To ask why you've phoned the police?

Forgot, I have called 999 for the police when I was younger and got home and the house had been broken in to - I was alone so worried about going in in case someone was still in there. The operator was lovely on the phone and stayed on with me while I walked around making sure it was safe, then they sent police out.

cryinglaughing · Today 15:14 "Scruffers lamping in our field."

Well, I've Googled 'lamping', but what are 'scruffers'?

Never called 999 for police but did for fire brigade once when there was a van on fire down the end of our street!

A man was wandering on and off the road. He was a danger to traffic. Can picture him as I write, even though over 25 years ago.

Called the police when my ex disappeared with our daughter, he was supposed to return her at a certain time but just messaged to say he was lost in a national park and would not be able to bring her back. So I called the police to report a lost child (and her father) and funnily enough he became unlost soon after that.

Also called 112 several times to speak to emergency social services (they're part of the emergency services in my country, and you contact them via the same number as all the other services) about more incidents with my ex and our daughter.

Called an ambulance twice for my son, first time did not feel like an ambulance situation but when I called the health centre first to ask if I should bring him to be checked out after a fall they insisted I call an ambulance instead. Second time was a first febrile seizure and had to be taken in.

Called the police once on family member who was drunk and violent. It was unfortunate a regular occurrence during my childhood through to my late teens, but that was the only time I actually made the call.

Called ambulances numerous times for a different family member when they were unconscious/ non responsive.

Called an ambulance for a man I found unconscious out on the road when I lived in city centre.

I dialled 999 for the police when kids were climbing down an embankment next to a bridge onto a dual carriageway below and playing chicken with the traffic.

I'm not sure what happened as I had had to drive on to the next lay-by to get my phone out.

Scruffers lamping in our field.

Boy racers racing and filming themselves doing donuts etc on the country lane.

Man walking up hard shoulder of motorway.

Children playing chicken on the motorway.

When my 9yr old dd didn't come home from school. I had driven round, rang friends etc and was seriously worried where she had got to. It was about 5pm when I rang them.

When I was spun and pushed up the motorway by a HGV.

When I saw a man heading up the slip road on to the wrong side of a dual carriageway.

When we had the grass fires the other year and I could smell smoke in the house late at night. I searched all over but could not find the source.

When my dh lit a fire in a brazier and went out. Next thing I see is the brazier tipped over and the fire was rapidly approaching my horses stable. I was torn whether to fight the fire or rescue the horse. I rescued the horse and rand the fire brigade 😅

Seems like I'm a serial 999 caller 🤔😳

I rang them when my late exh went for me and2 of my 4 children with a knife. This was 23 years ago. They sent 2 men. They would not help me and my children and I had to leave our jointly tenanted house. I ended up homeless and eventually got a HA home but it took a long time. 6 months after the event, he launched himself at my car outside school as I was dropping off my DD5. I drove away terrified and 2 lovely women drove behind me. They rang the police once we'd parked up, and by the time they got there he was hammering on my car roof and windows screaming at me. They still did nothing. Just told him to go home. He then stole my car. They did nothing. I found it and got it back. Ditto phone.
I do hope things have improved for victims of DV.

23 times for DS who has ADHD and can be aggressive. We were advised to do so by the police, social services, the family worker we eventually had and also an ADHD parenting coach we work with.
We are having a period of relative calm at the moment which is partly due to us having learned more skills and partly we feel due to him having been quite seriously ill last month and not being quite himself.

Quite a bit. The ones I can remember:

Local Police Station (we don't have 101 here)
The local drunk smashing in his windows
The local drunk shouting abuse and threatening to kill a neighbour
The crazy woman over the road (also drunk, but has other issues) had another fight with her husband, came out the house with a massive kitchen knife and slashed all his tyres and wad waving it around
The woman above, same scenario but this time smashing his windows with her walking stick.
Idiot joyriders in the carpark behind my house. Multiple times.

In 1, they said they'd send someone, no idea if they did
In 2, they took well over an hour to show
In 3 and 4, they straight up said she was known to them and they weren't sending anyone. Young kids lived next door at the time. They moved. Can't blame them. (Side note, 2 coppers were at the house a couple days ago)
In 5 they say they'll send someone when they have someone

999
Ambulance a few times for my mam
Fire a couple times
Police (and other services - had several of each) when a stupid woman tried to dodge 3 lanes of 50mph traffic and went through my windscreen despite my best efforts to avoid her

When I was alone in the house and a man was trying to break in.

Have called 101 for a lone toddler found in the street.

Also 101 for an intoxicated man who was lying in the street outside our house, who became aggressive when we tried to help him.

I’ve called 999 once for myself during a domestic incident.

