I had to go through this a few times before. Just from my experience I’ll tell you. It’s always been them taking over the house when you know they don’t live around there (either using a drug addict house or vacant) so I’m not sure how long they have been there.

Reporting then as selling drugs is probably going to take forever for anyone to do anything at the local police station but that’s the way. As cynical as I can be sometimes about my city, I just know how often this happens. Your report is going to get caught up with all the other reports with the same issues.

If you think you have a councilperson that will follow through on getting agencies to check up on ordinance violations or safety issues then that’s the faster thing to do. The more you can find the better.

Asking for lighting or if signage is down for it to be replaced. Just start getting things moving around them and usually that starts to scare people a bit.

If you have some neighbors that can keep things visible I guess it the right way to say it, when the dealers are making their moves in and out and they keep noticing how visible they are that’ll help.

Ask for police to drive through your street on their routes if possible. Just pass by if they can on their normal ways. This is easier said then done. It frustrates me because you have to do rounds anyway can you just add my block once and awhile!!!

If you’re area has any well known or connected churches/local leaders in your neighborhood talk with them. Hopefully you can find a local community meeting to start getting the word around there.

Without going a more direct confrontational route that’s all I can remember. Hope it helps some. We have way too many here.