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My 72 year old mum is being victimised. However, it's a Bank Holiday
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My mum walked into her sitting room this morning only to see a five inch diameter hole in her window and glass all over the carpet. This is now the fourth time her windows have been shot at in a year. This is frightening and upsetting her.
She phoned the police and was told that they wouldn't send anyone out because this wasn't a repeat crime. My mum argued that it was and the woman on the phone became impatient with her and said "We can't record crimes if you don't report them, can we". She said there was no record of any previous incidents.
My mum had to find an old note book where she had recorded the other crime/incident numbers. The woman on the phone then said, "Oh, how do you spell your name again?" My mum started to spell out her surname and the woman said, "No, I mean your first name". She had spelled my mum's first name slightly wrong and couldn't find her information. Even though she had all her other info including her full postal address.
After all that the woman said they won't be sending out a policeman because it's a Bank Holiday.
Huh!
She phoned the police and was told that they wouldn't send anyone out because this wasn't a repeat crime. My mum argued that it was and the woman on the phone became impatient with her and said "We can't record crimes if you don't report them, can we". She said there was no record of any previous incidents.
My mum had to find an old note book where she had recorded the other crime/incident numbers. The woman on the phone then said, "Oh, how do you spell your name again?" My mum started to spell out her surname and the woman said, "No, I mean your first name". She had spelled my mum's first name slightly wrong and couldn't find her information. Even though she had all her other info including her full postal address.
After all that the woman said they won't be sending out a policeman because it's a Bank Holiday.
Huh!
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On a serious note, it's ridiculous, just seems like the police force aren't interested in doing their job in the first place.
I would keep phoning until I got someone decent.
My windows have been shot at before as well. Once was the afternoon of a big party my mum was throwing that evening
Repeat crime?????
If they take that to a logical conclusion, does it mean that they wouldn't send anyone out until someone had been murdered for the second time then????
What??!!
'Calls like this' ? The poor woman's had her window shot through for the 4th time.
Whereas racial diversity training is really time and money well spent then is it??
Last time I looked, the police's role was crime detection and law enforcement.................. or am I missing the point???
Now look, you! This is serious thread and I'm sitting here, reading away, feeling really sorry for the OP's mum and beginning to feel quite angry on her behalf; then you go and post that and make me lol!
sketcher, I hope your mum is ok. I'd contact the local press, it's often amazing how quickly that causes a change of attitude.
Is it local youngsters that is behind these incidents? If so what are the local authorities and police doing about them?
Don't let your mother be another statistic, you fight for her and her right to live in peace. Contact your ward councillors or MP to see what can be done to help her.
If you want anything from this country in the way of help you have to fight for it. Too few people to sort and fix far to many problems.
You are forgetting that we PAY their wages via council tax.
If we are paying for a service,we expect to see results and quickly.
Otherwise,what is the bloody point?
Obviously.
I'd be interested to hear what they have to say about the ignorant officer who took this poor woman's call.
Sorry Cazkins!!
I'm not really!!
We don't pay them enough! I could cry when I hear that officers got less than 2% and look how food etc. has shot up (sorry pun not intended). Our officers eat a lot as well due to the nature of their work. Poor mites have to eat crap like macdonalds etc. Who else would do such a difficult job? I wholeheardedly take the side of the police here.
Sadly the OP's experience with Police is one that is coming up more and more on these forums, and I would personally keep pursing it with the Police. But with treatment from the Police like this, it wouldn't surprise me if people soon turn to vigilantism to uphold respect and law in the community, which the Police seem to be doing less of.
Why on earth do these 'poor mites' eat any more than anyone else?
You're on a wind up, right
Is there a Police "Neighbourhood Team" you could contact?
Nigel
The ones I have met are serially incompetent and try to turn you into the criminal instead of going about and doing their jobs properly.
I would never phone the police again but I can't get a rebate on my council tax.
It should paid by result. That way they would get off their fat arses and do something instead of eating doughnuts all day.
Absolutely not and I can't believe that you are not taking me seriously. The police are bogged down with paperwork (sorry pun not intended) and that makes you hungry. They can only pop into fast food premises for their lunch etc. where they justifyably get consessions. Poor buggers.
They're probably on a survival weekend in the Peak District - babysitting the Youth Action Team and building a raft with the Racial Diversity Team!!!!