08-27-2011, 09:59 PM
I would think that word on the street would be as reliable as the people who are on the streets! I find that on my own inter- city street. Even the people who have no criminal record surmise alot and can't get a story straight. Example, several police cars in front of my house, I come home and neighbor says "you missed the excitement!" I ask what happened. Oh, the cops were chasing somebody and caught them in front of your house. My husband said a guy and a couple of his kids from around the corner were running to escape a gang that had surrounded his house. He used my huband's cell phone to call 911. It's like that with everything that happens around here. You get as many stories as the people you talk to! That's why I have a scanner on 24-7. At least, I know the real story some of the time!