Is there any point in telling the police?

[Runninghorse]

In 2020 a neighbour assaulted my partner after entering our property uninvited and then assaulted me when I intervened. The police were spectacularly useless and, despite the CPS agreeing to prosecute, failed to get the postal requisition in within the 6 month deadline so nothing went ahead. There have been several subsequent issues and I am very scared of the neighbour A - the police have continued to be useless and it appears that the police records are not complete. I have been told that the original investigating officer had his probation extended due to all the problems with the paperwork. The neighbour A has now assaulted another neighbour B ( who I don’t know). Is there any point in ringing 101 and suggesting that they may want to link the assaults? Is this even relevant or will the fact that he has assaulted two neighbours be treated completely separately?

I'm not sure but I know what it is to be afraid of a neighbour in this way. Mine was prosecuted but was found not guilty at trial.

Hopefully someone in criminal justice will be along to advise but I think what's relevant here is that the fresh assault on neighbour B has increased your fear of neighbour A. I think that's where you come in iyswim - badguy has not yet been dealt with in such a way as to "pack it in."

There is no harm in making your point. I have no idea how it works legally but the Police can advise you hopefully.

I would not phone 101 though, I would try to speak to a named officer - perhaps try to get hold of your local neighbourhood team or something, or the office who was invilved in your case originally.

agree try to get through to a real person.

My experience of the police is that if it isn't recorded on their log it didn't happen- so even stuff that I emailed to the original officer wasn't transferred to the log for the original incident and therefore they ignore. Despite an upheld complaint, this doesn't seem to have been corrected. Hearing about this new assault has upset me all over again. The fact that the police are so inept makes me feel very vulnerable

I hear you.

I was able to produce records of my decade-long efforts to get the police to help only when I myself was reported to them on a made-up complaint.

Have you considered consulting a criminal lawyer? I appreciate they mainly do defence work but this is still their world - they can advise..

@Runninghorse

My experience of the police is that if it isn't recorded on their log it didn't happen- so even stuff that I emailed to the original officer wasn't transferred to the log for the original incident and therefore they ignore. Despite an upheld complaint, this doesn't seem to have been corrected. Hearing about this new assault has upset me all over again. The fact that the police are so inept makes me feel very vulnerable

Yes I understand.

The government cutting 10,000 officers has really badly affected victims of crime

@rrhuth. I agree the police are overworked and underfunded. But there are systemic problems. The original assault was investigated by a probationary officer who was not aware of the 6 month time limit, which has to call in to question the quality of the training he received as that is fundamental knowledge. In addition, I made a complaint one month after the original assault, this was quickly and thoroughly investigated and my complaint was upheld - but nothing actually changed. There is something topsy turvey about a system which caninvestigate the complaint so efficiently but doing nothing to resolve the actual crime.