My priors weigh pretty heavily in favor of "if it makes the news it's probably rare enough that you don't have to worry about it", but as a counterpoint, we live in the same neighborhood as you and in the past ~1-2 years we've witnessed at least two instances of people calling the police on unattended children. Our neighbor's daughter (6-7) apparently went to the park without shoes on (she did not have to cross any streets to get there) and it seems that she crossed the street (the one the park is on) and someone called the police, who brought her home.
In another incident, our son (3 at the time) apparently... (read more)
My priors weigh pretty heavily in favor of "if it makes the news it's probably rare enough that you don't have to worry about it", but as a counterpoint, we live in the same neighborhood as you and in the past ~1-2 years we've witnessed at least two instances of people calling the police on unattended children. Our neighbor's daughter (6-7) apparently went to the park without shoes on (she did not have to cross any streets to get there) and it seems that she crossed the street (the one the park is on) and someone called the police, who brought her home.
In another incident, our son (3 at the time) apparently... (read more)