city services fail

[artguychris.livejournal.com]

Heard power tools at a construction site at 6:30am.  Not the first time, so I called 911.  They said to call the police station's main #, 625-1600.  No answer.  Called 311.  No answer.   There's was no indication that the hours are 9-5!  I waited on hold for a looong time.  I didn't find hours until I went to submit a ticket online.  Grrr!!

Is it safe to assume the police station is open 24/7?

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[lac.livejournal.com]

I got this from bouncing around the Somverville Gov site:

Construction. It shall be unlawful to operate or permit the operation of any tools, piledrivers, hammers, or equipment used in construction, drilling, or demolition work between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and anytime on Sunday, such that the sound therefrom creates a noise disturbance.

But I don't know? Do you really want to quibble over 30 minutes? And they start setting up at 6:30 generally. I think Boston proper is 7 am as well.

As for the police station, I think if you're calling really early or really late....they expect it to be an emergency, otherwise, their business hours are 9-5 I bet.

[xuth.livejournal.com]

Somerville's website suggests that you should be able to call the non-emergency number 24x7.

And yes I would quibble over 30 minutes especially if it's my sleep that's being compromised and if it were at all a regular occurrence.

[lac.livejournal.com]

Ah, I didn't dig that deep which is why I added the "I bet", not being sure.

And let me elaborate...if it were once, I'd probably let it go and I hate being woken up, being a light sleeper. If it happened the next day, I would most definitely say something. But a one off occurence, even I...Miss Crankypants...would let go.