Colorado

Rather than have more confrontations with my neighbors (I had a doozy last year that I do not wish to discuss) or call the police non emergency line and wait for them to show up too late or not at all, I decided to do some things in advance.

First I called a lawyer. But he said that even filing a writ of mandamus to get the police to enforce the law would not have any results.

Then I called my county commissioner. But she was not helpful.

Last I went to my city councilman's town hall meeting and complained. Another county commissioner was also there and I talked to my at-large city councilman. Afterwards I got some positive e-mails from my police par officer that were forwarded to other officials. Hopefully they will pay extra attention to my neighborhood this year. But so far I have only heard two instances of firecrackers far away. The big explosions have not happened yet. Maybe they won't.