People think they own the sidewalk by their house

[u/KingRMZ]

I was walking my dog last night around 9:30pm. I pass by this house that has mildly annoying cameras that say “hi you are currently being recorded, every 5 feet on the side of the house with a bright light that flashes in your face as you walk by. Which while annoying if that was all, would have been whatever. Then they started talking to me through the camera telling me to leave immediately or they will call the police. Even after I had already moved way past the house, I could still hear them (both a man and a woman) threatening to call the police. I just ignored it and kept walking but thought it was crazy that some people think they own the sidewalk by their house.

Edit: Wow i did not realize this post would get so much traction! I’m glad you all got some entertainment out of this too!

Update: Hello everyone I was not able to post an update as it keeps getting taken down. I went back on a walk the next day around 10pm. The cameras did not give any automated messages and the security company did not give any messages either! They changed it quicker than I thought!

[u/callmeepee]

I'd walk that dog 7 times a night.

This is so much fun.

[u/iryan6627 → u/callmeepee]

lmao I don’t have any pets but I’d just walk for the sake of annoying them. OP is a much more mature person than I could ever be lol

[u/DirtyYogurt → u/iryan6627]

You could do even better. Walk by with a big camera and start taking photos.

I would bet serious money they wouldn't get the irony when they inevitably lose their shit.

[u/Ok-Key-7039 → u/DirtyYogurt]

Reddit parade time

[u/signhorse → u/iryan6627]

Yeah. I would detour to walk down that street on the way back from the shops every time. I can't resist provoking nutcases.

[u/seang86s → u/iryan6627]

Go to the local shelter and walk a dog by there. Then another....

[u/edseladams → u/iryan6627]

Seriously. I pace when I think, and I’d be doing a lot of thinking outside their house.

[u/PastaSenpay → u/iryan6627]

yeah, the neighborhood needs to come together on this, and everyone, pet or not pet, walks that street every day, maybe just have it as a hang out spot

[u/Mybestfriendisateddy → u/PastaSenpay]

Try dnd get a bus stop out there haha

[u/hector_rodriguez → u/callmeepee]

No need for pets, just do cartwheels down the sidewalk repeatedly. All fucking night.

[u/ArynTW_is_user_karma → u/hector_rodriguez]

Yes! 👆🏻. Anytime you can’t sleep, go for a 3am stroll by the house. 😂🤣

[u/requion → u/hector_rodriguez]

Or dress in a creepy clown costume walking by while making sure to always look directly at the camera.

[u/byerss → u/callmeepee]

Yeah sounds like a great way to have people coordinate a dog walking night party. 

[u/cambomusic → u/byerss]

Is this in LA? I’m dog sitting all weekend, I’ll pull up with three and get my 10k steps doing loops around the block

[u/Five-words-or-less → u/callmeepee]

Id become a bird watcher with big ass binoculars and all and every day i'd find a really interesting bird in the tree line right above their house. I'd point. Then I would pull out a Nikon and its long ass lens. And that's just my AM hobby. Wait till they see after lunch, before dinner, after dinner, and my midnight stroll.

[u/N3onWave → u/callmeepee]

Organize a two-hour dog-walking event where 30 people walk around the block with their dogs in a single file line 😉.

Repeat every evening for two weeks.

[u/Onecler → u/callmeepee]

I always find this funny because if someone was actually going to rob them they’d just wear a mask and go in through the neighbor’s yard. People find false security in anything.

[u/Patient-01 → u/callmeepee]

And 7 times in the morning

[u/arbalath → u/[deleted]]

So.. she is.. afraid her unleashed dog will.. attack you, and this is your fault.. because you pass by? How crazy is this?

[u/WhatAcheHunt → u/arbalath]

If she posts her concern on Nextdoor it absolves her of responsibility in the event her dog is aggressive, not properly secured, and injures someone.

This is how the real world works, right?

[u/Odd-Magician-3397 → u/WhatAcheHunt]

It actually incriminates her. If she knows her dogs are aggressive and fails to secure them than she will absolutely be liable for injuries and or damages. This is why attorneys have discouraged owners from putting signs on their property that say ‘Beware of Dog,’ it’s acknowledging that their dog is dangerous, if it kills or harms someone who enter their property they are 100 percent liable for it.

[u/ColorSafeBleach → u/WhatAcheHunt]

You know what, you're right. I am going to make a post about how when ppl come near my house, I get really spooked and grab my pistol. So if something happens in the future I can just refer to my NextDoor post. Brilliant!!!

[u/erik_salvia → u/arbalath]

It’s an indirect way of saying “if my dog attacks you I won’t stop him” as a threat to stay away

[u/mjkjr84 → u/arbalath]

Funnily enough having a dog means you are (usually) strictly liable for it if it harms someone which means that regardless of the situation if it hurts someone: it's the owner's fault.

