PITTSBURGH -- People living on Carson Street on Pittsburgh’s South Side have started videotaping what they see going on after dark.

They have taped drunks, fights and other disgusting acts happening right outside their homes.

Target 11 investigator Rick Earle got an exclusive look at the surveillance video.

Earle said police are cracking down. During the past several weeks, police issued more than 300 citations for violations ranging from loud music to urinating in public.

Neighbors said it's a start, but they are still taking matters into their own hands.

Perched in a window in his home on the South Side, Todd Nelson captured the action on Carson Street with a video camera.

Nelson is fed up with the chaos and he's documenting every disgusting detail on camera.

Nelson said, “It's pretty interesting stuff . If it wasn't so tragic and in front of my house it would be funny.”

Nelson moved to Pittsburgh from Atlanta last year.

Earle asked Nelson, “Did you realize what it would be like?”

Nelson responded, “No.”

Susan McCoy moved to the South Side three years ago.

She told Earle, “We have fights with women and we watch couples having sex out on the streets. I’ve had men twice my size and half my age threaten to beat me up.”

Earle asked McCoy, “What happened? How did it get so out of control?”

McCoy replied, “I moved here two and half years ago, four or five bars have opened. I'm talking about 600 occupancy, 1,000 and some smaller.”

During the past year, McCoy and others living on the South Side have been putting pressure on city leaders to take action.

The city established a task force that is still working on solutions.

One night the mayor showed up to see for himself.

Barbara Ernsberger is a member of the planning commission.

Earlier this year the commission unanimously approved a measure to limit the number of bars on the South Side.

Ernsberger believes more can be done to help the residents. She would like to see permit parking as a way to restrict visitors.

McCoy said, "I love living in the city and I just want the city to love me being here. I want them to care about my safety and my well-being."

In the past month police have cited 90 people for urinating in public, 19 for violating the open container law and eight bars were cited for violating the noise ordinance.