ferretdance03 said:
Frank Delicious said:
Talk to the police and explain you are with the club and would like to help combat this problem. Show the city that some DGers don't want that behavior on the course
This. As well as maybe a sign/notice at the course bulletin board or on tee signs explaining that the course will be pulled if the undesirable behavior isn't curbed. Verbally spread the word as well to everyone that you see playing that the course is at risk.
I third that.
The police already know that crime and drug use would soar if the disc golf course gets pulled, and they'd have to patrol the area more often and deal with much worse crimes and much worse drugs (needles, etc.), kicking homeless around, etc.. If you care about keeping your course alive, then get the police to crack down hard and get those idiots arrested, better sooner than later. Let the gov't entity who controls the park know your plans.
I've seen 2 courses closed in East Sacramento for these same reasons. The people who played there were openly disrespectful, and there is no reason that the club who worked so hard to get the courses put in and to maintain them over time should play nice with these jerk offs. Seriously. They are a scourge and the sport is much better off without them.
In the meantime, you can tell the gov't entity that controls your park about:
-Chavez Ridge in Los Angeles (formerly the largest hook-up spot in the area, lots of needles, lots of criminal elements, gang activity, etc.)
-San Lorenzo Park in Santa Cruz (disc golf pushed out homeless camps and needles no longer litter the ground)
-Pier Park in Portland (formerly a gang-fighting location, that park used to be the murder capital of that city, until disc golf transformed it, now the entire neighborhood is being transformed and gentrified)
-Mackey Park in Sacramento (formerly called "Tweakerville" the vapors from the meth labs used to be so heavy that people using the park would pass out and need emergency medical attention...today is a safe park with childrens area, disc golf, and bringing the neighborhood together)
All of the above were disc golf courses installed at the request of city police departments to abate criminal activity, and they are all fantastic success stories, and have saved their cities immense amount of money while raising surrounding property values and commerce.