It is no fun, and actually could be quite scary, when a situation arises at the campground or RV park you’re at and the police have to be called, either by you or a nearby camper. Especially if it’s a dangerous situation! We see it happening more and more lately, so make sure you keep safe and you are aware of your surroundings.
Have you ever had to call the police about an incident at the campground/RV park you were staying at? If you answer yes, will you please leave a comment and tell us what happened? We hate to admit we’re so curious but… we’re so curious! Thanks!
Never had the need to do so. Times, they are a changing.
And it’s for the worst if I may say.
If I found that I had to call the police more than once, I’d examine if I wanted to continue to go camping.
Rules are simple to follow.
If you cant comply with park rules dont go camping.
Having worked in campground security, I have called the local police many times during the season. I will not get involved with any verbal or physical conflicts with anyone but I will calmly let the jerks I am dealing with know that they have two options, either choose to follow the rules and my request to do so or you can deal with the local police in about 5 minutes.
I’ve worked as a camp host and had to call the police for a few incidents.
Mainly for loose dog attacks.
People just seem to not be able to follow the rules.
And I wanna know why’s that?
We have been in a couple of private, state, and national forest campgrounds where the ranger and/or local police (or both) have responded to resolve situations peacefully; we were not the one(s) that called the authorities. We have been camping since 1967 in both the US and Canada.
Several years ago ENCORE started buying RV Parks which has resulted in almost a hundred of what we refer to as low class trailer parks mainly in Florida. ENCORE has no rules and only care about the dollar. Corporate HQ is located in Chicago. Local park managers say “this is what corporate wants” Calling the police is a daily event at ENCORE parks. Many of these parks “used” to be showcases but those days are gone.
Good to know! Note to self: ENCORE parks on $#!T list.
Yep like every thing else in America even parks and camping grounds are Hoods 😡
Dog attacks.
I was camped tunnel mountain Banff National park Alberta Canada, when I noticed a school bus conversion pulled in loaded with young people not a problem until I noticed the huge speakers on the roof of the bus. Before turning in I pre-programmed the number to Bath dispatch in the phone. At 3:00 in the morning after the bars are closed the party started those speakers were loud enough to reverberate off the mountains. Call the dispatch they had the police there within 5 minutes the party was over the bus was impounded because there was not a single sober person to drive it out of the park.
No, but I’ve had them called on me. I told our neighbors, whose pit bull was running loose in our campsite, that if that dog attacked or hurt my dog, I would shoot it. Cops never even showed up. Probably should have said “kill” instead of shoot. Oh well.
Years ago while staying at a parish campground and park we had a group of teenagers come into the campground where they were not supposed to be and started drinking. They were getting really loud and drunk and started throwing bottles with gas in them at the dock on the lake. At one point the dock was on fire for a short while. I notified the ranger, it was about midnight and he had to call the sheriff’s department who came and removed them from the campground. Then I had to stay up all night to make sure they didn’t come back and try to do something to our camper. At the time there were only a few campers in the campground and I was sure they had figured out one of us had turned them.
Haven’t called, but our seasonal RV park happens to have two active law enforcement officers who live here FT. One has his squad parked on his site when off-duty. This is traditionally a pretty calm place, so I can’t say the presence has made any difference, but it certainly doesn’t hurt!
I have never personally called them, but I have been involved in two incidents when someone else called them (not on me though 😁). There have been at least six incidents where I wish I had called them. Always at public parks. The camp hosts hide in their rigs & the rangers don’t care and the people are allowed to go wild. People seem to behave better in pricier private parks where the rules are enforced.
Wonder why those who are in authority don’t want to do their jobs hmm retirement around the bend😡
Friday and Saturday nights are when the campgrounds are typically the loudest. Good time to stay home or boondock. In my youth I would have joined the party. Now days I just remove the hearing aids, insert ear plugs, and sleep like a baby. If things were to get too out of hand (fighting), I would not hesitate to call the cops. Many years of attending music festivals have conditioned me well. That said; I have called for an ambulance a couple of times.
I never called them directly, but did report the problem to the campground staff. These people were approached by the owner. After a 10 minute verbal confrontation, the local Sheriff showed up and ordered them to leave.
I called police in response to a “welfare check” request by relatives of someone staying (long term) in the RV park where I was working. After spotting a body through a window, the police secured the scene, broke into the unit and, after investigation, removed the body. It was later determined to be either a suicide or accidental death.
Wow that probably was nerve wrecking.
I have never had to call the police but certainly wouldn’t hesitate to do so if necessary!! Trouble makers don’t belong in rv parks.
Or any where else there are civilized humans including Tramp camps my lingo no pun intended.
I had to say more than once, but I also use to work security at a park on holiday and special weekends where we had a seasonal site. We had a strictly enforced policy of no loud parties and quiet time. This was posted on a sign in the office and on the gate. I got to know the deputy assigned to patrol our area on a “first name” basis.
We had an incident where an extended family was camping next to us that were yelling, screaming and fist fighting all morning. We called the rangers twice and even though they came once to try and set them straight it did no good. When another fight broke out with two beating up on one man we called again, it was a long time with no response. When the victim tried to leave the two dragged him back to the site and started beating him again. I was just starting to dial the Sheriff’s office when the rangers showed up and evicted them. Considering all the years we have been camping all over the country that is only the second time I have had to call in the Calvary.
We’d just been hired to manage a campground in IN, but evidently the hold-over park staff didn’t like us coming in. The mtnce guy actively fomented rebellion and the cleaning couple (one of whom we discovered was on parole for KY ‘issues’) really didn’t like us. He came banging on our RV door one day & said he’d “be packin’” the next time. We called the sheriff who showed up in minutes & questioned (e.g., detained) the guy so he couldn’t follow us in our hasty departure. Those people be crazy!
Can ya please elaborate on this KY(issues)🤔
Didn’t need to call as the sheriff’s deputies were already there on our first-ever RV trip to a USFS cg. We heard 3 “firecrackers” go off at 1:00 am, so left a day before our reservation ended. The TV news later reported the death of a 20 y-o male while “playing Russian roulette”. How does someone shooting himself in the head pull the trigger 3 times?
I answered No but I sure wish I could have. Several years ago we stopped for the night at a remote campground just off the 10 in Arizona. Around bedtime a large group of “kids” came in and partied for several hours. Unfortunately we did not have cell reception (again, it was a long time ago), and there was no camp host so we just had to put up with it. I was tempted to go out to yell at them but it would have not been safe. Horrible experience
We don’t go to Parks, Campgrounds. A 10 hour drive is the limit to our destination. A dog trial with only participant parking and controlled entry. Get out of line you get booted out, lose your entry’s and will not be allowed to attend further trials. The RV crowd are better behaved than people who come in cars for day trips.
We called the police once when a group of rough-looking folks camping in a worn-out tent were going site to site asking for money. They claimed to have no food, but they didn’t want donations of food, just cash. They left before the cops arrived – apparently no one gave them what they wanted.
Good ole American hospitality never fails 🤔
Yes once, a domestic dispute spilled out into the site next to us. Once one threatened to “kill” the other the cops were called. The result was both arrested and two firearms found. Neither party was allowed by law to have firearms. I had to testify at the trial. They will both spend 10+ years in the graybar hotel without parole (this happened at a military campground).
My answer was “Yes, once”. It was the state park policy where we were camp hosts during the long dry summer fire band. You refused to put fire out at our request we were to call dispatch. I think in the future the campers will heed camp hosts asking nicely. It was automatic $500 fine.