Have you ever reported someone

[yajustneverknow]

I've started this thread today after name changing just in case.

I live in a shitty town that is rife with county line drugs and crime, I'm sick to death of it. I know someone..well many in fact, who are drug dealing and money laundering. I was very close to reporting them to crimestoppers last night but stopped myself out of fear of being found out despite the website saying a report is anonymous.

A friend of mine is up to their eyes in mess with drugs and debt with this person. I'm not absolving their role they play in all this but they have an addiction and in a bit of rut. Their dealer/money launderer is threatening violence against their elderly innocent relatives if debt isn't paid and it makes me so angry. Would you report it? Have you reported anything to crimestoppers, if so what was the outcome? Shall I just leave it?

I know the common theme here is ‘mind your own’ but honestly if we all stood up for other people’s safety more often then surely some of that would pay off.

If it’s anonymous, I would. Maybe start the phone call by asking them more about the anonymous part of it. Or try and word it in a way that it wouldn’t be able to be linked back to you.

This why kids get abused, women suffer DV and animals get mistreated - because people don't speak out.

I'd' dob them in' in a heartbeat OP, but at the end of the day it's your decision.

Thanks for your replies.

I know the details for absolute certain, I don't know where they live but they are known to the police already so surely it couldn't be that hard to track down. Will the police take it seriously do you think? Realistically will they look into it going off a name?

Honestly I'm just so sick of society, scumbags getting away with all sorts.

I think that the more that decent people stand up together against scumbags, the better society will be..

I've previously reported, culminating in a drugs raid and jail sentence. And I'd do it again.

I haven't hesitated in the past. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time is my motto.

The culture of not "grassing" sickens me. Particularly around the recent murder of Olivia Pratt Korbell.

These aren't big time mafioso gangsters, they're scrawny, shitty, feckless rats who think they're above the law, haw no respect for anyone or the law, and a prison sentence isn't the deterrent to them that it would be to a normal person. They deserve everything they get. They wouldn't hesitate to shit on you to get what they want.

I'd love to see them get their comeuppance, the jail time probably isn't a deterrent to them but the lifestyle they live will be if they lose it, also their very good job. I'm not in anyway jealous of their lifestyle so the report wouldn't be because of that. You're all right, it's about time society stepped in a bit more if we can.

The other problem I've got is there are actually loads of people I could report. Some linked to friends and their families.

I called the police on a friend drunk driving once. She came to my house with her kids for a party and got very drunk. Called her husband to pick her up, he turned up and was falling and slurring. Huge argument where I offered to pay for a taxi and they refused. We agreed the children would stay the night because I wasn’t letting them go in the car with them. Then called the police when they left. The friendship was over at that point anyway. My grandfather was killed by a drunk driver, I can’t stand people who are so stupid and selfish to risk their lives and others like that.

My ex was dealing drugs-the hard stuff
i know at least two people died from his actions-he sold the drugs to them
i know he was only a small cog in a much larger wheel but I’d had enough of him trying to control me,the dv,he never paid for his kids and he was an all round twat
i reported him-nothing happened for ages-then there was a massive drugs sting-he got 7 years-7 full years of nothing from him,until he got out
he still tries to get under my skin but he can’t-i won’t allow him
i hope my info helped but I doubt it

I reported a drug dealer to my local councillor and said I didn’t want to get involved. He said he would report it to the police. Now I am worried I caould be asked for a witness statement. This was over 3 weeks ago .Would I have heard from police by now?