I called the police because my niece is saying I can’t convict her.

One of the members even came up with a form for people to enter break in info into it so that the locations can be tracked and reported to the police and so that they can see if there are patterns to it all.

Advise them to call the Police vs putting a note on your door.

And I'm required to keep the journal under my control unless asked to surrender it by a police officer or the secretary of state.

Like there is really no police service where I wanted to live.   

The neighbors can't sleep, they appear to be afraid and also fear retaliation for calling the police.

Afterwards, I further my criminal justice career by becoming a US Secret Service Police Officer.

What if you put the key in the door and they hold the door shut and call the police? 

To the best of my knowledge the only disqualified persons are your descendants and ascendants (i.e. people who you could inherit from or who could inherit from you).

I've called the police before.