Resident punched another resident- interesting

So here’s a good one. Our high rise condo instituted a mandatory indoor common area mask rule, which coincides w Dade county. $100/ violation, with fines issued periodically. There is limited security, and the Board has told residents to report serial violators, which must have proof- photos. One resident with an elderly mother there photographed a mask violation, and the person was fined. This week, the reporting person was doing laundry (common area), and the mask offender walked in and said he was going to rip his face off if he photographed him again. He then got closer, and punched the in the stomach. No real damage, but obvious what happened. The police were called. The officer filled out the paperwork, and left it up to the reporting person to file charges. My question- should a condo board get involved with this assault, as it has to do with the person’s reporting of a violation? Should a warning letter, fine or other come from the board. I know the police are the primary here and am not questioning that, just inquiring what a Board can and should do (or not). Thanks.

Thanks, I was thinking the same thing. Just seems that walking into a laundry room and punching someone for reporting a violation was a separate actionable offense/condo violation. Like a stretch of quiet enjoyment rules, or a form of backlash for reporting, which is definitely not allowed for Boards, just not spelled out for individuals.

Does Dade County have the same rule as your association and are they enforcing the rule if in fact they have one?

Yes, Dade county has mask rules. The condo applied them with new emergency order. The governor is against all that (another story and part of the reason for mask civil war). Anyway, just looking for a general or specific condo rule which could protect the poor person who was just following reporting directions. We’ve already lost one 69 yo Board member to Covid.

Not sure how that would go. The judge denied it in this case (probably would prefer resident is shot or stabbed, not just punched for reporting a violation)

No. I’m on a different homeowner association Board. I just read that we do have a rule which doesn’t allow “disorderly, vulgar or inappropriate conduct”. The assaulted violated all three. I believe that will be a potential way for Board to approach this.

What kind of board asks its own residents to act as spies and take pictures of other residents?

I’m surprised somebody hasn’t sued the board for going way way way beyond its jurisdiction.

Agree with Augie. Call the violator to a hearing and fine him for bad conduct. Does your HOA have a way to double fines if the same violation occurs?

Does the attacker know who took his picture because he saw the person he punched take the pic?

Yes, attacker knows who provided the mask violation photo. It was a revenge attack. The Board president is saying it’s a police matter, but the police will never do anything since there was no damage (single punch to stomach- the assaulted person just took it without prolonged pain and called the police).

He likely saw the person photographing him.

Thanks, Gerry. It's too bad the attacker saw his victim take his pic.

We're a (200+ pop.) high rise and have a strict mask rule and limit elevator occupants to one household, or if only one is in a cab they may invite one more in it. Our lower floor residents are opting for the stairs.

We've had two household with the virus, at least as reported to our PM. In both cases the residents had recently travelled.

Thanks. Your rules are great, I wish ours were that safe. We have 3 forty year old elevators, at least one of which is always broken, compounding the risk. Need the vaccine ASAP.