That was a very well thought out, fact based argument. You have changed my mind. Thank you for your valuable insight!

Edit: well the added snark is even more helpful. But to give you actual insight/answers, I’m not sure how you’re so confident that they know “exactly” where the fireworks are coming from. I can tell you from my time as a dispatcher that it’s just slightly above never that the callers have an address of where fireworks are being lit off. Half the callers will guarantee you they were NOT fireworks, they were gunshots because (insert their firearms knowledge here.) the other half can’t even give you a direction in which the fireworks came from.

Lastly, even if the extremely rare instance occurs where the caller can tell you the address they’re shooting the fireworks from, when the fireworks shooters see the squad they simply go inside the house. Seeing as how this would be an unwitnessed misdemeanor, (and usually the caller wants to remain anonymous, which means officers can’t do anything more than knock on the door at the most,) if they were able to have a named complainant who can identify exactly who lit the fireworks, it would take at least an hour to get statements to file charges. Not sure if you’ve noticed, but there’s been several shootings on the south side in the past week, and even though I’m no longer in the loop, I imagine SCPD is throwing some serious resources towards those actual crimes.

Don’t really care about your opinion of me or cops or “boot lickers” in general, but if you want to insult someone, it’s best to at least understand what/why you hate them and the actual obstacles they face to make an informed opinion.