Feeling hopeless with Denver PD

Yesterday I came home from the gym to my townhouse in Five Points, and there’s a homeless guy literally standing outside my front door.

Thankfully I have a garage in the back, so I was able to get inside that way. But this guy is sitting on my front porch yelling nonsense, telling random people to suck his dick and kiss his ass. He’s spitting on my door, charging his phone from my outlet, and just camped out right in front of my home.

I called DPD. Two hours later, some corporal calls me back and basically says, “Yeah man, I’m not coming.”

That’s the part that blows my mind. It’s one thing to have problems in the city. It’s another thing to feel unsafe at your own home and have the response from law enforcement essentially be, “Oh well.”

If Denver doesn’t get a handle on this, we’re going to keep spiraling. People stop calling 911 because nobody shows up. Incidents stop getting reported. The city continues to decline. People who can afford to leave start moving out.

And here’s the kicker: it’s the next day, and the guy is still around the block. He’s still charging his phone on my porch.

I’ve tried calling the non-emergency line 19 times. Nineteen. Every single time it’s the same recording saying they’re busy. It just rings and rings and rings.

I’m honestly at a loss. What are people supposed to do when someone is trespassing, acting aggressively, and making them feel unsafe at their own home, but nobody answers the phone and nobody comes?