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Jayy Mr. Ponzi
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Posted: 17:19 - 08 Apr 2017 Post subject: Phoning the police |
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When was the last time you phoned the police?
What for?
What happened?
Mine was on Wednesday last week, heard loads of noises in the allotments behind the house (which are locked at night, so people were in there). About 6 months prior to this, some little cunts broke in all the sheds, tried garages and did the bowling green and stole a £3,000 generator thing from the allotments.
I could hear them talking to each other quietly and trying to move / drag something about.
Police didn't answer the phone (101) at first, then took a load of details off me, said there was a burglary in progress and they were there now.
1.5 hours later, a plod car rolls in the street, parks outside my house for 20 seconds, then drives off.
Prior to that, was about the attempted break in to my garage and they didn't even come out, not even to any of the neighbours either (who had mountain bikes, lawn mowers n stuff nicked from sheds).
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Commuter_Tim World Chat Champion
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Posted: 17:34 - 08 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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A couple of years ago, was in town grabbing my usual Chicken Cottage.
Amidst a lot of screaming, some dirty drunk smackhead decided to grab his smackhead wife by the hair and smash her head into the large window several times.
Not sure if Popo turned up or not, the scumbags went about their way and I went home to eat Chikkuns.
This is probably the only situation I wouldn't just jump in myself, I don't get involved in Radgey domestics.
Did I read incorrectly or did you say you tried 101 first for a robbery in progress?
Isn't that what 999 is for? ____________________ The above post is most likely nonsensical.
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Ste Not Work Safe
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Posted: 19:26 - 08 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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I can't actually remember the last time I phoned them. Maybe a couple of times re stolen vehicles and well over 5 years ago, but they never show up for that.
A couple of times back in the late 90s/early 2000s, the police have been phoned by other people on my account - relationships with nutters, I dunno how I attract them. *
In 2005 the police once famously phoned us to tell us they were coming round to escort an ambulance that had been called when my crazy ex took an overdose of Temazepam. His name was flagged as being "difficult" and so they showed up whenever his name popped up on the Emergency Services.
But he was a gargling lump on the floor, and it took several of them and the ambulance guys to get him into the ambulance anyway.
*luckily the current one seems relatively sane, but then, compared to those last two, almost anyone would! ____________________ Not nearly as interesting in real life. |
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Posted: 21:54 - 08 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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On the cover blurb for Wasting Police Time is this sage phrase: "This book will put you off calling the police more than anything except for calling the police".
As someone who works and associates with The Police, I'd call them:
101 to get a crime number for insurance or self-enforcement.
999 in ultimate extremis, once I've shot off the quiver, thrown the axes, and sundered all the swords. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 22:06 - 08 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Last time I called them was on 101 to let them know someone had turned up and was attempting to repair/start the untaxed, uninsured, unroadworthy, known-to-police-flagged car that I reported as being abandoned in front of my business premesis 3 days previously. Just in case they, you know, wanted to catch someone bang to rights in posession of said car.
It would appear they did not. A solo PCSO drove past about 3 hours later. About 15 minutes after they got it sucessfully started and drove off in a squeal of clutch (yes they were working on it for 2h 45 minutes). I'm not sure if the drive past was related or if they just happened to be there. Being a PCSO, they'd have been fuck-all use anyway, I'm 100% confident the scrotes in question would have piled into the other car and driven off, leaving us back at square 1. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Posted: 23:03 - 08 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Jayy wrote: | This is the thing, people call the plod cunts and then someone replies, "Yeah but you need them when someone attacks you / your family, etc".
I'm not so sure, when you do actually need them, they don't fucking turn up. |
I don't remember the last time, if ever, that I've called them, however about five years ago I had a distressed call from my daughter about a prankster door knocker who'd scared the shit out of her.
I lived about a mile away and there was a police depot type thing (used to be a station but was now a gym/offices thanks to cut backs) about half way there. So I dropped into the gym and asked them for help, they didn't seem too bothered....until I mentioned that I was headed there on foot and they had about five minutes to find the culprits before I did. Two cars arrived at the front door just as I did, I took off round the block whilst one drove round, they beat me to it in warning the offender, which was very fortunate as I was in the middle of a three year psychotic breakdown!!!
I don't expect for one minute that they would have turned up had I asked them nicely. Mind you, it'd probably a bit different now as someone was stabbed on the kid's doorstep about two years ago and at least three properties within, literal, spitting distance have been busted recently for growing 'stuff'. Their mother bought a lovely house in a right shitty neighbourhood!! ____________________ Make mine a Corona. |
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Posted: 04:12 - 09 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Few weeks ago. Watched guy get smashed by a group of guys with a pole.
Called them and said ambulance also, but guys with pole in town attacking people...Ain't game.
They spent a good 10 minutes talking, fuck talking, pull your fingers out and get down here sharpish.
Guy ended up with brain damage |
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Posted: 15:50 - 09 Apr 2017 Post subject: |
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Hi
Think the last time I rang them was when I was first on the scene of a bike accident on my way to work. Rider was barely concious lying face down in the hedge. Called for an ambulance and the police. They did turn up.
A couple of years after that our neighbour called the police for us when they spotted someone nicking things from our back garden. Police turned up a few days later to take a statement. Despite having the registration number of the van used they did next to nothing; it was a month before they decided whether it was worth putting the registration number out to be pulled up if seen.
All the best
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 10 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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