Description

Loud argument involving 20-30 youth on the street about 11pm on 10/09. May have been a gang problem. Police arrived and dispersed. Youths were mouthy and combative towards law enforcement and only complied after repeated threats of jail. Later throughout the night there were at least 4 more incidents involving people loudly arguing, dumping trash, revving car engines, slamming car doors and speeding the wrong way on Center Street after that, one particularly loud argument at 1:45am. This is an ongoing problem in part due to people parking on Center Street at night and walking into the park. Calling 911 seems futile. The operators ask the same questions 2-3 times and waste time asking for caller's identity, location, (which gets confused with the location of the incident) and phone (which they have).