I think I've called 3 times
> a man beating up his girlfriend outside my house
> a woman trying to jump off a bridge
> to report an obviously drunk driver

999 - watched the house across the road being burgled ( this was in the late 90s so I don't think 101 was a thing )

999 - intruders in our house .

101 - walking home and came across a ( at midnight ) teenager screaming outside and stepfather screaming at her and locking her out and her friend out . Approached the friend asked if she needed help ... said her mum was trying to sort her a taxi ( mum had had a drink ) ... I still called 101 ... felt I was being a nuisance but 101 said I was not only caller ... stayed in background until police arrived then left

There was a gang of guys smashing in a van across from us one night, another night a gang of men all got out of a car and did what looked like a drug deal (different house). First time they took over an hour to come, second time they sped by after the car almost instantaneously

Only ever had to do it in medical emergencies, both because my mum and dad have had chest pains

I've only called it once - when the car in front of me skidded and slammed into the central barrier of the motorway. Very scary.

Oh my goodness, no police turned up when they were smashing her windows? That must have been so scary for her.

@DimplesToadfoot I'm so sorry that happened to you.

When they came out to 'scold' you and realised what had actually happened, did they at least apologise?

reading through these, it's amazing how crap 999 handlers can be if you don't know the postcode.
The machete in the park incident above "St James Churchyard, on the corner of X street & Y close" - yes, but what's the post code? - repeadedly.
I have what three words on my phone now, would use that.

I've called it so many times. Many medical incidents as well as needing the police, such as when someone tried to force entry into my house, when my ex attacked me, when I have heard neighbours arguing and the woman was shouting for him to get off her. I saw a man dragging his gf down the road by her hair, saw a woman drag her gf into their house by her neck etc.

So many more but that is what comes to mind.

Oh also when I had my windows smashed.

I’m sorry that post ended up massive!!!

I have had to call an ambulance for others twice too

Ihave a few times.

one when a group were attacking a local Asian shop/halal butcher shop. It stemmed from racism for the abuse I heard being shouted. There was blood in the street after so there must have been violence but as far as I found out no hospital treatment and mob were all arrested.

2 different times for separate neighbours (different years, different areas) where I heard domestic violence. Very glad I called the second time as I heard her leave with a suitcase in the middle of the night never to be seen again after the police had picked him up after my call.

two different times for another neighbour who (is an arsehole) but has quite severe mental health issues.

1st time
in the middle of the night for a psychotic episode where he was smashing up his flat breaking the glass then throwing stuff including tv and furniture out the top floor windows running in and out of the house and up and down the street screaming etc. police came and I assume he was sectioned as he disappeared for a couple of months before coming back looking much better.

2nd time
he started screaming out of his back windows at a landscaper I had hired who at that moment was taking a wheel barrow of gravel round to another part of the garden to lay.
as I went out to see if the gardener was ok and why the neighbour was shouting the neighbour had managed to run down two flights of stairs and was running down the pavement full speed at him. While the poor gardener had a shovel in his hand in front of his chest like a shield crying Jesus protect me from this devil. Evil will not prevail the lord will protect me.
I jumped in between them and unexpectedly seeing me caught neighbour off guard so he stopped dead (luckily for me) I then with the gardener behind my back managed to manoeuvre him to my front door to get him in the house while shouting for dp to call the police and bring me the phone all With neighbour Screaming that I was an ugly witchy bitch and I can’t stop him. by this time dp had also come out and while he was still screaming I think my previous interactions before this when I caught him out bullying another neighbour with vulnerabilities had meant he knew he wouldn’t get away with scaring or intimidating me and dp was also there so attacking wasn’t an option anymore.

i intervened without really thinking about it because I knew the gardener had been hired by the team because they knew him through church (my friend knew them through her church so recommended team to me) as he was the pastors son, he had sen issues and other issues so it was a way for him to be in work but protected by his fellow church members in a job he liked and it helped his confidence etc. so I knew he was completely unable to cope with something like this!

anyway police came dealt with neighbour (no arrest) they told me he was quite obviously unwell but unless gardener wanted to press charges he wasn’t going to be arrested and was stable enough that no section was appropriate.

I called the landscaping team with the poor man crying in my hallway and they arrived and took him home and I never saw him again but heard he was shaken but ok. They replaced him with their biggest roughest looking man who obviously neighbour completely left alone. I was mortified as had I known I would have warned them in advance. They were ok with me about it. I still feel terrible about it though!

this neighbour then went on to try the same with another a fencer in the street a couple of months later so it was the first time with me but became a pattern!

he also now screams at a local dog walker with a yapping dog so I think noise sets him off.