Police officers patrol the park during park hours, sunrise to sunset, but leave the park as soon as the sun begins to set.

  The lovely wooded park is rumored to be home to an ever growing bum community who are sick of shelter life, and hide out in the park during the warmer months. As the sky began to fade rustling could be heard throughout the woods, and the air grew thick with nervous anticipation.

Just minutes after the policeman and policewoman loaded their K-9 German Shepard partner into the back seat of the patrol car and pulled away from the park, several whistles that seem to signal it’s time could be eerily heard throughout the woods.

Though the Lynn Woods Reservation does not allow camping of any sort, tents pop up in the thicket when night begins to fall. The size of the woods and lack of visibility at night seems to make it a difficult place for police and park rangers to closely monitor.