[Closed] I love bugging the police but they bug me back

You really *must* be bored - is there nothing on telly?!

I once reported a **** of a driver on my journey home. I saw him doing the same ridiculous overtakes two days later, they'd clearly done **** all!!

Yup, I am bored. Husband is watching die hard. <not what I reported to the police>

Wrighty you should have taken the law in your own hands and pooped in his shoes!

Yikky I a mother Hubbard!

Booooooooosh

You gotta love a bit of Bruce tho!! What channels it on btw? Might have to throw the switch 😉

I duuno, 1? You've missed most of it

I got a Market Research call today asking how my dealings with North Wales police went when I reported my bike stolen. I'd usually tell these kinda calls to go hassle someone else on my day off. But I thought it was pretty good that the cops are (forced to be?) self-aware enough to be bothered about my opinion of them! I gave them 7/10 tbf. I actually got this call yesterday and put 'em off till today cos I couldn't be bothered, and the call reminded me that I had better inform the cops that I have recovered my bike! The fact that it is still a "live" case no copper has pulled me over for spotting my "stolen" bike being ridden about here, a mile from where it was "stolen" shows exactly how easy it is to pinch a bike and get away with it and how non-plussed the cops are about it. It's only a bike.

Kevevs - Member

The fact that it is still a "live" case no copper has pulled me over for spotting my "stolen" bike being ridden about here, a mile from where it was "stolen" shows exactly how easy it is to pinch a bike and get away with it and how non-plussed the cops are about it. It's only a bike.

It's nothing to do with being "only a bike"- do you think all the coppers could walk around with a list of nicked bikes and check it every time they see anyone cycling? Cars have number plates for easier recognition but even then they don't routinely check cars (unless they have ANPR kit).

Would you look at yourself, riding on your bike, and think "Wonder if that's stolen?"

no. I didn't expect too much really. What can they do? That's why I gave 'em a pretty good review to the market research company. I thought I was dealt with very well. They followed it up as much as they could.

Fair dos- I misunderstood your tone obviously, apologies for that.

no worries. Got no probs with the cops on this occasion. but my number got passed on to a market research company. I thought cops dealt with your info confidentially?

emma82 - you don't live in Nottingham and call yourself 'Queen Bee' by any chance do you?

emma82 -define "seems a bit 'weird' or odd to me if I see it," I'm curious what you're reporting? In the name of boredom and that!..

I tried out the non-emergency number today for the first time.

Went out to screwfix to replace my angle grinder that packed in and when I got back 40 minutes later there was a silver PC tower on the pavement that wasn't there when I left.

Had a look at it, no "please help yourself" note and not trashed so called the old bill. Said I would wait outside - amazingly no one really looked at it and just walked past. After 20 minutes I was getting bored and the Police called to say no one was in my area - I am sure I passed a couple 5 minutes away just sitting in their cars. The woman asks me to take it into my house and they would pick it up tomorrow. Then just as I try and pick it up without smudging any prints on normal pick up points or leaving any of my own a police car drives past, typical! Flag him down and he says he was passing anyway so thought he would see if it was still there.

It was some horrible silver case with blue lights - obviously a custom built thing but no idea on the spec. I got the impression they thought I was a bit mad for reporting it as most people would ignore it or help themselves. It may not have been the newest thing around but it still could have been someones PC with all their pictures etc on.

give you 30 quid for it andyl. 35 max.

I walked home, 1030 odd pm, guy sat on ground playing with bike, try's to speak to me, I ignore. Then, just up road two polish guys pull up in car, block my path, try to speak to me. Again I ignore, they watch me, then pull on to road and drive off. Prob doesn't seem weird to you reading this but felt a bit 'set up' because they said,'oh is that boyfriend, have you fallen out, what's wrong' and pulled into someone's drive to block my path. They were young, seemed like been drinking and were in a rather nice car. Just spooked me as they had to go to so much trouble to block my way.

No I'm not queen bee :/

You cant expect much from plod, it`s not a job that needs much in the way of brain power .Listen to the senior police who find it hard to string a few words together on tv

Kevevs - throw in a Snickers and it's yours! 😀

nice one. It'll be better than this thing I'm using and could be a few gig of free porn!

You cant expect much from plod, it`s not a job that needs much in the way of brain power .Listen to the senior police who find it hard to string a few words together on tv

From someone who struggles with the concept of a full stop? 😕

V8ninety - it's saturday night, we've been out on bikes, we're knackered, some of us are chilling out and lackadaisical with our punctuation. I wouldn't worry about it.

😆

first thing I thought when I saw it was "I wonder if there is any home made porn on there". Bet they will have a good nose down the station! Actually the possibility of it having something illegal on there did cross my mind. Think I would have to burn the whole PC if I found something seriously wrong on there.

