Things you apparently can't do in DC

- Get someone arrested for attempting to burglarize your house.

- Dance at the Jefferson Memorial.

- Say that you hate the cops.

I've only had to call the cops once in my life, and that was when I came home two days in a row to a wide-open door (both were unique and unrelated freak incidents---it only looked like someone kept breaking into the house). The police were very professional and cool about the whole thing. Of course, this was not in the District.