Can the police put a flag against you

[purpleme12]

A neighbour is trying to get my child into trouble yes there's backstory of harassment
I have a legitimate reason to make a complaint to the police about how the whole thing was handled. Can I ask for them to put a flag on our address that shows that if these people call they're just trying to get us into trouble just cos they want to?
I need a way to protect us

You have given very little relevant information, however if you want the police to put a flag saying to ignore any calls from your neighbours it won't happen.

If they have made an allegation which the police believe was malicious then it will be recorded as so.

Ok it doesn't matter just trying to find ways to protect us

Ok at least that's something I guess

Do they actually say that? Do they need proof or just their instinct?

The thing is you need to get context and language correct whatever you do. You need to keep records of whatever interactions you have which...... culminate in what you would consider to be a malicious report with no basis in reality etc. You haven't given enough info to know either way but what you need to do is record everything. Times, dates, interactions, who, what etc. At some point this might become harassment. Know what it is you want before you aim randomly. As a matter of course the police don't tend to have a giant book to mark down 'flags' against you. But what you can argue is that if they have called the police 3 times for what you see to be nefarious reasons then you're in a different territory.

It has been 3 times that we know of already yes (possibly more who knows)
It's already harrassment a long time ago unfortunately already almost 20 pages of log for all the good it's done me.
Thank you anyway just got to hope for the best

@coodawoodashooda

They would need some kind of evidence it was malicious. They wouldn't just record it willy nilly.

Can you install cameras on your property so you can show he isn't causing trouble?

That is my next thing on my list. Does anyone remember that article in the news where a neighbour ended up sueing another neighbour cos he'd recorded their conversations on his camera?
I'm not planning on doing this by the way but I honestly don't know what these people will do next to us...
How do I ensure they don't accuse us of this??

(cameras outside won't disprove or prove what they try to claim about us though)

You can cover your own property with cctv but not neighbours or public areaz.
If your cctv is showing your kid on your property that can disprove false allegations, no?

About some things yes which is why I'm looking into it.
But other things they they claim are not about stuff outside. So can't be proven or disproven by cameras (although police have told them it's not being taken further)
It's not worth going into the exact details there's been many threads when I've felt worried although there's still many details not on here of course

If you're trying to be cryptic you are succeeding.
you won't get relevant advice if you don't want to say specifics but broadly speaking the police are alert to malicious reports and do keep details so can refer back.

I have no specific advise - other than do put the cctv up on the door; it will prove he was home or not if it came to it, or if they ever came to the property if things were to escalate in some way. It sounds difficult OP.

There is a time limit in which you need to submit your complaint about the police if you feel something was mishandled, so make sure that you are adhering to this or you may be asked to justify why you chose not to make the complaint sooner. Be clear in your language, always stick with facts ( that which you can prove) though you of course can explain the impact whatever it was had on you or your family.

All you can do is report them should they behave unlawfully. It is not at all clear from your post what they're accusing him of from inside the house, so it's difficult how to advise how best to keep you safe.

No the police can't "put a flag on" someone to invalidate crimes they want to try to report and ultimately that is a good thing, even if it doesn't seem like it in this instance. They will be aware of the fact they are making allegations repeatedly and have told you no action is currently being taken. If your son is innocent then there should be nothing to worry about as they would need to prove beyond reasonable doubt he was guilty of what he is accused of.

20 pages and you're still dealing with all this?

You're going to have to be a bit more specific. Not so much that you reveal identifying details but it's very hard to offer advice based on what you've said.

For example imagine if these police visits have been made because a neighbour is worried about the wellbeing of your dc vs something very entirely different.

I don't trust the police with a single fibre of my being but I know that for administrative purposes they can be useful. If they've been called out to you 3 times now what did they say, what was it for? Why did they leave with no action taken? It's all very cloak and dagger

It really isn't cloack and dagger or cryptic. I'm ok with the responses. I'm not trying to be difficult or any of those things. If I went through everything that's happened and why it's not gone further (through no fault of my own) it would be a very long post. I've got what I needed from this particular thread. Thank you
(The police haven't been called out three times about us. They were called out once and reported us twice presumably to 101. All malicious. And yes it is very much something entirely different rather than the wellbeing of my DC. That's why it's harassment)

Obviously there are many other things that have happened to constitute harassment but as I say it's not necessary to Go through it all now. Thank you for the replies. I just have to protect myself as much as possible and hope for the best

Although can't help feeling a bit worried about the comment about not trusting the police now

What have the police said when they came out each time? My mum’s neighbour had a really nasty phase when she took offence with my mum and kept ringing the police about things like my mum touching her fence to get up. Each time they came the police said my mum had done nothing wrong. In the end I told the police they were fueling the neighbour’s fire by responding, and wasting time, and that id put a complaint in if it continued. We also sent a recorded delivery letter to the neighbour and another to her daughter, saying that the police had confirmed that my mum had done nothing illegal and if she continued to harass my mother by constantly reporting her we would take legal action. She stopped everything, and has been quiet since (she was 82 and mum was 72).