Shouty man

[SaltaKatten]

Several evenings in a row a man has been outside a house three doors down on our road, shouting and swearing. I think he may be unwell as he sounds distressed and shouts about not taking meds. He swears atrociously though, fuck up the arse, cunt this, fucking arsehole, smelly arse etc. He is loud enough that we can hear him even with windows closed. My youngest is autistic and it's making her anxious. Clearly the man needs help. Would it be unreasonable to call the police? I wouldnt dare go out there as he sounds so aggressive. Tonight he has saved the shouting for midnight. Yesterday it was at 8 in the evening. It seems to be a daily thing now :(

I would call the non emergency police number

Call Police and have them investigate. It may be that he is in a troubling situation but is unable to make people understand. He may have special needs or an addiction

Well, he settled quickly last night but has started early this morning. He is not taking his "fucking tablets". I'm going to contact the local community police team. I think there is a carer but clearly he needs something more.

I'm going to contact the local community police team. I think there is a carer but clearly he needs something more

That's a good idea, they may be able to offer more support to him and hopefully that would mean help for him and peace for you and your daughter. Sounds like a bad situation for all of you.

He's a vulnerable person. If you don't feel confident enough to get people in based on the disruption to your own lives, do it to save him from the harm he will probably come to when he gets into a fight with someone without his faculties intact and someone ends up seriously hurt.

This is a real problem for mentally ill people who act out, the numbers are horrible. Don't get involved yourself, inform the police a vulnerable person needs to be taken care of asap.

To be clear, I'm saying I think this is grounds for directly calling it in when it happens, and making it very clear the disturbance is obviously being created by a vulnerable person. You don't have to take any kind of circumspect route through community police team or psychiatric social services if you don't want to.