I have lived in the Highland Park area since the early 90's.  The problem with roaming groups of defiant, destructive, inconsiderate and loud kids has been on the steady increase, particularly over the past few years.  I realize that we are supposed to call the police when we encounter such a group, but it doesn't seem to be a deterrent whatsoever.   What's it going to take to rectify the situation??????    What happened to the city curfew?  What happened to the police hauling these kids home and having a conversation with the parents/guardians/adults in the residence?  Better yet, how about coming up with some other options for these kids to expend their pent up energy and frustrations?  How long are we supposed to put up with this behavior and not resort to our own solutions?  When this type of petty crime occurs with the regularity that it does in this area, it adversely affects quality of lilfe as much as what some might consider more serious or significant crime.  I am tired of it and my guess is that someone is going to get seriously hurt if this continues.