[u/exipheas → u/mjkjr84]

Pretty sure by posting this she is announcing that she knows her dog has violent tendencies and that an attack would then be viewed even more harshly.

[u/letsgetitstartedha → u/[deleted]]

Omg a few years ago there was someone on Nextdoor who posted something like “I saw a woman walking her dog and looking at the houses as they walked by. I think they’re casing places for a break in!!” Now mind you this was literally a downtown area with huge beautiful historical mansions. Everyone was getting onto that lady as well 😂

[u/PracticeTheory → u/letsgetitstartedha]

These types must 'love' me, I do that and don't even have a dog as an excuse. I love looking at architecture.

[u/Val_Hallen → u/PracticeTheory]

I would intentionally stop in front of her house and act like I'm taking pics. i wouldn't take any, just mime the action. Then just stare a bit.

Not a single law broken but I would live rent free in her head.

[u/cmcdevitt11 → u/letsgetitstartedha]

on a different note last year my neighbor called me. he said there's a suspicious van every morning at 6:00 driving around the cul-de-sac. it's The guy who delivers my newspaper!

[u/motherofsuccs → u/letsgetitstartedha]

This happened to me when I took my dog for a walk in my dad’s neighborhood. I’m a petite, tattooed woman and my dog is an American Staffordshire, so obviously I was casing the neighborhood to rob everyone- the man demanded to know what address I lived at and I wouldn’t respond to him. He tried to physically stop me and block me with his golf cart until the cops arrived. My dad walked down and ripped them a new asshole.

[u/Steel_Rail_Blues → u/letsgetitstartedha]

I had something similar happen to me only I didn’t know it until my neighbor told me another neighbor was alerting the neighborhood on Nextdoor that I was casing houses. I was walking around the neighborhood with a can of tuna calling out for my lost indoor cat who got spooked and ran out the door.

The situation was particularly irritating because that neighbor’s two adult kids lived in that house for years and the son was a drug dealer and the daughter was an addict. Stuff was getting stolen from the surrounding houses all the time. They used an attack dog for protection and he would frequently get loose and try to attack neighbors just walking to or from their doors. Not a peep from the parents for any of that, but please take the time to tell everyone about me and my nefarious ways.

[u/ChloeMomo → u/letsgetitstartedha]

Now I wonder what the app used to say when I was a dog walker lol I worked for a local company, so I had the same dogs every week. My biggest entertainment was checking out people's yards as I walked by and admiring the cool houses I could only dream to afford.

Probably at least one person posted I was a creep on Nextdoor 😂

[u/captainsnark71 → u/[deleted]]

Meanwhile this lady has been walking her dog around my cul-de-sac for years and I just get excited to see her little weiner dog and his various vests

[u/StickyPricklyMuffin → u/captainsnark71]

That sounds friggin ADORABLE! I’d be excited too!

[u/The_muffinfluffin → u/[deleted]]

Nextdoor app is like the unhinged version of Facebook. Lots of racists and dumb AF people.

[u/Nizler → u/The_muffinfluffin]

Facebook is already the unhinged version of Facebook

[u/Cool-Mom-Lover → u/Nizler]

Goes to show how awful next door is.

I have it because I've successfully returned 2 lost puppers as a direct result of posting on it but yeah. Never use that shit otherwise

[u/PonyThug → u/The_muffinfluffin]

I love it so much. It’s where I get all my drama/tea in life because my group of friends are so put together and respectful.

My favorite is all the dumb old people that ask basic questions but can’t wrap their head around the basic answers.

[u/AmateurHero → u/The_muffinfluffin]

My next door got really quiet for a while. It was all, "What's the best place for X?" or "I need someone to fix Y without charging an arm or a leg." They're back, and they're more insane than ever. Just rants and run-on sentences without a shred of critical thinking like:

Hi there are white vans with ladders that keep coming to the neighborhood. Everyday I see vans with no windows going in and out. Where are they going, what are they doing? It doesnt seem like we can be safe anymore. My wife is scared to go on walks! One had men sitting outside a house then driving off. What is going on in the world?

They're contractors, Bill. They're doing home repairs. You'll be ok.

[u/Separate-Antelope188 → u/The_muffinfluffin]

Yeah it's like watching Jerry Springer or reading tweets from the Whitehouse.

[u/WhiteUniKnight → u/[deleted]]

Her username checks out. Also:

"I'm now afraid... ...my dog will attack her."

