u/Effective_Jello9731

I'll try to keep this as brief as I can. We live in an HOA with our kids. A single man moved in a year ago. In addition to being drunk and/or drugged out all the time it's obvious he isn't playing with a full deck of cards.

He lived here for approximately 1 month before he managed to cause a bunch of problems at a community space. He kept talking to young kids despite them being clearly uncomfortable and when some of their parents told him to stop he flipped out and aggressively raged at them (in front of the kids). For this the HOA fined him and he was banned from using any recreation facilities or shared spaces for a month. You would think he'd have learned that he should probably stay away from other people's children going forward, but no.

After he came to our door a couple of months ago rambling incoherently and scared our kids (they opened the door because they were expecting their friends from a few doors down) my husband walked him off our property and told him plainly "I do not like you. We are not friends. Do not ever come onto my property or speak to my children again."

So yesterday my kids are playing in the walkway beside our house, which is part of the HOA. This guy sees them and, instead of walking the other way towards his house, he walks over and asks my kids if they want to go swimming. My husband and I have told the kids to never talk to him because he's not a safe person, so they ran home and got my husband. Husband went over and banged on the guy's door, read him the riot act and told him to stay the hell away from our kids.

The neighbor denied asking them if they wanted to go swimming and said he was offering them food (like that's any better??)

So I called the police and made a report. The person I talked to (not a cop I don't think) took down all my info and said the police would come over when time permits.

But now I'm second guessing if I should have called the police - I doubt there is much they really can do except talk to him, and now I've risked angering someone who is clearly not mentally stable.

In your honest opinion, was it even worth it for me to call or am I just wasting police time?