For foreigners calling the police

The yearly bicycle vendors on La Boquita are blasting music and advertisements at an extremely high volume. I called the police. They drove by, and absolutely nada. So much for any remedies available to the people that live in this town to combat the persistent noise pollution.

You give up too easy and appear not to understand how things work here.

A little local wisdom...

Just because you complain doesn't mean someone is violating the noise regulations. What may seem loud to you may seem normal to us. But more importantly, first you need to know what the law being broken is if you expect the law to be applied. Getting the police to respond to your complaint often has more with how you make your complaint than applying any law.

Not implying this is you, but simply calling the police and being a bitchy foreigner is unlikely by itself to lead to the the desired results. Instead, having a brief exchange with the police and getting them to identify with you somehow is much more likely to lead to getting something done than simply complaining or expecting some law to be applied. Not easy for a foreigner, I admit. Also, if you're the only person making a complaint to the police about noise in your neighborhood they are less likely to respond as you wish. Get your neighbors involved!

Hopefully you'll find the tidbits of wisdom in my advise that I intended them to have and be able to put them to proper use instead of giving up so easily.

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