No Privacy?

westernrvparkowner wrote:
I never said I would prevent them from calling the police, I just said if they did for an issue such as was described, I would be asking them to leave.

Uhm..yes, you did. You repeat by repeating your threat to throw such a person out.

They are creating a disturbance, as far as I am concerned

And you would be wrong. If someone calls the police and the police deem it appropriate to come out (it is THEIR decision, not yours). Now if the police deem the call to be malicious, you can do as you please. But I cannot imagine a young man in a ladies room without any explanation or warning being deemed "ok" by any standards.

If you want to throw someone out for causing a disturbance, remember the CAUSE part of it and throw out the person who caused the actual disturbance, not the person reporting it. Then you can decide if the young man was justified in being there, or if THEY should have come to management first, before causing a disturbance. After all, the restrooms ARE posted as Men and Women.

by calling the police for a matter that is obviously not criminal in nature.

Again, you are wrong. It is NOT "obviously not criminal." Young men of age are expected to use the Mens room. Until/unless a special circumstance is shown to necessitate that behavior, it can be considered lewd, deviant, voyeurism, peeping tom, even criminal trespass (google for examples). FYI- Do it in a hidden manner and it can be charged as a Felony I.

The same would be true if someone called the police because they saw a dog off leash, if they thought someone was being too loud, if they though a campfire was too smokey, if they saw someone riding around in their vehicle without seatbelt on or whatever.

Not even close to the same thing. No invasion of privacy, no lewdness, no potential for sexual, indecency, deviant, or other serious crimes in dog leash or the other nonsense you compare it to.

We have offices and management in the parks for a reason. They are where you should take {complaints} special needs, if any like the one described in this thread.

There, I fixed it for you. ;)

You don't call the police reflexively and skip over the management.

If you think you are the victim of a crime, you do. As a matter of fact, if there is a sexual crime at some point, chances are YOU won't even be told the details. Protection of victims' privacy is taken pretty seriously in those kinds of cases.

The innkeeeper laws give me great latitude in what I allow and do not allow in the park.

YOU are NEVER permitted to CONCEAL {serious} crimes, nor prevent by threat of eviction or any other means of coercion ANY VICTIM from reporting a crime.

Mess up on that one, just once, and you may get fitted for a new striped suit or orange jumper. :E :S

Care to cite the portion of an innkeeper law of any sort that allows you to prevent a guest who believes they are a victim of a crime from contacting the police?

Here is a (non-authoritative) link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospitality_law

Duty to guest
Lodging operators have a duty of care to their guests. This duty does not insure the guests’ safety, but does require the operator to “act prudently and use reasonable care.” '1' This means, among other things, that an operator can be held liable if he or she is found negligent.

IMHO, threatening to evict a guest rather than taking steps to find the person who (possibly) committed the offense is not acting prudently and using reasonable care.

I will stop there, little grasshopper :R

We all understand this is just a forum and sometimes people talk a big show, but sometimes people say the most foolish things, necessitating a reality check by the responsible adults :S