By United States Federal Government, Public Domain.
You are a police officer. You are dispatched to a low-income apartment complex. Arnold, who is homeless and addicted to crack, refuses to leave the entrance to the building. He allows those living there to enter and does not bother most of them, but a tenant has called to complain and would like him to be removed. It is mid-winter in the Northeast, and the temperature is below freezing. How would you use your discretion to respond to the situation? Would your reaction be different if this were a Park-Avenue apartment building and the call came from a politically connected tenant through the mayor’s office?