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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 328283" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>OK, this might not be the way things have always gone for you, but from my experience, cops will not do hardly anything if a parent calls for something like this- or if a kid leaves home without permission UNLESS the locale has a curfew and the child sneaks out at night. I suggest not calling when he is unruly (but not violent or doing anything illegal- like stealing or doing drugs) at home, but waiting and calling when he is either violent, doing something illegal, or gone in the middle of the nnight. Check and see if there is a curfew for minors in your area- even if there isn't, you can call and report him as a runaway. IOW, maybe the problem is that you are calling before things get so chaotic that the extent of the problem is obvious to them. Oh- it also might go a lot farther if his bio-father calls- only because the cops might take it more serious at this point.</p><p></p><p>On the other side of the coin- yes I could get in trouble legally if I ever locked my son out of the house. I'm not saying it always makes sense or that I haven't locked the door before when he's been gone, but no matter what he has done, I could get in trouble for locking him out unless I have called 911 and said he has threatened violence toward me and I am too scared to open the door. That will get police and/or CPS out there pretty quick though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 328283, member: 3699"] OK, this might not be the way things have always gone for you, but from my experience, cops will not do hardly anything if a parent calls for something like this- or if a kid leaves home without permission UNLESS the locale has a curfew and the child sneaks out at night. I suggest not calling when he is unruly (but not violent or doing anything illegal- like stealing or doing drugs) at home, but waiting and calling when he is either violent, doing something illegal, or gone in the middle of the nnight. Check and see if there is a curfew for minors in your area- even if there isn't, you can call and report him as a runaway. IOW, maybe the problem is that you are calling before things get so chaotic that the extent of the problem is obvious to them. Oh- it also might go a lot farther if his bio-father calls- only because the cops might take it more serious at this point. On the other side of the coin- yes I could get in trouble legally if I ever locked my son out of the house. I'm not saying it always makes sense or that I haven't locked the door before when he's been gone, but no matter what he has done, I could get in trouble for locking him out unless I have called 911 and said he has threatened violence toward me and I am too scared to open the door. That will get police and/or CPS out there pretty quick though. [/QUOTE]
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