No doubt that po-pos are not lawyers. Coupled with their (general) inability to say "I don't know", that means you'll get a very confident-sounding opinion that you dare not challenge (at least not on the side of the road), which may very likely be wrong.
Unfortunately, it would appear my state's attorney's office wants questions like this to go through the sheriff's office. I'll see what else I can come up with.
As for having a neighbor other others pick up on my behalf - that's exactly what I'm doing now. From a practical standpoint, burdening my neighbors to check my door on a regular basis is not ideal. My landscaper is not here frequently enough, nor is that part of their normal routine. From a principle standpoint, I am being burdened, and my property is put at risk due to the illegal behavior of others.
Imagine if neighbors randomly tossed their empty McDonalds cups, bags, and fry boxes in your yard. Written on each piece of garbage is the offenders' home address. Imagine if I called them asking them to stop and they told me to piss off - and continued to litter my yard. Sure, I could just shrug it off and continue to clean up after them... Or, I could call the Sheriff and ask them to enforce the law.
From my perspective the 'litter' from local businesses left on my door step is worse - since it increases my risk of robbery while out of town.
