NightOwl
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Last night at around 7pm I was laying down for a nap, with the tv on. I thought I heard some screaming nearby, so I turned down the tv. A moment later, I determined that the lady who lives in the apartment above me was the one screaming "help, call 911" and there was some jostling around up there-my ceiling fan was shaking and I could hear heavy movement. I promptly made the call, and got dressed, then went downstairs to open the front door of my apartment building (it's a "locked" building, 3 stories, central stairwell) to let the police in-they made great time. The screaming had stopped while I was getting some clothes on, shortly after the "call 911" was heard. My gun was on my belt, on the pants I put back on.
After letting the police in, I'm standing out front smoking, when two of the cops run out the front door and around the building to the right (if you're facing the building). I hear a car starting in the parking lot, on the left, a moment later and direct the officer who returned that way a moment later. Other cop gets in his car and goes racing around the corner. A little while later, a fire engine pulls up for what I assume to be a paramedic call, and they proceed upstairs, I hold the door for them.
At this point, I'm up on my floor, talking with the neighbor across from me. Her and I were discussing what was going on, and it wasn't a long conversation, just general talk about the building. One of the original responding officers comes back downstairs from the third floor and asks me to go inside my apartment, "that" (with a gesture towards my gun) was making "people" nervous. I asked why, I'm not doing anything wrong, and I'm on my property (ok, it's an apartment, I don't own the outside, etc, beside the point). He just makes his point that they need to keep an eye on everything that's happening nearby due to the incident upstairs, and if I didn't want to they'd send someone to keep an eye on me. My neighbor was apparently disgusted by this point and went inside, so I asked the cop to let me know when they were done so I could talk to my neighbor upstairs, and went inside. I know that the neighbor I was talking to didn't have a problem with it, she's been my neighbor for some time now and we've discussed the matter previously.
The more I think about it, the more ticked off I get. I'm the one who called, they know I wasn't involved in the incident, I've been nothing but helpful, and I'm on my porch *inside* the building and not in the way. Thoughts? I'm tempted to call and complain, but not sure what exactly to say yet. I'll be calling to get the incident number later on today for reference in a complaint, if I do file one. I'd appreciate any input on the matter either way. Call and complain, let it drop, or something altogether different?
Edit: Apparently it made the news. http://www.idahopress.com/news/?id=21832
Last night at around 7pm I was laying down for a nap, with the tv on. I thought I heard some screaming nearby, so I turned down the tv. A moment later, I determined that the lady who lives in the apartment above me was the one screaming "help, call 911" and there was some jostling around up there-my ceiling fan was shaking and I could hear heavy movement. I promptly made the call, and got dressed, then went downstairs to open the front door of my apartment building (it's a "locked" building, 3 stories, central stairwell) to let the police in-they made great time. The screaming had stopped while I was getting some clothes on, shortly after the "call 911" was heard. My gun was on my belt, on the pants I put back on.
After letting the police in, I'm standing out front smoking, when two of the cops run out the front door and around the building to the right (if you're facing the building). I hear a car starting in the parking lot, on the left, a moment later and direct the officer who returned that way a moment later. Other cop gets in his car and goes racing around the corner. A little while later, a fire engine pulls up for what I assume to be a paramedic call, and they proceed upstairs, I hold the door for them.
At this point, I'm up on my floor, talking with the neighbor across from me. Her and I were discussing what was going on, and it wasn't a long conversation, just general talk about the building. One of the original responding officers comes back downstairs from the third floor and asks me to go inside my apartment, "that" (with a gesture towards my gun) was making "people" nervous. I asked why, I'm not doing anything wrong, and I'm on my property (ok, it's an apartment, I don't own the outside, etc, beside the point). He just makes his point that they need to keep an eye on everything that's happening nearby due to the incident upstairs, and if I didn't want to they'd send someone to keep an eye on me. My neighbor was apparently disgusted by this point and went inside, so I asked the cop to let me know when they were done so I could talk to my neighbor upstairs, and went inside. I know that the neighbor I was talking to didn't have a problem with it, she's been my neighbor for some time now and we've discussed the matter previously.
The more I think about it, the more ticked off I get. I'm the one who called, they know I wasn't involved in the incident, I've been nothing but helpful, and I'm on my porch *inside* the building and not in the way. Thoughts? I'm tempted to call and complain, but not sure what exactly to say yet. I'll be calling to get the incident number later on today for reference in a complaint, if I do file one. I'd appreciate any input on the matter either way. Call and complain, let it drop, or something altogether different?
Edit: Apparently it made the news. http://www.idahopress.com/news/?id=21832