Cohousing-L Mailing List: Police policies

[Maggie McGovern (mcgroovin2000]

Hi people. I’ve never posted to here so I’m not sure if I’m doing this right. 
I’ll find out!

I’m curious if any of you have policies/guidelines/agreements/rules around 
people calling the police?

I’ve had a neighbor call the police on me for something that was not breaking 
any agreements and wasn’t brought to my attention by him (we do have agreements 
to go to each other with complaints but he has chosen not to do that). We don’t 
have any agreements around calling the police and for my and other’s safety and 
peace of mind I would like that to exist. I was thinking of having a discussion 
in our coho with those interested but I thought I’d first see if other Coho’s 
have written agreements that I can bring as options. When I think of writing 
something it is very hard for me to clearly, concretely describe how it would 
look to use police when needed and not just as a threat. 

I also know there are many views on this from people trusting the police as a 
strategy for protection and conflict resolution to those who see using police 
as a danger given historical and current violence and abuses of power and then 
everything in between. Anyone tackled this?

Thanks,
Maggie

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