Nasty no trespassing signs

Posted by Tony on October 28, 2009, 11:52 am

John Grabowski wrote:

>
> "> Where can I find some to the point nasty no trespassing signs? We are

>> getting prowlers and burglaries during the daytime at very rural
>> properties.
>> I hope word has gotten out that I'm a crazy ole man who shoots real
>> bullets, but I had a daytime prowler last Saturday.

>
>
> *What makes you think that these people who break into homes can read?
> Many years ago when I was working on a house in an exclusive area of Los
> Angeles I noticed every day that one home always had a police car parked
> in its driveway in the same spot. It took me a few weeks to realize
> that it was just a scarecrow.

Funny, just the last couple weeks here the local cops have been leaving
"scarecrow" police cars parked all over town.

Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 28, 2009, 12:17 pm

How long till someone spraypaints one of them?

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> *What makes you think that these people who break into
> homes can read?
> Many years ago when I was working on a house in an
> exclusive area of Los
> Angeles I noticed every day that one home always had a
> police car parked
> in its driveway in the same spot. It took me a few weeks
> to realize
> that it was just a scarecrow.

Funny, just the last couple weeks here the local cops have
been leaving
"scarecrow" police cars parked all over town.

Posted by aemeijers on October 28, 2009, 9:34 pm

Tony wrote:

> John Grabowski wrote:

>> "> Where can I find some to the point nasty no trespassing signs? We are

>>> getting prowlers and burglaries during the daytime at very rural
>>> properties.
>>> I hope word has gotten out that I'm a crazy ole man who shoots real
>>> bullets, but I had a daytime prowler last Saturday.

>> *What makes you think that these people who break into homes can
>> read? Many years ago when I was working on a house in an exclusive
>> area of Los Angeles I noticed every day that one home always had a
>> police car parked in its driveway in the same spot. It took me a few
>> weeks to realize that it was just a scarecrow.

>
> Funny, just the last couple weeks here the local cops have been leaving
> "scarecrow" police cars parked all over town.

Sounds like your town needs to hold a vehicle auction, if their fleet
has that many spares. In my younger days, I'd have been tempted to get a
dozen buddies, and pick it up and turn it around.

--
aem sends...

Posted by Kurt Ullman on October 29, 2009, 8:21 am

>
> Sounds like your town needs to hold a vehicle auction, if their fleet
> has that many spares. In my younger days, I'd have been tempted to get a
> dozen buddies, and pick it up and turn it around.
>

They do that around here quite a bit. There is generally a few weeks
lag between the time the car is "retired" and the next auction. So, they
scarecrow them out so they don't take up space in the PD parking lots.

--
To find that place where the rats don't race
and the phones don't ring at all.
If once, you've slept on an island.
Scott Kirby "If once you've slept on an island"

Posted by HeyBub on October 28, 2009, 8:24 am

SteveB wrote:

> Where can I find some to the point nasty no trespassing signs? We are
> getting prowlers and burglaries during the daytime at very rural
> properties.
> I hope word has gotten out that I'm a crazy ole man who shoots real
> bullets, but I had a daytime prowler last Saturday.

The problem (rare) with witty signs is that they may come back to bite you,
especially when viewed in a different context (such as your trial for
manslaughter).

Prosecution: "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have seen ample evidence
of premeditation on the part of the defendant. He freely admits to erecting
signs on his property 'Warning, trespassers will be shot!' He then hid, like
a spider, biding his time, until a child or fireman or innocent traveler
entered his property so he could kill them with assumed impunity... You need
to send a message to the would-be vigilantes in our community that taking
the law into their own hands will not be tolerated!..."

Perhaps a better sign would simply be a recitation of the 'Castle Doctrine'
law - sometimes known as the 'Make My Day' law - in your jurisdiction (if
you have such a law):

"Warning! State law allows the owner of this property to presume harmful
intent on the part of intruders. Such threats may be met, under law, by the
use of deadly force. Any resulting death will automatically be ruled a
'Justifiable Homicide.' "

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