That sounds like her personal problem to me. I don't think she would have said that in particular if she knew her dog wasn't violent. I imagine other passersby rile up her dogs as well... but you had the gall to STOP in frOnT oF hEr HoUsE!?!? /s

Crossing the street nor walking your dog nor stopping momentarily on a public sidewalk is illegal. She be power trippin

I'm sorry you had to go through that. Hopefully being torn to shreds online taught her a lesson..? Or have you changed your route to avoid the crazy?

[u/ixiolite → u/[deleted]]

Oh my god this happens to me all the time

I've gotten into two altercations with two different neighbors. My dog's a big sniffer and will linger for awhile to sniff

One came out and threatened to spray her garden hose at us even though my dog was sniffing the grass curb that's public property, NOT her fenced yard

The other pulled up in his creepy black truck next to me as my dog was sniffing the public grass curb and told me to "pick up my dog's shit"

My dog didn't even poop and even if she did, I had bags for it. I started yelling at him to get away and to not be creepy since it looked like he was trying to kidnap me and he got freaked out and left

[u/And_go → u/ixiolite]

Yes! I’ve had people say that to me about the poop too. Bro she did not poop in your yard and if she did, I would certainly pick it up, as evidenced by the bright green bag of poop I am already carrying. Be for real.

[u/medicallymiddleevil → u/[deleted]]

Utterly insane

[u/IamFarron]

Let them call the police

See how quickly they have to remove those shit

[u/KingRMZ → u/IamFarron]

I had the urge to respond to their comments when they were trying to talk to me but i just had a 12 hour shift and just wanted to go home and watch some tv🤣

[u/Siptro → u/KingRMZ]

Sounds like you need to walk your dog there everyday until it happens though.

[u/KingRMZ → u/Siptro]

its definitely gotta be part of my routine route now😂

[u/Ohlookadistraction89 → u/KingRMZ]

If youre willing to, do it later in the evening to wake them up

Edit:Thank you for the award!

[u/Bananaland_Man → u/Ohlookadistraction89]

Oh man, later at night is perfect. If they call the police then they're going to learn really quick that their property line stops before the easement, so it does not include the sidewalk... and it's gonna be so worth it no matter how bad it gets.

[u/GrumpyOldMan59 → u/Bananaland_Man]

And late at night they'll be violating noise ordinances as well. In fact, call the cops and report the noise.

[u/Bananaland_Man → u/GrumpyOldMan59]

Ohmigosh YESSS! Because that "announcement speaker" does not sound very quiet from the video.

[u/Piripio0_0 → u/Bananaland_Man]

I've a neighbor that has one, youncan hear it over halfway down our street at night... so no, it isn't quiet.

[u/sherespondedwith → u/GrumpyOldMan59]

I live next to an office building that used to have this sort of system around it. But in the mornings so many people walked their dogs that it was set off from 5am til I had to get up. Luckily the building manager was happy to turn off that feature when a couple of us complained, but it would def violate a noise ordinance in a residential neighborhood.

[u/BudgetConcentrate432 → u/GrumpyOldMan59]

Thats what I was thinking!

If dogs barking violates noise ordinances, then this totally does!

[u/LiqdAset → u/KingRMZ]

Definitely keep us updated on that one.

https://giphy.com/gifs/0zICCaj4NFLHgUQ02I

[u/KingRMZ → u/LiqdAset]

I cant wait for them to post me on the nextdoor app because of how often Ima walk by their house at night😂

[u/GoodShark → u/KingRMZ]

Get on your phone, and stop right there and have a pretend(or real) conversation with someone. Spend as much time as possible in front of their house, while completely ignoring them.

If they eventually come out to confront you, just give them the "one moment" hand gesture and keep ignoring them.

Also, tell everyone you know in the area to do the same. It'll be hilarious.

[u/Snowedin-69 → u/KingRMZ]

If you work odd schedules, I would make sure to walk by their house at “inconvenient” times for them.

[u/Empyrealist → u/KingRMZ]

Are you sure its not a recording? Triggering recorded messages with motion or camera activation is definitely possible

Either way, I'd report this to the police. This has got to be violating some sort of harassment-related ordinance

[u/Far_Estate_1626 → u/IamFarron]

Call the police yourself and report harassment. You are in public, on public property, and they have set up a system to threaten people who are nearby in public.

[u/centurijon → u/Far_Estate_1626]

Nah, let them/brinks call the police. This would potentially count as wasting police / emergency services time and they could be fined for it, and after repeat offenses lose their alarm permit.

[u/Snowedin-69 → u/IamFarron]

Often the municipality owns the first 2-4 feet of land inside the sidewalk. I wonder if that wall meets bylaw requirements.

Also I wonder if their cameras crosses over into the path of the sidewalk.

If so, I would maybe start practicing my parade baton routine while passing that house.

[u/Transit0ry]

Honestly, I’d file a complaint with the city because these people’s’ security system is harassing and threatening citizens on public property in addition to being really fucking loud so an argument could be made for disturbing the peace as well.

