Yes and no. You may not have a perfect information and your police call may result in unpleasant results overall and most of us rarely have enough information t

Yes and no. You may not have a perfect information and your police call may result in unpleasant results overall and most of us rarely have enough information to determine what is a 'real crime' short of obvious stuff like arson, mugging and so on. There are just so many variables and random encounters like that can easily get volatile. But the time guy cut stuff from the bush I planted over the fall? I did not call cops, but he did get a very simple 'get off my property'. Unless the guy did not leave, I would not consider it a real crime.. just something you should not do. And I say all this with while I tend to err on the side of caution for a variety of reasons.