To The Editor:

Re: "Bumper pot crops keep "Green Team" busy" Calgary Herald, March 15.

You neglect to mention why we are supposed to perceive a house sitting
quietly (maybe even empty) in our neighbourhood as a problem.

The real problem is - murder, assaults, rapes, house break-ins,
stolen cars and other crimes where personal safety or property is
violated. Why are we supposed to make no distinction between
victimless crime and real crime ?

Can the police explain why we are supposed to forsake all our moral
and legal obligations to our neighbours, and trespass and snoop around
their yards in order to "Look for the electricity meter in the back to
be altered" Inciting this type of behaviour among neighbours does
nothing but breed more fear, distrust and violence that is likely to
result in more crime.

D.L. Harper