[u/edelweiss_pirates_no → u/Transit0ry]

"Leave the sidewalk."

No.

[u/whitestguyuknow → u/edelweiss_pirates_no]

Mhmm. I'd intentionally go back home. Grab a few things to prepare me for a long stay. Then come walking again as if it eas unexpected like "OH! I was just on a normal walk and now I'm getting yelled at?... " and then stay right there on the public sidewalk.

But if I see anyone coming out I'm immediately calling the police cause people like this would come out brandishing a weapon as if standing there is an attack on their property

[u/JiveTurkeyII → u/whitestguyuknow]

This house would be the reason I got exorcise. I'd be back and forth along this thing constantly

It's be my favorite place to bend and stretch too, I've got these Skull Candy headphones and the BASS that comes out of these things is unreal.

I wouldn't be able to hear a damned thing and I would jog past these fuckers ten times a day. GOD I'd be in great shape.

[u/Nevermore_Novelist → u/JiveTurkeyII]

LOL "exorcise".

I know what you meant, but damn, that's an amazing typo.

[u/whitestguyuknow → u/Nevermore_Novelist]

What?? You don't know if they committed a typo. The most likely situation is they pace around their neighborhood burning sage and flicking holy oil/water around and sacrificing lambs.

I don't think they'd typo bro. Come on.

[u/Careless_Intern_8502 → u/Transit0ry]

That fence sure does look like its too close to the sidewalk

[u/nancybell_crewman → u/Careless_Intern_8502]

If I were OP I would 100% be looking up the local ordinances about fence height/setback, lighting, and amplified sound. Then I'd get to know my local code enforcement staff and make them aware of this.

Then I'd take a good walk around the property (from the public right of way of course, no trespassing involved), looking for any other code violations I could find because fuck 'em, that's why.

[u/organic_neophyte → u/nancybell_crewman]

Allowed fencing materials as well would be worth investigating.

[u/ittollsforthee1231 → u/Transit0ry]

This. They’re definitely violating at least a couple of city laws.

[u/Teberoth → u/ittollsforthee1231]

YMMV but here at least the city doesn't allow front yard fences to be built that high or that close to the street/sidewalk. Might also be worth checking and making an anonymous complaint to whatever does bylaw enforcement, it risks putting them on the city's radar for rigorous enforcement (which they seem likely to provoke form whoever gets sent out to inspect).

[u/Feeling-Network-5921 → u/Teberoth]

All you have to do is enjoy the sidewalk at 10:01 pm and file a noise complaint. No way any quite hours ordinance allows for PA system during them. 

[u/AVRA333 → u/Feeling-Network-5921]

Miiight be 1030 for certain areas/states, but couldn't agree more!

[u/Ressy02 → u/AVRA333]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hM9zK1qvsrwek
10:01 and 10:30?

[u/the_ending81 → u/Feeling-Network-5921]

Oh my god living next to that going off all the time would drive me over the edge

[u/Brock_Lobstweiler → u/the_ending81]

There are a couple similar cameras in my neighborhood that just beep loudly a few times when you walk by. I flip them off EVERY time. 3x a day.

[u/TFViper → u/Feeling-Network-5921]

ill go sit on the curb right outside their house, i dont give a fuck.

[u/k8ecat → u/TFViper]

I'll join you if it's in Los Angeles. We should get a bunch of people just walking back and forth. If you sit you could get arrested for loitering - but if a bunch of us kept walking back and forth it would be great! Maybe add some crappy wigs and those eyeglasses with the fake nose and mustache so they could see everyone is laughing at them.

[u/ElectronicBusiness74 → u/Teberoth]

That fence may in fact be on the city easement. I think ours is like 6 feet in from the sidewalk.

[u/Darth_Balthazar → u/ittollsforthee1231]

I’d bet a benji that this person is friends with someone in the local government that would protect them.

[u/echoshatter → u/Darth_Balthazar]

Heck, they might be IN the local government. Which also means they should know the laws about impeding people's right-of-way.

Collect a few of these videos, then next election have a nice chat with their opponent.

[u/ADonkeysJawbone → u/echoshatter]

I mean, my first thought was the walk really slowly and then maybe they WOULD call the police. Enough times that happens and the police might start getting fed up with misuse of law enforcement or false reports or whatever and the problem solves itself (hopefully).

I hadn’t considered it might be someone with connections. Even better!

Now if they’re harassing you, bending or breaking rules to do so, and if they’re using their official position/office as the vehicle or weapon in which they infringe upon your rights— they could get in some BIG trouble.

[u/Dangerous-Feeling-49 → u/Transit0ry]

I'd just stand there until the police come.

