[Fr. Frank]

Just moved in this weekend!! Anyone have experience with neighborhood drug dealers? (that is getting rid of them).

That shovel in the corner just might come in handy.

Yeah. Been there, done that.
Make daily calls to your local politicians, Write weekly letters to the editor. Send daily emails to your state representatives. Get your neighbors and local churches to do the same. Post metal signs warning drivers their are entering a high crime/high drug use area. And absolutely get a concealed carry permit and carry "cocked and locked".

I lived in a high crime area in Denver in the early 90's. I enlisted the help of neighbors and churches in the letter writing and phone calls, and we pooled our funds to have the signs made. The city took the signs down at first, but two days after they did there was a carjacking, and we convinced the victim to sue the city/county of Denver for failing to warn people of the danger in the area and being complicit by taking out the warning signs we put up. The woman won her lawsuit and was awarded 3 million because the city was found to have contributed to her danger by removing the signs and failing to warn and protect the general public for a public danger they knew about by virtue of the letter writing and publicity we put on the issue.
After having to pay 3 million for that, we had plenty of visible law enforcement in the area. They didn't want to get sued again.

Oh yeah. It took almost two years, and one of my neighbors was shot (not killed) in a confrontation with some Crips who were dealing drugs out of his own carport off the alley behind his house.

I was serious about getting a permit and carrying a firearm for self-defense. Getting a permit in Massachussetts is a lengthy and difficult process unless you already have one from another state.

Remember, Police don't protect you from crime, they try to arrest the criminal after the criminal has already hurt you.