my downstairs neighbor? gets really drunk, loud, and incoherent. then her husband beats her up.
as far as contacting police goes (not that you're even considering that, but for the future), we contacted a national abuse helpline about our downstairs neighbors, and they said what you should do as a bystander really depends on the way your police department operates. some police departments have officers specially trained to handle domestic abuse in ways that protect the abused. it seems likely cambridge is one of those, because cambridge is civilized. when i called the jax pd, though, they made it clear that they weren't. they didn't even know what i meant when i suggested it.
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Date: 2006-06-21 10:22 pm (UTC)as far as contacting police goes (not that you're even considering that, but for the future), we contacted a national abuse helpline about our downstairs neighbors, and they said what you should do as a bystander really depends on the way your police department operates. some police departments have officers specially trained to handle domestic abuse in ways that protect the abused. it seems likely cambridge is one of those, because cambridge is civilized. when i called the jax pd, though, they made it clear that they weren't. they didn't even know what i meant when i suggested it.