Accidentally come across a few corkers on peoples PCs over the years.

Funniest had to be when I was installing a network in a house for some other students (old days before wireless and running cat5 up and down 5 storey houses). Setting up one of the PCs and as I move the mouse up the Start menu up pops the guys recent documents list full of porn jpegs. Guy was standing next to me looking mortified so I bit my lip and carried on with what I was doing and had a good chuckle about it later.

well that description (emma) sounds quite intimidating so fair enough.

I used to install 999 call centres. I'd normally stay around for a week or two bottoming out the little problems with the system once it went live. The ridiculous things that people bother emergency services with is beyond belief. I gained a strong understanding from that work that what some people consider an emergency, is a day to day occurence for other people.

Some people have very, very uneventful/risk free lives.

People would phone up to say they'd lost their camera. Not stolen, but lost in the house. They would expect a policeman to turn up to help them look for it.

Not remembering where they parked their car was a good one too.
See also.... Dog has got out, a man looked at me funny, a black man has walked past my house, my son argued with me and then stormed out, I found a traffic cone on my car roof.... and other assorted silliness.

Anyway, to the OP. My son got beaten up in the local park. Not pushed around, but beaten up by a gang of around ten lads. They all took turns punching him. Police response..... We can come round tomorrow....

Yeah, thanks.

be fair Samuri " "seems a bit 'weird' or odd to me if I see it," A ****in huge nuclear bomb on a flatbed with "evil muslim henchmen" written on it in dayglo capitals may have been passing emma82's house and she was under-reacting. I'm just curious what she's bothered about and why to call the fuzz.

emma82 - you don't live in Nottingham and call yourself 'Queen Bee' by any chance do you?

Premier Road fruitcake 🙄

edit: sorry emma, re-read this thread and missed the bit where you explained it above. I don't know really, if you feel uneasy enough and intimidated enough. maybe they were trying to be friendly though in their own special way!? I dunno if cops were necessary, I'm not you. Don't be intimidated by young lads. They just don't know how to communicate properly.

lackadaisical with our punctuation. I wouldn't worry about it.

I think I've been very fair in my opinion of the police in this thread V8ninety. And also with the market research guy who is actually doing it for a job.

[b]kevevs[/b]

+1.

Don't think he has actually read what you wrote

I think I've been very fair in my opinion of the police in this thread V8ninety.

lol! this thread is just passing time till I hit the sack.. I feel a bit bad now though that I missed the bit where Emma82 explained the bit why she called the cops n stuff. bedtime for me! but basically relaxing and watching die hard is no biggie for the cops.

Just to be clear, I didn't ring 999, I rang the local desk. I (judgypants on here) thought they'd been drinking and did not think it looked a car either lad could afford iyswim.

Oh and I didn't report it to the police because I was bored, I started the thread because I was bored. I think perhaps I was being a bit judgemental, I kinda thought the car might have been a bit nicked :/

Listen to the senior police who find it hard to string a few words together on tv

I take it you have had media training then? It is actually rather hard to do a piece to camera and I've seen incredibly bright and capable senior people go to bits when faced with a friendly journo and a camera.

Just to be clear, I didn't ring 999, I rang the local desk. I (judgypants on here) thought they'd been drinking and did not think it looked a car either lad could afford iyswim.

Oh and I didn't report it to the police because I was bored, I started the thread because I was bored. I think perhaps I was being a bit judgemental, I kinda thought the car might have been a bit nicked :/

Sounds like you did the right thing, you've not reported it as an emergency and the police can decide if they think it's worth doing anything about or not. Hopefully they decided it was 'cos drunk youths in a potentially stolen car, who are also intimidating people is probably not going to end well!

Having just spoken to someone who lives down the road they sound to be the same people who live around this road but have been doing some odd things lately and are known to the police anyway so I'm not feeling bad that I did it now, which I did a bit after kevkevs comment:

. maybe they were trying to be friendly though in their own special way!? I dunno if cops were necessary, I'm not you. Don't be intimidated by young lads. They just don't know how to communicate properly

The Polish (males) love their cars, I've had some working for me that drive BMWs, Audis and VWs, so you probably had nothing to be concerned about in that respect.

Although,

'I love bugging the Police'

Are you 16?

Fair enough. Was impressed with the police though, they checked round then rang back to check I was ok and say what they did. :). Police in one part of the city have a twitter account and tweet what's going on locally, anything from random calls like mine, to domestics to fires/accidents. Not 100% sure if its legit but it's a fab idea.

Lol no I'm not 16, thread title as a bit toungue in cheek as I actually don't like doing it but a policeman once said to me that if your gut instinct is that something isn't right right then report it as you'd be amazed how many crimes are solved or supported by someone ringing to say 'I saw someone acting a bit odd' etc....