Some teenagers broke into a vacant property on my block and were destroying the place. They broke all the windows were running around and smashing holes in the wall. I feel bad because acab but I didn't know what to do. I don't particularly want kids destroying my block and I talked to my neighbor who lived next door and he seemed legit scared about the situation. I don't feel like confronting them would have been safe since it would have been many of them and one of me.
Could I have done something different?
Update I don't even know if the police ended up coming but it quieted down within 10 minutes of my call. A couple cars were broken into and one was stolen.
I'm not even sure if the cops arrived but I'm pretty sure the pigs were just going to tell them to leave.
You can never be sure what will happen when you call the cops. It's best to treat it as lethal intervention. Use it only in situations which would be improved by the addition of violence.