[LearsFool]

They were on patrol, seems an obvious thing to do to me.

If we're going to police our own neighborhoods (and more and more, that job is left to us if we want peace and order) we have got to do more than ride around in SUVs after dark. We must make sure our neighbors get to know us and trust us, and vice versa. Wouldn't that prevent anyone from misreading concerned and neighborly investigation as "stalking"?

[the anti-liberal]

Agreed.

These days you're lucky if you even know your neighbor's name.