The Weekly Gripe

Police do nothing when they turn up

Cops do nothing about my neighbour

Useless cops

They expect a level of respect, and yet they don't perform when it comes down to the crunch. Criminals are just getting off with a warning these days and they fail to act when a crime is committed.



Here's a gripe about police and crime! No wonder people flip out and kill their neighbours after months of abuse. What choice do they have when the police turn up and do absolutely nothing?

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29-3-2008" 1. Surely a police officer shouldn't wear stubble? 2. Why was he browsing magazines when on duty? 3. I think that the more formal "hello sir" would have been more appropriate " No offense but you seem like a bit of a prat, it doesn't take much to understand why an ...morefriend
21-11-2007The solution - AK47, when you can be be absolutely, positively sure of killin' every Mo Fo in the room!Razzer
20-11-2007tuffty,small comfort but your not alone.I live in the Durham area and we have the same type of brain dead hear.On one housing estate which is classed as a no go area there were 42 cars with tyres slashed in one night as well as damage to property and gardens.Elderly people would sit in the dark afra...moreHandyman
20-9-2007Not many people seem to know how many pensioners are murdered and these are the only ones I have heard about 74 pensioners murdered by thugs, many others seriously injured because the law and police have ASBO’s and a hundred other ways to let criminals off and other criminals let out of pri...moreMichael. Nottingham
20-9-2007for the past 5 months whe have also been having problems with one of our neighbours, he has been verbaly abusing our children every time they pass his house, and also verbaly abusing myself and my husband. Everytime It happend we phoned the police but as usual they did nothing at all to help us. Ab...moretuffty
22-8-2007We have a very busy local shop, we call the police more than 5 times a week to deal with theft, and abuse we have on a regular basis, we know who they are, they all belong to one family, and the police know who they are. when ever theres a crime in the area they are involved. Back 6 months ago we w...moreannon
21-8-2007I have been having trouble with my neighbours from hell for 9 years, I have been visited by the police on hundreds of occasions; never cautioned or given warnings for anything; the police tell me my neighbours are unstable and have mental issues. I have recently removed the front edge of my garde...moreAnonymous
18-7-2007If you have recently bought the house, then look to see what the vendors put in answer to the question 'Any problems with neighbours'. This includes children's behaviour. You can sue them for your money back plus costs if they did not tell the truth.Quiet law abiding neighbour.
18-7-2007invoke the highways act 1980 section 161. The council will not help, it is a law that can be enforced by the police. Web police database states that it is an offense to play any gane on the highway including pavement which annoyes another road user. ( You are a road user if you are on the pavemen...morekids I like, brats I hate.
16-7-2007For all these problems you should contact Environmental Services at your Local Council or speak to your Antisocial Behaviour Team and the police also. Don't think of handling the situation on your own but get help from other neighbours too, and together collect some evidence (sometimes the ev...moreSuperBambinoCattivo
15-7-2007like someone said create a diary of what happens and when then mail them to the police with a letter saying how anoyed you are. send the same letter with everything and leave all your details so they can get in touch with you if they dont keep sending letters untill they do somthing about itno one u know
28-6-2007Create a diary of all events.Write registered, self addressed enveloped,letters to the chefs of police. Ask for an explanation. Go to the police complaints committee. Write to your local magistrate. And if all else fails bake some cakes with splinters of glass in them, wrap them nicely and leave th...moreperplexed and angry



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