AIBU to expect the Police to have attended this incident?

[alittlequinnie]

This morning at 5.00 am I was woken up to a lot of shouting outside in the street.

I went to the window and I could see three women and one men standing on the street opposite. The man was punching one woman (wearing a pink top) repeatedly and she was screaming "get off me". It looked pretty bad to me. There was a third woman (denim jacket) next to them and another fourth woman I couldn't really see in a light anorak.

The other two women were not really doing anything.

I picked up my phone and dialled 999 - by the time I had gone through all the details of my address etc the man had literally picked up one woman (the one wearing the anorak - the one I couldn't see) put her over his shoulder and was carrying her into a house just opposite.

Somebody (definately a woman) was shouting either "put me down" or "let me go" and the man shouted "you're gonna pay for this [name of one of the women] and went inside a house opposite with her.

The other two women (denim jacket and pink top) hung around for a bit - although they did not look too concerned and then carried on their way.

I told all of this to the Police including the "you're going to pay" and the other women not being concerned.

I was really scared because if that bloke was happy to punch a woman in the street what was he going to do to the one he carried into the house - why did she need to be carried - wtf?

Police said they would send an officer out.

I was unsure of the house numbers and genuinely concerned so hung around in my front garden in my dressing gown for about a 1/2 hour but no Police, nothing.

Nobody came back and I strained and strained to see if I could hear any shouting coming from the house but nothing.

Just a few minutes ago the Police phoned me back and asked for some more details as they could not pinpoint the property - I told it all again and pointed the house out to them.

They have gone now but they were gone really fast and I don't think they knocked on the door or anything.

I feel really worried that my sorry tale of woe didn't illicit a quicker Police response than this - anything could have happened to that woman in the last three hours coudn't it?

Am I overreacting - I'm sure it was a drunken altercation between "friends" coming home after drinking all night but those can get out of hand can't they? The bloke was punching one of them women!

I agree it’s the same with the NHS, things get bloated & then the pendulum swings too far the other way.

Rather than holding the police to blame for response times maybe we need to hike the government responsible for implementing the cut backs.

Reality is if there’s not enough officers no matter what targets are set or pushed they will be missed.

It’s a sorry state of affairs for our emergency services to be faced with and they then get the blame for it

I had a similar experience today. Man on the ground begging for his life getting kicked by two others, phoned police - nothing.

Oh m gosh cheesy toast how awful - this was not nice to watch at all I can't imagine what you must have felt like.

I will admit I was not sure about the address of the property he took her into but I was very sure about my own address and gave that very clearly and explained it was the house opposite and waited around for 1/2 hour.

I also don't think for a moment the Police were sitting around eating tea and biscuits thinking shall we or shan't we go out to the call out.

I suppose it just frightens me that I might really need the Police one day and cutbacks will mean that I can't get the help that I need.

Thanks for all the responses - except the one that called me sweetcheeks.

Keep voting tory kids
And Labour will do what exactly????

People need to prevent crime, stop getting pissed and fighting and women need to leave their abusive partners.

Why do some people need the police to sort their lives out for them?

Waggymama, do you remember that general election we had last year you’re welcome

alittle my son was so upset, absolutely beside himself, and keeps asking if the police will have fixed it yet. So there is that sense of anxiety filtering through in addition to the crime itself. I hear you!