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