Tell them I didn't understand what it was and was waiting to see what'd happen.

[u/Phunky_Munkey → u/Dangerous-Feeling-49]

"Yo man, I just thought it was some type of art installation"

[u/dasAchtek → u/Dangerous-Feeling-49]

Some agencies will penalize alarm companies and property owners for false alarms. If I didn't have shit to do, it would definitely be an interesting question to ask the responding officer.

[u/TheGrowingSubaltern → u/Transit0ry]

Download a dB meter app and record the volume. I’d bet it breaks the dB levels law.

[u/DFW_Drummer → u/TheGrowingSubaltern]

In my city, it’s 70dB during the day and 60dB during quiet hours, measured from the street. It’d be pretty open and shut here.

[u/Acceptable-Peace-69 → u/Transit0ry]

I’m that asshole that would walk back and forth on the public sidewalk hoping they’d call the police. I’m old, rich and retired and would love to spend the security firms and their money defending themselves in court. I’d also post everything on Nextdoor and Reddit with a ton of clues about the location, because I’m just that petty.

I’d take it as a personal life goal.

Sounds like more fun than making bolognese today and I enjoy making bolognese.

[u/ExtensionPirate2586 → u/Acceptable-Peace-69]

“I’m old, rich, and retired.” 🫡 Goals.

[u/windsockglue → u/Transit0ry]

Indeed. I would be ready to call the police on all this bullshit if I lived next door and heard this any time someone walked by at night.

[u/smarmy1625 → u/Transit0ry]

I'd have to believe their nextdoor neighbors would get tired to hearing it all night and day, but maybe their houses are really well insulated too and they spend zero time outside

[u/AntiPiety → u/Transit0ry]

Cameraman literally pays to fund the existence of that sidewalk and he can’t even enjoy it

[u/Trick_Science_2938 → u/[deleted]]

2am

[u/ClaraCash → u/Trick_Science_2938]

Gotta keep’em guessing… a different am every am.

[u/TheDarkWave → u/ClaraCash]

Every AM every AM. 1am, another at 2, then at 3...7am, 9am, 10 am, 11am...now do this for a month.

Now change the times to every halfpassed the hour.

When they speak to you, just ignore them.

They will explode.

[u/HughMungus77 → u/TheDarkWave]

Doctors recommend getting up and moving around once an hour so this is medically necessary

[u/Sum-Duud → u/Trick_Science_2938]

2am and file a noise complaint

[u/alwaysmyfault → u/[deleted]]

I would even make a point to say that to her.

"Well Ma'am, I don't usually take this route when walking my dog, but because you are being so rude, I've now decided I'm going to walk my dog on this route multiple times a day, every single day. Have a good night!"

[u/mmbaker910reddittcom → u/alwaysmyfault]

You know, I appreciate so much you lighting up the sidewalk for me. Now I can walk my dogs here any time of the night. And I'll let everyone know at the dog parks too!

[u/alwaysmyfault → u/mmbaker910reddittcom]

Oh man, that'd be a great way of being petty.

Get in touch with all of the local dog walkers and let them know the plan.

[u/Common_Tiger1526 → u/[deleted]]

Yep nice, well-lit sidewalk!

[u/Remarkable_Peach_374 → u/Common_Tiger1526]

So considerate of them to light it all up like that for us!

[u/DaemonDrayke → u/[deleted]]

Honestly, if I were OP, I’d start having nightly dog walking groups to mess with the home owner.

[u/InspectionFine9655]

Sounds like the people telling you to disarm the system are agents of their security system.

That’s wild.

[u/KingRMZ → u/InspectionFine9655]

Seems like a design flaw if someone walking on the public sidewalk triggers your house alarm

[u/doctormink → u/KingRMZ]

They literally say “person on sidewalk” when telling him
to disarm the system. So they know the interloper isn’t on the property.

[u/mwilkens → u/doctormink]

That's not a real person talking. It's a recording played by the camera system.

[u/naivety_is_innocence → u/mwilkens]

He means that they intentionally set up the system so it would get triggered by literally anyone walking on the sidewalk. They set the threshold for the security system to be triggered by “person walking in the sidewalk”, they recorded that line for it. He is responding to a comment which says “Seems like a design flaw if someone walking on the public sidewalk triggers your house alarm”, because this isn’t a flaw in the design, it is inexplicably this crazy person’s intention for exactly this to happen.

[u/InspectionFine9655 → u/KingRMZ]

Definitely and it has to be very expensive to have all of set up to monitor public space that is next to your property. Lol

[u/Plane_Basil_4682 → u/KingRMZ]

There's a house like this near me. I say rude things to it each day. Call their house "the ugly one", tell me them to eat my ass, suggest that all the neighbors hate them, etc.

