What can be done about a noisy neighbor when the police won't do anything?
490534
IDEAS (in no particular order):\n(1) Call in an air strike. :)\n(2) Cut the power to their house.\n(3) Get a very loud "boom box" and take it with you to demonstrate when you visit the neighbor. That combined with hand gestures should overcome their lack of facility with English.\n(4) Complain to the mayor's office or some other city department.\n(5) Some newspapers and radio stations have things similar to consumer hot-lines where they'll help you solve problems like this.\n(6) Find out if some of your other neighbors are bothered and, if they are, enlist their help - strength in numbers. \n(7) Is there a neighborhood association? Try them.\n(8) Blast William Hung! That was so good I had to repeat it! LOL!!\n(9) Do you have any friends who are members on an outlaw motorcycle gang like Hells Angels? They might be able to help. :)
104599
Go ask the local police.
81793
Have you asked them if they would please be quiet? If you do not want to do this--due to fear for your own safety then maybe you should alert the authorities as this could possibly be a physical abuse/domestic violence situation--are there children in the household? Think of the safety of the children if this is the case!
231527
Let your landlord or the manager know it and ask him/her to do something about it.  Give her/him something to do.  Don't do it yourself.  If they had been told and still are noisy, call the cops.
181973
First report them to the landlord.If that does'nt work,and you don't want to confront them yourself,call the police.I wish you luck.I have the same problem here.My neighbor is a 21 yr old alcoholic who loves to party,and entertain friends from Thursday night to Monday morning.I have called the law 3 times this week,and all they do is come by ,and tell them to turn the music down.We are very quiet people,and the noise makes me very nervous.
553846
I had this same problem a few years ago.  I would call the office and they would tell me what I wanted to hear and then do absolutely nothing about it.  I called the police on several occasions, but it would only stop the noise temporarily.  Finally, after a very long night of noise until 4 in the morning, and after calling the office night number, and after the office manager told me she would personally come over anytime night or day and then didn't, I called the office manager the next day and asked for the phone number for the corporate offices of the apartment complex.  This got her scared enough to take action.  She knew this had been an ongoing problem, over a year, and that she had not done a thing about it and if I called the corporate offices, ie her boss, she would be in serious trouble.  The people upstairs from me were gone by the end of the week!  Call the office of your complex, ask for the office manager and tell him or her you want the number to their corporate offices, or whoever is their immediate supervisor.  Don't ask for it, DEMAND IT!  There is no reason you should have to put up with that, you pay rent and live there, too.
795117
sadly, it sure is.  i had a problem with my downstairs neighbors in my apartment complex, and we ended up having to call the cops.  the officer couldnt do anything about it, but he encouraged us to record any sounds or disturbances we heard for evidence for next time.
995769
Yea, the local Sound Ordinance should cover vehicles as well as houses. If you consistently see the same person with it too loud, you can call the cops on them. If it's bothering you that much, it's probably bothering lots of other people too.
22348
Check the sound ordinance in your town.  In Philadelphia if you crank the tunes after 10pm the cops will give you a ticket.\n\nCall the cops a few times and he'll stop.
745275
Make them get a search warrant. \n If you give them permission or open the hood you are giving consent to a search.  \nThey must have probable cause.  More than likely they can't prove it to a judge, so no search warrant will be produced.\nOf course be ready for the repercussions of upholding your rights.  They don't like citizens who rebuke their abuse of power.......
825898
I don't know what state you live in, but when you file a complaint that is later investigated in most states the complainant can not be identified by the police, your friends are yanking your chain.  All the police do is send over an officer to measure the decible level, then they knock on the door and say they just measured the decible level and it exceeds the city's ordinance.  If they don't turn down the noise the by-law officer or the police officer then can file charges based on their measurement of the decible level alone.
778596
First report it to the Police Chief.  Then I would seek the help of an attorney.
1130600
Maybe try to hire a lawyer to deal with the police department for you.\n\nOr keep calling them.  Squeaky wheel gets the grease.  Walk in there every day and talk to them until they do something about it.
876141
Sounds like a nosy neighbour.....\n\nGo to your local police station and ask them what can be done.
733036
You must life in a crappy neighborhood, where I live the police would be there ten minutes after it started. They should stop at 10:00 at least so people can sleep, maybe they will turn it down and chill then.
748455
She may not be aware of how loud it is and how thin the walls are.  I would knock on her door and in a friendly way, tell her the music is too loud and bothering you in your home.  Ask her to turn it down.\n\nIf this doesn't work and you do not get a positive response, call your local police department and ask what ordinances there are on noise and loud music.  If there are laws (be aware that this is going to piss off your neighbor), you can ask the police to speak with her.  Normally, they will warn her the first time.  \n\nIf she turns it up after they leave.... which inconsiderate people do, you can call them again.  If there is an ordinance, there is a consequence, such as a fine.\n\nBest Wishes,\n\nSue
115430
Call the cops, they'll be happy to help you with that question.