Hidden camera found. What to do?

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My daughter’s friend has just found a hidden camera attached to a power bank in her bedroom. She shares a house with others from uni. What should she do immediately? Trying to prevent mistakes so that they can find the fuc*er who planted it.

Its not better as you shouldn't be using up 999 line on a non-emergency. It slows down the ability of the call handlers to respond to real emergencies.

By ' crime in progress' they mean things like a burglar in your home - something the police could stop immediately by turning up. The police cannot do that here. There will need to be an ongoing investigation.

Didn't take the misogynist long either.

This is an absolutely absurd response and your attempt to portray appropriate use of an emergency response line as 'misogyny' is a transparently weak attempt to shore up a poor argument.

Women who actually are in immediate danger from men, need the 999 line to be left free for them to get through immediately.

I would guess it was planted by a housemate

Contact the police - GOV.UK

"Call 999 if you are reporting a crime that is in progress or if someone is in immediate danger."

Oh my God, you absolutely numpty. Do you have no skills in context or comprehension at all?

Quite clearly they are talking about instances where if the police attend rapidly they can stop the crime from being committed, or catch the perpetrator in the act, or as they are trying to escape ( that is why seeing tyres being slashed ,in the example given by pp, was a 999 call).

The reasoning skills shown by people on this thread are shocking. Some seem to think that 999 reflects the severity of the crime - hence all the ' oh my god you misogynist - its a sex crime!' comments.

999 does not primarily reflect the severity of the crime (though obviously is someone said ' someone is dropping litter - right now! - you would be told 999 is not appropriate!)
All it reflects is whether an immediate response could save someone's life ( or stop a serious assault) or mean the police can catch the criminal in the act or as they flee.
999 is more about the about the immediacy of the threat or crime.

Its about the immediacy. A crime is taking place so police can catch them in the act. That is why 999 is appropriate in that case.

For people struggling to understand whether to call 999 or 101.

The question you need to ask yourselves is ' will an emergency immediate response change the outcome?'

If the answer is yes, call 999 ( an immediate response could lead to an immediate arrest or save someone from death or injury)

If the answer is no, call 101 (there is no criminal at the scene and no immediate threat to a person).

For all those saying, stop quibbling over 999 or 101, it is clear this a conversation that does need to take place as there is misunderstanding of the purpose of 999 is, and misuse of it can have serious consequences when people who are under threat and need 999 have a delayed response to their call as call handlers are dealing with unnecessary calls.

oh come on. If you don’t know you need 999 and are unsure, then you don’t need 999.

its for immediate blue light emergency response, not a leap frog to the top of a queue.

And so an immediate police response would be the difference between solving or not.

you can see here that coming now or in the morning (or at all) changes very little here, despite how disgusting it is?

Oh stop being so obtuse.

You do realise you look absolutely ridiculous repeating this? I’m fucking cringing for you.

So if I see a child pocketing a chocolate bar in a corner shop I should call 999 on this basis because it’s in progress (and quote this off their website that you are so keen on quoting)? 🤣 Don’t be ridiculous.

@Twoholesonwhite Actually that post of your could be an excellent one to start a new thread on.

It'd descend into a bun fight but with a post as clear and sensible as yours at the top, it might give some clarity to people who genuinely are not sure where the line between 999 and 101 lies.

@newornotnew I have reported your repeated posts which seem to exist purely to force your point of view onto others.

It is totally unnecessary to make this number of posts saying the same thing.

It's fine to offer information. It's not fine to repeat it that many times.

I do not think this is a 'crime in progress'. I do not think it is an emergency.

I'm not going to spam that opinion across the whole thread though,

Why the fuck are people arguing here? Who cares? Just call the police any which way you like.

A crime in progress means where it needs immediate attention, to prevent further injury or damage, or where the perpetrators may escape, if police don't attend. Most crimes are 'in progress'; just over a longer time.

Police won’t come out for burglaries but want to know about scrap metal. Crazy.

Did you want to post that once more??

a crime in progress yes - someone being stabbed, a domestic, a burglary, people fighting etc etc.

This is a serious offence and should they find the person responsible, they’ll be arrested for Voyeurism. However, it should be reported on 101. Should the OP have called 101 or 999 last night. Unfortunately, the likelihood is, officers wouldn’t attend until the earliest of this morning/today or even tomorrow. They attend based on the threat, harm and risk and domestics/fights/stabbings etc would take priority over the offence.

That is not taking away how serious this offence is though and hopefully the OP has called them and it’s logged so officers can try to get to the bottom of this!

Just thinking the same thing, everyone wanting to be right. Meanwhile the actual topic has been sidelined.

This thread is shocking. No one cares about the hidden camera, they just want to prove a point. OP would do well to not come back to this thread.

Do you really think the police will send out a squad car as soon as they’re told ‘I’ve found a hidden camera’? Get a grip!