Yes, but one time did NOT turn out well.
Many years ago, when we were raising the first round kids, one of them was a chronic run away (long story which I'll skip.) Hubby and I would pass out flyers in the neighborhood looking for her. One night we were in a convenience store at a strip mall to ask them to put up a flyer. While there I saw a group of teens shop-lifting beer. I told the clerk and went outside. Well the teens didn't like that I told on them. Within minutes hubby and I were surrounded with a couple dozen teens who were taunting us and threatening us. A few teens even tried to hit hubby from behind. The clerk stood at the doorway of his store just watching and I kept yelling at him to call the police. Luckily the police did arrive but they came with their sirens on so the kids scattered.