[Noisebridge-discuss] Unwelcome person at noisebridge

[Quinn Norton]

On Sep 20, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Shannon Lee wrote:

> We've had a lot of crazy people in and no assaults.
> 
> I don't think calling the police if we can't get a disruptive person to stop being disruptive or leave is inappropriate, but we should also be aware that as a population, Noisebridgers are uncomfortable with the fuzz, so we should leave it as a last resort -- and by 'last' i mean 'after you tried to get them to calm down, and after you asked someone else to try to get them to calm down, and after you couldn't figure out how to get them to leave any other way,'  
> 
> At that point someone who objects to your calling the police has basically taken responsibility for dealing with the crazy person :)

as long as we can all bear in mind that standards change for how to deal with these things based on time of day, how many people are around, and perhaps most of all, whether you're a 6'4" man or a 5'2" woman.