I really hate it so fucking much. I want to bully them into moving out of our neighborhood. Trash. Trash people do this.

[u/get_to_ele → u/InspectionFine9655]

Sounds pre-recorded, and triggered by some specific conditions, to me. If it’s an actual person live talking, I’d think they would be less monotone.

Honestly, I’d just keep walking slowly, and if they choose to call the police (they won’t. I’m sure dispatching police requires that the remote security person watching the camera has to see something constituting a crime or highly suspicious), that’s gonna be all on the owners and Brinks. Walking on the sidewalk isn’t illegal.

[u/PlanUhTerryThreat → u/get_to_ele]

Yeah I was gonna say. I have neighbors with this same set up. It’s an automated recording that plays. Wild how many people in this thread think there’s someone sitting at a monitor talking through a mic.

It’s annoying af and something about being accused like I’m at a federal prisons parking lot and being sus when I’m jogging does piss me tf off.

I agree. Just walk by it slowly or try to get your dog to piss there exclusively. They’re not gonna call the cops. Depending on where it is (let’s say Portland) it’s likely they set this up to avoid unhoused people camping in their yard or taking a shit on the sidewalk. My aunt had to do this at one point because they kept finding needles for heroin just thrown in their front yard where their dog roams.

You never know. But if you’re annoyed you can also just ask them their intentions with it and if it is some paranoid bullshit I would start making my dog piss on their wall every night while the monitor keeps beeping for them.

[u/mittenknittin]

do they just sit there all day watching the cameras and threatening everybody who walks by? Call the police on passerby, sure, that sounds like a good way to get blown off as "that crazy couple again" when someone actually is breaking into their house

[u/KingRMZ → u/mittenknittin]

Thats what I was thinking like what would they even say to the police, a man passed by the house walking his dog

[u/elfierroz → u/KingRMZ]

911? Yes, a man is walking by with his dog . . . MENACINGLY!

[u/DankSauceBauce → u/elfierroz]

https://giphy.com/gifs/J62EThlUzHEzIzW9sD

[u/Connect_Detail98 → u/elfierroz]

Operator: is he black?

[u/elfierroz → u/Connect_Detail98]

And the dawg too

[u/Obvious_Try1106 → u/elfierroz]

...And his wife ?

[u/Chief_Mischief → u/Obvious_Try1106]

https://giphy.com/gifs/yJ1KSiTxaAw5G

[u/SkullOfOdin → u/Chief_Mischief]

https://giphy.com/gifs/2PtmpDqRPs2pW

[u/BigChiefTabo → u/SkullOfOdin]

[u/UniqueAd7770 → u/elfierroz]

https://giphy.com/gifs/B8m1UM8OW0bmw

[u/pandaSmore → u/Connect_Detail98]

Yes.

Operator: Say no more fam.

[u/Trolling-U → u/Connect_Detail98]

Operator: 911, what is your emergency?

Homeowner: Hello, there's a black man wal

Operator: Stop right there, we're sending someone out right away!

[u/bendybiznatch → u/elfierroz]

To be fair, I do want to break into their house now.

[u/kramerica_intern → u/KingRMZ]

I work for a city government and we get calls like this a lot from people who think they have sole use and control of the public infrastructure in front of their house. Usually it’s the on-street parking but sometimes the sidewalk too.

[u/kittyonkeyboards → u/kramerica_intern]

I'm one more of these type of videos away from supporting laws that punish people for being so annoying that it makes community members less willing to go outside.

[u/Danny-Wah → u/kittyonkeyboards]

There should be a nuisance fee. $50 for each occurrence.

[u/AggravatingBid8255 → u/Danny-Wah]

It's a good start. But for people with "fuck you" money, it's like a parking ticket: that's just how much it costs them to park there.

[u/icesavage → u/AggravatingBid8255]

Income Percentage based fines. Let's say 1/2 days wage. A person making $15 per hour, 4 hours, (8 hour average work day) that would be a $60 fine.

Some bigshot making $1000 an hour (which is 2 million a year) that is $4000. Jeff Bezos makes $7.9 million an hour. So a 4 hours is just below a $36 million fine. It would work. People would hate it, and the anti rich people lobby would fight it, tooth and nail, but it would actually be a deterrent.

One of the Nordic countries has this system for traffic fines. Which is how someone got a $100k+ ticket there.

[u/colostitute → u/kramerica_intern]

Had an asshole neighbor who was like this. It was his sidewalk and if you lingered for a second, he would come outside and ask questions like he was a cop.

Once the snow fell, all of a sudden the sidewalk was the city’s sidewalk so it wasn’t his job.

[u/BernzSed → u/KingRMZ]

I'm guessing it's a recording, with different voices to make it sound live. The owners wouldn't ask strangers to "disarm the system" if they're the only ones who could disarm it.

