Police responsiveness burbs of Pittsburgh? (Fox Chapel: renting, school, store)

[robrobrob]

Originally Posted by zalewskimm

Mt. Lebanon police are known far and wide as the toughest around. I wish more departments were as responsive as they are. They're way overboard on most things. They ticketed me once for a burned out turn signal bulb and had me return in 7 days to show them it was fixed in order to waive the ticket. That's nuts but I'd rather have it that way. Nobody messes with Lebo cops.

That really isn't that out of the ordinary. A lot of police departments operate that way. I got pulled over for expired registration. The officer gave me 24 hours to renew it. He said he would check online to make sure I renewed it.


What is crazy is if he would have given you a ticket without the option of having it dismissed.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by whoisstanwix?

odds are pretty high if your neighbor is gg and was a few scotches deep...

That is indeed an easy bet.

[Tractor Face]

Originally Posted by WildSpark

I was curious if there's a good police presence and how response times are in the nicer suburbs (home prices $400-500k) of Pittsburgh? Here in Las Vegas, when they chose to respond it's at least a 1+ hour wait. Other times they won't show up unless a gun threat is present.

I live in a decent suburb just notheast of the city. A few years ago, about 3:00am, we saw someone break into our car and called 911. I think it took them two or three minutes to show up. Keep in mind, there isn't alot to do for suburban cops in the middle of the night.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by gg

People in suburbs don't want to live in lawlessness, like in the city.

Interesting. I've lived in the heart of the city since 2010, and I can prance around my neighborhood at any hour---day or night---and feel perfectly safe.

If I didn't feel safe I wouldn't be willing to pay nearly $1,000/month in base rent for a dumpy 1-BR apartment for the benefit of living near a bunch of militantly vegan anarchists.

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by Copanut

In case you're wondering, both times it was due to a neighbor's car hitting my garage door, and the other taking out 6 bushes. What are the odds?

Originally Posted by WhoIsStanwix?

Odds are pretty high if your neighbor is gg and was a few scotches deep...

[norcider]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Interesting. I've lived in the heart of the city since 2010, and I can prance around my neighborhood at any hour---day or night---and feel perfectly safe.

If I didn't feel safe I wouldn't be willing to pay nearly $1,000/month in base rent for a dumpy 1-BR apartment for the benefit of living near a bunch of militantly vegan anarchists.

Yeah, I don't know how my family survives the lawlessness of the city... It's like Bartertown except no Tina Turner.

[svband76]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Interesting. I've lived in the heart of the city since 2010, and I can prance around my neighborhood at any hour---day or night---and feel perfectly safe.

If I didn't feel safe I wouldn't be willing to pay nearly $1,000/month in base rent for a dumpy 1-BR apartment for the benefit of living near a bunch of militantly vegan anarchists.

Ha! For some reason when I see the word prance I think of the video for "Rock Me Tonight". I do like Billy Squier though.

[erieguy]

Originally Posted by norcider

Yeah, I don't know how my family survives the lawlessness of the city... It's like Bartertown except no Tina Turner.

Who said the city was lawless?

[Tractor Face]

Originally Posted by gg

Doesn't sound very appealing. O'Hara cops are pretty intense like that, but maybe not that intense. Not a lot going on in the nicer burbs for the most part. This isn't a transient area, so neighbors have known each other so long and if someone not from here is milling around, people will take notice. Cops are sometimes called for such things, so I hear, especially by the older folks that are around a lot during all hours.

O'hara cops were completely awful, every one of them. Apparently, it had alot to do with the chief some years ago. But I've experienced their bullying mentality several times as a young adult. I think the prerequsite to being an O'hara cop, twenty or so years ago, was to be 80 pounds over weight, a bully and angry at the world. O'hara Twp itself has an enormous chip on its shoulder. They go far out of their way to give people a hard time.

[gg]

Originally Posted by Tractor Face

O'hara Twp itself has an enormous chip on its shoulder. They go far out of their way to give people a hard time.

O'Hara stopped Fresh Market from coming to the Fox Chapel Plaza. I was told that Fresh Market walked out of the meeting and now we still don't have a grocery store there and it is empty. Shame, because that would have been nice to have a better grocery store there. They do seem like jerks.