Tabby Ann
Member
- Location
- Southern Indiana
Is there a penalty for making fake calls to 811 like there is to 911? We have an old boy in our neighborhood who is about 50 years old and 300 pounds who has roamed about the neighborhood for years creating chaos and work and expense for unsuspecting residents. Most older residents tell him to get off and stay off their property but some new residents become victims. He has a house in the neighborhood and the police have told him he should stay in it but he can’t seem to do that. A new resident recently moved into a house with a beautiful brick and wrought iron fence around the residence. The old boy told the new resident the fence was encroaching on his property and would need to be removed. The new owner paid for an expensive survey that showed his fence was not encroaching. Another way the old boy creates work for people is to call 811 and tell them he is building a 6 foot privacy fence around his house and needs all the underground utilities marked on his property and the neighboring properties. But of course no 6 foot fence ever gets built. He has been using this privacy fence ruse for over 5 years and I don’t know why the utility companies or anyone else keeps falling for it. Where do these calls to 811 go? Don’t they keep a record of callers or do any follow up on them?