Rich is right. There is no law preventing landlords from calling in
observed criminal activity.
The overwhelming majority of landlords do not live with in eyesight of their
property. Thus eyeballing crime is next to impossible. Like the police, the
landlord finds out after the fact.
Those landlords who work with law enforcement and the neighborhood usually
have less crime.
I should clarify my definition of crime in this instant. I am speaking of
the nuisance crimes that go pretty much unpunished in Mpls. In the case of
the bar/restaurant/retail/coffeeshop the petty criminal is ejected within
seconds or minutes and hopefully that is the end of it. In the case of a
landlord, the tenant enjoys extensive due process rights. They stay at the
property (can continue to sell, prostitute, party, discharge weps, violate
the law, destroy property, tear a neighborhood apart) while we wait up to 14
days to appear in court. This is all done at the expense of the landlord.
In the end, prices for rental go up. These law enforcement costs have
to be passed on. And the availability (vacancy rates)goes down. Certain
portions of the rental population can't be housed at any level that private
sector can afford.
Craig Miller
Former Fultonite
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From: Rich McMartin (Rich McMartin) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Minneapolis Issues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Mpls] Comparing Hardtimes to Landlords.
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>I have not heard of any ordinance or law that prevents a property owner
>from calling the police on his/her own tennants when those tennants are
>observed breaking the law. In fact my observation has been that property
>owners that work with their neighbors and the police have an way less
>problems that landlords who don't pay much attention to problems on or
>near their properties.
>
>Rich McMartin
>Bryant Neighborhood
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