How long for police to deal with something?

[purpleme12]

If you've made a statement to the police and they said they'd do their enquiries and update us once done... How long is normal for a public order offence??
Because it's been almost 4 weeks and I'm starting to wonder why I did it. They don't care. When I try to get an update they just say it's awaiting an officer to be allocated

This must be so hard to deal with I’m really sorry.

You might wish to consider moving if that’s an option for you. I only say this with your child scared and it sounds like she will come across this person again.

Of course you shouldn’t have to move but looking longer term, is this person going to suddenly behave himself. He might not and even if he is prosecuted for a public order offence, any conditions or injunction put in place on him at Court may not stop his behaviour and the problem. rather than being resolved could still remain.

Thank you for your kind thoughts.

I really wish I had the money to move I really do.
I really wish we'd chosen another house or of course known about it so we didn't move her so I wouldn't have to put her through all this

OP does this person have MH issues? Or are they just doing this to intimidate?

Sorry OP. Neighbour disputes suck. Unfortunately the police is not the only sector that has gone downhill due to covid. We have to be so incredibly patient with every other business, I certainly don’t envy the police and emergency services because people need fast response (with very good reason, too). I would definitely phone up again and just explain the matter is ongoing and the person is behaving threatening and doing things like spitting in your garden etc and frightening your child. Keep chasing and don’t give up. I hope things improve soon, you sound so upset. 💗

No they are just a nasty intimidating person

Thank you for your kind words

Today my child threw one of her toys in their garden by accident (first time it's happened). I had already told her if this happens I wouldn't be going to get the thing. And I didn't. As I don't feel comfortable. So that was that.
It's obvious it's ours though as we're the only ones next to them.
Later on they decided not to throw in back into our garden and instead they threw it over past our back fence so that it goes into the path behind our garden. It is much easier to throw it into our garden. So that was done on purpose.
I have never been in a position like this before

I rang 101 again the person was very nice, said I had been waiting a long time and she could see someone had been appointed the case and she'd get them to call me and told me he days he was working. He didn't call me on those days it was well over a week after those days he called me.
But turns out there's not enough evidence for it to further. 😞
So he said he'd go round on Tuesday (meaning last Tuesday) and have a word instead. And then call me to let me know. Tuesday came and went and nothing. At the end of last week I found an email address and emailed to see if he'd gone and just not updated me or if he'd not gone at all yet. Someone emailed back straight away saying she can't see any further update on case so it doesn't look like he's been but she copied him in so he can see the email this Monday (Monday just gone). Not heard anything

So I'll give up on the police on this one.
I'll keep reporting if anything happens again but I won't expect anything to happen unfortunately