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Fun for All Program Incident Documentation Monroe Park — Summer of 2004 A Sampling of Incidents Incidents: 6/21/04 Our first morning a white male, about 24 years old, was found at our picnic tables offering the children cigarettes, he was asked to leave by Karen and he did without incident. 6/23/04 6 -7 teens were drinking beer and smoking marijuana within 25 feet of the wading pool. Gabbi went to talk to them to explain that such activity was illegal within a park. The teens balked at her statement but stopped and eventually moved on. 6/24/04 a 13 year old was attempting to sell fake marijuana to other 11 year olds within the program. It smelled nothing like marijuana and was probably oregano. 6/28/04 4 -5 teens were smoking marijuana and drinking beer within my (and the kids) field of vision. I went over to explain to them that I would be forced to call the police if this type of behavior continued within the park. They swore at me and grumbled as they stormed off, they were obviously angry. 6/30/04 6 teens sat about 25 feet away from the wading pool above a group of parents who were watching their children. These parents were very liberal and did not mind that these kids were drinking, but confronted them when the teens began smoking marijuana, becoming extremely rowdy and swearing at the top of their lungs. All of the teens were white males around the age of 17. One parent was threatened by the "leader" of the teens but no physical altercation resulted. We were not aware of the extent to which these problems had occurred until later. Gabbi then went over and told the teens to "just be chill and go somewhere else and don't be so obvious about it." The teens responded by swearing at her, empting out all their beers and throwing the cans onto the grass. We shouted at them to clean up their litter and he responded by yelling obscenities at everyone in the park, but he left. These teens then returned and I called the police and was looking at them attempting to describe them to the operator. The teens believed I was on the phone to the police and 4 of them approached me swearing at me. I lied saying that I was only talking to my supervisor. The operator was worried for my safety as I was instructed to remain on the line with her. The teens then started yelling that they were going to steal my clothes and then threatened my safety. They left and the police showed up 5 -10 minutes later. By that time the teens had left.