So apparently giving the exact details and location of a drink driver isn't enough.

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I tell them it happens every Wednesday. I tell them what time, where. Every detail they could possibly want but they say they can't just sit and hope he drives and does what I said that day but they will record my report.

So today, I'm stood by the pub. I call, I give details, say his car is parked right bloody next to it and he's been there hours and will be driving home.

Operator - "when will he be leaving?"

Me - "I don't know, soonish I suppose."

Operator - "well the police can't just sit there and wait. I'll log your report."

Me - "That's it?! I'm telling you they are hugely under the influence and about to drive. What if he squashes someone?!"

Operator - "Let me explain how things are, we have X amount of officers and they simply can't sit there and wait. But I've logged the information."

That's it. That's fucking it. That's all I can do. I'm so pissed off. I put my bloody neck on the line to do this and fuck all will be done?!

AIBU?!

some police forces offer money for information abotu drink drivers

DH stopped a police car at the weekend to report 2 dodgy blokes looking only at certain houses on our street (ones obviously lived in by elderly people) including climbing over gates etc.

Police officer said he had just come back from a town about 10 miles away (so what?) and he didn't have time to check it out... on the next street!

OP, I remember your other thread and clicked to see if this was you. No advice, just wanted to say I think you are brilliant for doing this.

I have a couple of friends who are ex-police, will see if they have any advice if you want.

I think you should tell them that when he finally kills someone, you will be making it known publicly that you informed the police that he was a habitual drunk driver, that you made dozens of phone calls giving them the details of exactly where he was drinking, what days he was drinking, what time he was drinking, that he left in his car and they did nothing.

I suspect that might encourage them to have one car out there one week and see if he gets in his car and drives off.

If the police have to wait until after a crime and cannot do anything because someone 'might' commit a crime, then why do they act on intelligence and do raids and follow people and announce that they acted on a tip off and prevented this that or the other? Surely that's a part of police work. They don't just sit round waiting for crimes to happen.