What would you do.

[cris_408518]

Family friends have been looking after the house of their friends daughter who has been away on Holiday. The house was burgled last year and their has been a lot of crime in the neighbourhood.

Ususal thing of feed the cat and water the house plants and make sure nothing has been left sticking out of the letter box.

On Saturday the couple stopped at the house to find the ladies car had been broken into and trashed, the windows had been bricked.

So what would you do ?

They called the Police-

Amongst other things they were asked after explaining their position.

"Why are you calling"

"What's it to do with you"

"Why are you bothering us when it's not yours"

"Well, it's got nothing to do with you, SIR"

"What do you expect us to do when it's not yours"

"Don't waste our time, get the owner to call us if you want"

After explaining again that the owner is away on holiday -

"Well"

"That's not are problem"

"What are you to do with it"

"Do you have permission to be at the house and why hasn't the owner bothered to call"

Apparently after the 4th call the Police agreed to attend and issue a crime number but seemed more concerned that the friends were in someone elses house and reporting a crime that had nothing to do with them.

 

[LMH]

Did they initially ring 999 and get put through to the police by control? Or, did they ring their local police station directly?

Did they document the time of the three previous phone calls?

Did they get the name/s of police officers who were rude to them on the three previous calls?

If the answers to the above are 'yes', then I would get the name of the Inspector for that police station and phone and make an appointment to go and see him/her and raise their concerns.

In my opinion if what has been written is true, I think a complaint by your family friends and an apology from the police is in order.

I house sat a couple of years ago and had to ring the police because a crime had taken place at the property and I didn't have any problems whatsoever with the police.

Lisa

 

[cris_408518]

My wife and I are both away and have neighbors caring for our animals and house as I guess many others do at this time of the year.

We've done the same for others in the past as I guess many have.

The couple who called the Police are retired and quite upset that the young ladies car had been damaged whilst they were in charge.

I don't know who was called first, but they feel as though they have been treated like trouble makers and criminals as they've been questioned as to why they would be having anything to do with something that is not theirs and as to why they have the keys to the house.

Surely it is common practice to have keys to friends or neighbours homes and to keep an I on them.

They just wanted to report the crime and get the car covered due to the damaged windows and insurance so assumed the police would be interested.

A lady from some sort of "Victim Support" service has called on them today to get a report on how their calls were treated and a local councillor has taken up the case as the police are supposed to have some sort of local drive against crime iniative.

Where we lived before Police would not attend house break ins if no one was injured or threatened!