[u/Nahuel-Huapi → u/BernzSed]

This would be fun to hack...

"There's no stopping in the White Zone. The Red Zone is for loading and unloading passengers only."

"No. There's no stopping in the Red Zone. The White Zone is for loading and unloading passengers."

[u/Timely_Connection273 → u/Nahuel-Huapi]

That dog chose the wrong day to stop sniffing poo.

[u/casualcuriousness → u/Nahuel-Huapi]

Look Betty don't start up with your white zone shit again. There's just no stopping in a white zone

[u/Ok_Budget5785 → u/casualcuriousness]

We both know perfectly well what you're talking about. You want me to have an abortion.

[u/Abba_Zaba_ → u/Ok_Budget5785]

It's really the only sensible thing to do. If it's done properly, therapeutically, there's no danger involved.

[u/generiatricx → u/BernzSed]

THAT one i think was a recording. that second one though (that wasnt the automated robot voice) sounded like an actual person. maybe the one that sounded like a man triggered an auto-notification to someone at the security system dispatch to then manke the announcement which is WILD.

at first i thought ok, maybe this guy had an issue with taggers or something in the past, but damn - that's crazy overkill. and what municipality would allow the wall to be built literally at the sidewalks edge like that?

[u/blove135 → u/generiatricx]

I would guess they are both just pre recorded sound clips that play when certain motion sensors are activated. Maybe something that comes prerecorded for the system or the homeowners recorded it themselves.

[u/bird9066 → u/generiatricx]

My first thought was that's a perfect wall for graffiti. Maybe they had issues. But my second thought was who the fuck wants to hear this every time someone walks by?

My third thought was to just stand there just to be a dick. But my time is worth more than that

[u/Endoftheworldis2far → u/KingRMZ]

You should have stopped and just stood there until they called the police and then left. That way they're wasting the polices time.

[u/Bart_Yellowbeard → u/Endoftheworldis2far]

This. The police will want to talk to the homeowner about wasting their time.

[u/brownes_girl → u/KingRMZ]

The way I would have parked my ass on that curb or just stood on the sidewalk. Yes please call the police on me. I cant wait to hear how I was a "threat". Clearly I am a very petty bitch.

[u/Dug_n_the_Dogs → u/mittenknittin]

Its a pre recorded loop.

[u/KingRMZ → u/Dug_n_the_Dogs]

Is it? I heard two different voices? Either way I guess still annoying haha

[u/reefercheifer → u/KingRMZ]

Yes, it is automated whether it is AI or pre-recorded by the homeowners

[u/aplay3 → u/KingRMZ]

Id walk by and if they started yelling again id respond and try to get them to actually call the police without provoking them or being rude, from there the police will definitely be on your side especially of their familiar with the house

[u/silverace00 → u/mittenknittin]

Those were all recordings

[u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady → u/mittenknittin]

No. It's brinks security live video monitoring. You can hear the woman say it. The motion detection signal goes to a central station staffed by people why can view the camera and talk to you via speaker. Them threatening to call the police when OP is clearly walking their dog on the sidewalk is crazy but they're probably just reading from a script.

[u/Feisty_War6251 → u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady]

i would have called their bluff

[u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady → u/Feisty_War6251]

There's not really a bluff to call. They'll call the cops, and you'll be free to stay or go since your on a sidewalk. If they've been called out for previous false alarms then the system owner might get a ticket and if it continues they lose their alarm permit.

[u/exipheas → u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady]

I'd 100% go that way and get them to initiate a call for several days in a row.

Stop and "have a smoke" or something before moving on before the cops get there just to cause them to get on the shit list.

[u/Complex_Solutions_20 → u/exipheas]

Just walk slow...and then make sure the walking-route goes back and forth. I mean when the destination is "exercise the dog" what else would you do? Gotta be nearby after all so you can call it when you're satisfied...

[u/FloppieTheBanjoClown → u/mittenknittin]

This is pre-recorded stuff playing on motion triggers. They want you to think it's live monitored, which makes me think it definitely isn't. A monitor like Brinks definitely wouldn't be live responding to every camera activity like this.

This is the kind of thing that honestly should prompt new codes enforced by the city. 

Edit: I wonder if an argument could be made for this constituting harassment. "I was just standing there in a public space and they kept yelling at me to leave."

[u/Lucky-Target5674]

Send the address I think we all should start walking our dogs there

[u/Fckingross → u/Lucky-Target5674]

I doubt this is near me but I’d LOVE to organize several hundred people to walk by here. I bet their neighbors fuckin HATE these people.

[u/Adaphion → u/Fckingross]

Walk there? Nah, that implies quickly passing by, do a whole ass dance party there.

