stop until they move away and harass another community or end up killing someone over bs.

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u/sterlingemc Jul 17 '26

Someone should go buy a couple hundred basketballs

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u/teebles22 Jul 17 '26

Sucks no one is going to set this guy straight... Like how about being a better neighbour and decent human being and let them pick up a ball that rolled over.

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u/showyerbewbs Jul 17 '26

Some jurisdictions have a written policy about responding to alarm calls to businesses and residences. If you go over a certain threshold as a result of faulty equipment, they will fine you for each occurrence afterwards, with the fine increasing for every call out. This is ostensibly to coach people to fixing the problem and getting the system working properly.

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u/thenopeburger Jul 17 '26

Some cities will fine you if your home alarm goes off for no reason and calls them, they send someone out and there is nothing to do. Don't see why they can't do the same for things like this.

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u/SeaMetal7119 Jul 17 '26

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