Thanks for explaining. This seems to be an expected value problem. If, indeed, there are many innocuous reasons for a loud scream (which I'm not convinced of) t

Thanks for explaining. This seems to be an expected value problem. If, indeed, there are many innocuous reasons for a loud scream (which I'm not convinced of) that may not need a police call, there are still some reasons that very much do need a police call. The inconvenience of dealing with the police in the former is dwarfed by the value of them showing up in the latter, in my opinion. I would 100% most definitely want my neighbors to call the police every time they hear any screams from my wife or I.