Lyndsi, I think that is security's standard answer to everything "Come and fill in a paper but there is nothing we can really do" I called on a family who had let go of 2 cats and moved into TLA without a second thought (they had, had these cats 3 years enough time to save to take with them or find a home for them) Security did nothing.  Yet, like feeding the cats on base it's also against base policy/rules to abandon them, yet nothing is done?

As for the trash I don't have a problem with the Italians going through it, it's less we have to look at but it's when they poke though it and don't pick it back up.  They also have been known to go though the thrift store drop off  (I have seen that first hand) but what the heck?????

What is the problem with picking up perfectly good items out of the trash? Or items that need to just be repaired. When someone throws something away is it only supposed to go to the dump? Maybe someone else can use it. At other bases we have been to if we stuck something out at the curb for the trash there was always someone  who would drive by and take it away. So what, I didn't want it anymore and someone else did. At our last base on trash day you could see people drive through the neighborhoods just looking for things. One lady would come by and pick the cans out for recycling. I do see a problem with making a mess and not cleaning it up but if someone wants an item out of the trash why should you care?

First of all I have doubts that Italians can go through trash as long as they are not the garbage men that try to separate the garbage that you don't collect for recycling.

I don't know if some of you know that if you don't collect garbage for recycling you can get a tickets (at least where I live) but maybe living in your small world such as the SS you don't know we recycle.

I was wondering... if you don't like that people go through your trash instead of throwing good items why don't you bring them to the thrift store?

The trash been collecting in there bring sickness and deceases, is important for this community to keep giving complain about this situation because is important for the community, anyway about the people taking the trash to their house that’s their business, but don’t come here and talk like you own some trash business, because you don’t see what is behind the wall, your kids are getting infest here.. One day is going to be a plague of flies that are going to get inside of your house and it will eat you a life..Think and look the big picture ladies..I saw yesterday a half inch fly in my house, it was horrible to see this,, the funny part is the trash is right in front of my windows, but who cares right.

I fully agree about people needing to be more pro-active but a neighborhood watch is going to the extreme and (I believe) would just cause a "witch hunt" I have found there are many here who point fingers when it suits them but don't follow other rules and regulations when they don't feel something should pertain to them!  People need to be responsible for themselfs and their own security by shredding important info.  I know my family shreds everything that has our name and address on as well as anything which maybe important to someone else.  If they don't and they get their identity stolen they can only blame themselfs.

As far as the trash goes once it's in the trash I am guessing it's free game? Who ever wants to dig through as nasty as I personally think that is and they don't dump any of it out, I have no problem with it.  What's that old saying "One mans trash can be another mans treasure"