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no advice on the sleeping baby, but yikes! that sounds scary! i'd be freaked out too. hope they stay away from now on

Ugh, I hope it never happens again. Sounds so scary! :(((( Have you talked to a neighbor you trust about this to see if they've heard anything too?

People come in the middle of the night and get the cans with a bottle deposit out of our recycling bin the night before trash day. The first time I saw it happen in the middle of the night when I was up nursing, it totally freaked me out but now I'm used to it.

DH has seen some crazy things when he had to take our dog out in the middle of the night as a puppy. He said he once saw the cops chase a guy on foot and tackle him! He's also seen cars hanging out at like 2am on the street and thought they might be drug deals or something. We live on a street that is all apartments and there is a lot of tenant change....we haven't seen anything quite as bad in years though.

I can see why that makes you uncomfortable, but if they are slamming doors and making a lot of noise, I doubt they are trying to scope out houses.... Unless they are the dumbest criminals ever

@hilsy85 @pinkcupcake @Mae: I think its because it's a dead end road with no turn around? From the way I read it, they are literally parked outside her window.

The way I see it -- logically, I shouldn't be scared in this scenario. As @OpinionsLikeKittens mentioned, it's not like they are trying to be covert about being out there and most likely they don't think anyone lives in the house. But in the heat of the moment when it's 2 AM and I'm nursing my baby, I would totally be freaked out.

@Mae: I was kind of wondering the same thing....

But yeah, I called the cops on my neighbors once... but they were beating the crap out of some dude in the middle of the street in front of my house.

In the summer I get kids setting off fireworks, drinking and smashing bottles on the bike path directly behind our parking. I've called the non-emergency line before for them to send an officer down the path (they send a cruiser driving down it, lol).
I hate the fireworks waking up DS, but I might have some PTSD hearing that stuff in my neighborhood.

Oh man. So much crap happens on our street in the middle of the night in the summers.

We called 911 once, a few years ago, when some dude came to our door in the middle of the night and kept ringing the doorbell and when DH answered he asked for drugs and then pulled a gun on my husband.

We also called the non-emergency line once when a truck was left in the alley turned on ALL night in -40 weather. We think someone stole it and abandoned it there. weeeeird!

don't know that I'd call 911 for a car sitting out front my house though...

I would've called someone too esp you have a LO in the house! See something, say something I don't think you were being too paranoid.

I agree with PP's, I don't see this as something worth calling the police over? Maybe keep the window to your nursery closed..

When I was a teenager and hanging out with friends and didn't want to be at anyones parents house, we would often park places just to hang out and talk.. The fact that they're not sneaking around quietly shows me they're not doing anything. People who are scoping out houses to rob, dealing drugs, whatever are NOT calling attention to themselves. Maybe they were waiting on a friend?

@Mrs. Chipmunk: My mom and I always call the non-emergency line for suspicious activities including, but not limited to, cars in the neighborhood that don't belong. I see no harm in calling the non-emergency line.

@Mrs. Chipmunk: Omg how creepy! I would talk to your neighbors and see if they know anything and for them to keep an eye out too.

It's usually best to trust your instincts. I've been a 911 call taker, and while I'd usually say that's not a 911 type situation, if you're in a smaller town where the non-emergency closes at night and it's your only option, if you find something suspicious, you very well could be right. Next time (if there is one) if possible try to get a plate though! Good to know if the vehicle is associated to people known to commit offences, and make a record of odd occurrences.

I haven't witnessed anything strange being up all night, but beind home in the day is a whole new perspective. I was taking LO out for a walk a few weeks ago, and three of my neighbours were down stairs of our apartment complex looking like they were looking for something. I asked what was up, and they said they'd all been called on the buzzer by someone claiming to be the police that needed to be let in. We have a policy that we're not to buzz in people that we don't know so they'd elected to come down to let them in, but when they got down, nobody was there. I called the non-emergency line to see if any officers were dispatched to our building and they said no, so I made a report of the suspicious circumstance and that there was potentially someone who was potentially claiming to be an officer for a nefarious purpose that had been allowed in by someone else who just buzzed him up no questions asked.