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’ve only called the cops twice in my life. Once it was because two homeless people were physically fighting and one of them looked directly at me and shouted “Call the police call the police!”
The other time a couple came out of their front door shouting, and the man took the woman’s phone, chucked it in the yard, and then pushed her to the ground before slamming the door, then she went back in and the shouting continued. That one I still feel iffy about, I worry the cops showing up might’ve just made things worse.