Not related to kids but while living in Singapore. My friend and I lived in a 2 bedroom apartment block, most apartments have a gate on them, and in 2 years we had over a dozen visits from neighbours and police because different families were ringing up our neighbours or the police to tell them our door was open (even tho the gate was closed and locked, we just wanted fresh air).

While living in Australia I used to have our front desk remind me to not leave the door open on the deck because “your annoying neighbour keeps calling us to say you left the door open while you were at work”.

I don’t know why people can be so… annoying like that. Like they just sit in their window looking for things to complain about.

So in a sense the problem is exacerbated by people looking to needlessly complain about their peers.

> Does anyone have direct, first hand experiences of this kind? Not from the media. First hand or someone you personally know.

Yes; a family member's friend is currently dealing with potential prosecution for briefly leaving their kid in the car.

Kids can cook unsupervised in cars, so that makes sense.

Kids can die walking unsupervised to Dunkin, too.

Five minutes in a car during mild weather isn't going to cook a kid; cops should use their broad discretion and some common sense in both scenarios.

Not super interesting and not quite the same thing, but as a teen multiple different parents would not let us walk to local shops or events, insisting on driving us. The reason were the "cops would pick us up" if we were walking somewhere without an adult as teens.