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Quite a few years back when I took a break from reality shall we say, they were absolutely professional when they arrested me. Dealt with me fairly, professionally and looked after me in custody until I could be placed somewhere more appropriate. Since that darker period I've had a few professional interactions with them and again, nothing but professional. I have a few former colleagues now in the police, they are top drawer people and are having good second careers.
Huge respect for the job they choose to do and the work they do to keep people safe. Their resource constraints border on criminal.
Do PCSOs give out parking tickets? I thought that was council wardens?
This particular one has a scooter with PCSO written all over it. Previously I've asked him to monitor our crossroad as cars go through on red lights while pedestrians are crossing on the green man. ( a schoolgirl was knocked over while supposedly safe to cross, so there is a real problem. Apparently it's a council problem FFS.)
He always says he doesn't have time. All he ever does is write parking tickets.
Well, just reading a few replies on here to the OP’s situation.. seems like they are happy to accept the current shortage of police and their response to the OP’s situation.
And that my internet friends is what you are up against.
Pointing out the problem with Police resourcing doesn't mean we accept it or are happy about it
Well, just reading a few replies on here to the OP’s situation.. seems like they are happy to accept the current shortage of police and their response to the OP’s situation.
No one has claimed they’re happy with it.
seems like they are happy to accept the current shortage of police and their response to the OP’s situation.
Citation required. If you can smell crap, it's because you're holding the wrong end of the stick.
One of my best mates was a coppoer, he was quite senior in Merseyside police
He's no longer a copper and has a low opinion of the police, tho he blames lack of resources for their problems
But the ultimate reason he left was over some Line Of Duty level corruption that got covered up, depressing stuff
Hes now a crime & rehab consultant or something
Kimbers. Stab in the dark but are your mates initials MB?
It's interesting, for me. I'm a massive capitalist and believe people should be rewarded if they own/lead companies. At the same time I think it's shocking what early stage police/nurses/paramedics/even doctors get paid. Why would you study for 7 years to work a genuinely hard job to get paid less than if you just got a job in finance?
That has to be wrong.
We have friends who own a shop in Epsom (4 miles away) and they were hit by the same people who did us. They must be doing the whole area.
My experience with one of Lincoln's 'finest' has certainly coloured my view.
Being man-handled by an oaf in uniform - for no good reason.
Good news is....it didn't end well for him following complaint to PCC and chief constable.
Definitely sounds like they may be preying on east targets, hopefully they’re caught soon.
seems like they are happy to accept the current shortage of police and their response to the OP’s situation.
No one on this thread has said that.
Shoplifting is rife down here in Torquay. On several occasions , whilst in sports direct ( yeah , yeah I know that’s a crime in itself 😁), I have watched guys stuffing stuff up their tops, in their bags etc. I just told the guy on the door what they had done, and left it up to them to sort out. None of my business ? Perhaps ? It just pisses me off when I see it happening in front of me.
There are tradesman getting their vans broken into and their whole livelihoods stolen , thousands of pounds at a time, and yet it appears the police do not have the “resources” to investigate. Just hand out a crime number and that’s the end of it.
So these gangs are getting more brazen , doing it in broad daylight, attacking people who try to intervene. Clips all over you tube / face book. One particular gang using the same mondeo for getaway, stealing anything from tools , to doing over a courier van . All in broad daylight. Jesus , i had a rear brake light out and I got stopped for that, yet this lot are driving round in a car with a smashed back screen.
I would just post your cctv on social media. If you can get stills of their faces, print off a couple of wanted posters. It would probably put you in the wrong , but it could also highlight the total unjust of the system.
My local police have been brilliant in dealing with an on-going issue I have with an ex with mental health issues (she basically hears voices winding her up that I'm doing various things either against her or people she knows and then pays me a visit).
Even before she started damaging my car and house they insisted I call 999 rather than 101 whenever she showed up and the response has always been quick (I think the longest was about 20 minutes but that was on a Saturday night). I have called 101 instead a couple of times (when she's not done any damage on a visit but I still need to log it officially) and that's sometimes a bit odd (e.g. get a text from them at 2am a few days later asking if it would be convenient for them to call me to discuss) but I guess it's just someone working through a night-shift dealing with a backlog of calls.
The paperwork seems insane but their systems seem to be modernising at least (the last time I was able to upload CCTV to their web-site and they used it in interview a couple of hours later).
Not once have I got the impression they weren't treating this whole mess seriously (even though every time it's been different officers responding) even if I'm a bit embarrassed myself at times with taking up their time when I assume they've got more serious stuff to deal with. I also don't envy them having to deal with so many mental health related cases these days, must take a huge amount of patience and understanding
Had my bike stolen last year under full view of city centre Cctv cameras. The guy who does this is very well known and has been nicked with a shed load several times..
Phone call from plod "when was bike stolen"
"not sure between 9 @ 5"
"Ohhh its policy, we don't have resources to review footage longer than 2 hours"
Me "Well just fast foward till it's not there anymore".
Long mute pause " No sorry it's policy"
It seems to me there is very much a postcode lottery on this sort of stuff.
I had a scooter that some scrote attempted to steal - cop response very good including trying to get fingerprints off it ( apart from they carted it off to their pound and that cost me £105 to get it back!)
I had an attempted theft of bike parts - again good response
3 road rage incidents - good response including review of CCTV
I reported noise in the office below me at 3am that I thought was burglers. cops here within minutes, turned out to be cleaners!