I so agree with Ann. I live in and have grown up in Mt.Greenwood and my kids have been told to stay out of there. I would just keep calling the cops and the cemetery. They are up to no good and some one is going to get hurt. It is just sad that the kids parent don't read this and watch there kids better. Unfortunately it is probably mostly cops kids that are doing it. It was like that when I was a teenager and my son says most of them are cops kids.

If the situation bothers you, then yes, you have a right to call 911. I doubt that there are enough officers on shift to respond to every call but it doesn't hurt to try. I was a kid hanging out at that same location in the '70's, yes it was a place where we felt we were not being observed and we could drink and party etc...I cannot imagine much has changed. The cemetary would fix the fence every now and again but there was always a kid with a tool of some sort for re-opening the path. Kids have to explore, they are at that age, they try to make a name for themselves. As adults, we realize that this behavior is not in their best interest, but as a teenager, they believe that this is the most important time of their life and everybody knows, teenagers know far more than their parents and some snoopy neighbor. Outside of identifying every one of these kids, calling all of the parents and starting some gov't funded program for underprivileged children, what are we to do? In the past, places like the Salvation Army and Park District have been the answer. Somewhere for kids to go and do kid things. But as teenagers, they want to be able to smoke and drink and it's hard to do that when an adult is around. Should we start AA for teens? It would be nice if someone had a suggestion or 2, without implying it's gotta be cops kids or any other negativity. Ya, there probably are a few cops kids in those groups as well as every other city workers kids and even more. Well we're heading into winter months and this activity usually goes away until spring so, you'll have a few months to think of a few possibilities for alternative solutions. Post em here, I'd like to read them.

"Quiet Enjoyment" Are you kidding me? Are you stating that these teens are paying rent to the cemetery? Get real, leave the big law terms in the dictionary. These types of situations have been happening for years and will continue to happen. Kids these days have little respect for adults and would laugh at the idea of having one security guard patrol the cemetery. In fact, it may bring more excitement to their Saturday night. The police would be a better scare, but we need them to continue to fight the real problems of society that separate us from the evils of our surrounding areas. It is unfortunate that these situations occur, but some kids will always find ways to create trouble and that's life.

"Uh, yes, hello 911... I'd like to report a disturbance.. Well, it's in the cemetery... I don't know who it is, but I think I saw one of them had something tucked into their waistband- I don't know if it was a cel phone or a gun, but I don't want to see anyone get hurt here... I'm just not sure. I really think you should send someone over..."

Calling the CPD for anything other than a Robbery In Progress is pointless, unless you self-prioritize your call. Sorry, I know the counter-argument is that it's 'wrong' and that you're taking cops away from the numerous ongoing rapes and running gun-battles that are occurring at all hours in Mount Greenwood, but really, it seems that there are a few places I can drive by at any time of the day and see cops sitting, yet when I call to report drug dealing, no one shows up?

Give me a ****ing break.

"Yeah, they had something on them kinda tucked into their waistband and he was walking real fast, like he was after someone..."

Helping one another is really effective. Having a good relation with the officers and us community will add safety to our areas.

Everyone that commented on this is ******in stupid. You are thinking way to hard about this. Yes WE children go into the cemetery and more then half the other people who commented went in their as a child one time or another. But when you were sitting in their with your friends "back in the 70s" did you ever think one day you would be sitting there at your computer by yourself ******ing about kids doing the exact same things. Ya my dads a cop and so are many of my friends dads. But everyone being a city worker isn't a mount greenwood thing it's a Chicago thing. So don't single out mount greenwood from everywhere else. Most all of the parents that commented on this I can't even stand people like you anymore. You sit there and act perfect like your family's the best family in the world when your ego is to fat to see past the fact that your kids probably do it too and you did it when you were that age as well.

****** ****** balls