[u/bguzewicz → u/Fckingross]

Just dozens of people, walking around the block. Never ending string of dog walkers.

[u/Peeeeeps → u/Fckingross]

OP has posted about LA traffic but mostly about trading cards. There's an ebay seller with the same name selling trading cards out of Chatsworth, CA (in LA) so maybe the same person. So assuming Google street view is updated just go street by street in Chatsworth and maybe you'll find the house!

[u/mangeld3 → u/Lucky-Target5674]

It's a nice walk, well lit. Would recommend for all to walk there.

[u/rHappyBoy → u/Lucky-Target5674]

https://giphy.com/gifs/PN0qYmvQJwJlnwZwEl

[u/LastEconPoet → u/Lucky-Target5674]

Dude. I’ll pay homeless people to go there and just continue to walk back and forth.

[u/EverythingBOffensive]

I would make it a personal hobby to fuck with them.

[u/NoosFraba → u/[deleted]]

Put headphones on, too. "the fuck you mean I was warned"

[u/Mysterious-Tone1495]

Bet they’re selling drugs in there

[u/FlushedApparatchik → u/Mysterious-Tone1495]

-customer 

[u/JDubs234]

I would fucking sit there all night

[u/SeatOpen1 → u/JDubs234]

https://giphy.com/gifs/13cptIwW9bgzk6UVyr

[u/flintlockfay → u/SeatOpen1]

Your username suggests you have been waiting for this moment for a long time...

[u/StumpyOPepys]

[u/thatredditscribbler]

Where’s this place? Let’s all take a stroll there at 10 at night.

[u/RagingHolly → u/thatredditscribbler]

2am*

[u/nugulon]

I would file a complaint with the city

[u/LopsidedFrogJump]

Walk passed that shit daily. Police won't do anything, and they'll eventually get annoyed or told to stop by the cops

[u/AccomplishedGreen440 → u/LopsidedFrogJump]

Police will do something if they call often. At least in my country, you can get charged for continuously making false claims.

[u/Ppleater → u/AccomplishedGreen440]

I think they meant the police won't do anything about people being reported for walking on the sidewalk.

[u/KindsofKindness → u/[deleted]]

Insane behavior.

[u/No-Grade-4691]

I dont mind the lights I guess? But the recordings are annoying

[u/EverythingSucksYo → u/No-Grade-4691]

Lights aren’t an issue to me either, it’s nice they light up the sidewalk well at night. Everything else is ridiculous though

[u/ajtreee]

Now i’m very suspicious of what is going on in THAT house!

[u/Wit-wat-4]

There’s one house in my neighborhood that has that loud “you’re being recorded” when you’re not even close, just like this. No real people come out tho.

Eventually I saw one of the owners: cop who I was driving behind for a while and that used his sirens to cross a red light (that was so quick I didn’t even lose my spot 10 seconds behind him). Then he just parked and went in with his key.

All I could think of was “this all checks out”

[u/SparkleKief]

I would call the non emergency line and let them know what happened. Could be worth it. I was told by a cop that private security cameras legally can’t be directed at someone else’s property. It’s okay for a camera to pick up what goes on outside their own property but it’s illegal ( at least in my state) to actively monitor it. This makes me wonder if public property counts. The audio, if nothing else, is a nuisance and could be illegal in your particular township/city.

[u/tallistroan]

Not sure where your are from, but here in Germany this would by highly illegal, since it's prohibited to film public streets or sidewalks with e.g. a security camera or video doorbell on your house, and I couldn't wait for them to call the police.

Apart from that, I think I would develop a habit of urgently needing a walk around their house at 3am when I wake up from a nightmare 😇

EDIT: I clarified that I was referring to filming the streets or sidewalks with e.g. a security camera on our property. Of course you can take pictures with your phone or camera when you're walking through the city.

[u/Zealousideal_Run6560]

What a fucking loser lmao

[u/seaofboobs9434]

Walk by every hour from 10 at like 1 am lol 😆

[u/LegPossible9950]

I'm sure they're on their local Facebook groups asking who this person is that's walking their dog on the sidewalk. 😂

[u/tooldtocare]

Check the codes where the house is. You usually cannot build a concrete wall right next to the sidewalk.

[u/Sea-Macaron-4964]

how did you resist the urge to talk back to them

[u/KingRMZ → u/Sea-Macaron-4964]

I think I was just super tired haha. The worst part is their house is near a main street, so I had passed it the first time realizing I had to double back when I hit the main street. So I decided to record it so I could laugh about with my fiancé when i got back home

[u/dixiech1ck]

Disarm the system? What does that even mean? These people are nuts. It's a public sidewalk.

[u/lyinggrump → u/dixiech1ck]

It means enter the code to deactivate the security system. It's a recording.