When the police finally dragged them out, the place was a nightmare.

So I called the Detroit Police... and I swear to God this is the truth... they laughed at me, told me good luck, and hung up the phone.

In Lakewood you call police and they are there in a flash!

The squatters that I was dealing with did not have a lease but were crafty enough to have mail sent to the address in order to show the police.

I’ve seen Seattle defang their police so they cannot stop lawless behavior, which encourages it.

After talking to the police and the locksmith, there has been a rash of break ins on houses with lockboxes.

If they had the police called out numerous times it doesn't matter if they pay on time. 

Politicians and police; bought and paid by your local hotel association.

Yikes.Some of the items in my toolkit:http://www.slmpd.org/crime_mapping.shtml - Maps all of the crimes recorded by the city's police department; Trulia also has a crime map that can give you rough estimations, but this map is more accurate and gives more verified detail.

I have a high powered zoom camera in the back so I can keep and eye on my boat at the dock and who is coming and going on the front of the house.I can export high quality video and put it on a flash drive and give to the police if there were any issues.