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To be concerned about this

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AshenQueen · 31/08/2020 15:27

A family moved into the flat above me about a month ago. They are clearly junkies, smoke weed and have six kids.

Since they’ve been here, I’ve heard them threaten their kids with violence, verbally abuse them and have days long fights with each other while their kids are there.

After listening to them scream all weekend and not seeing their children leave for school this morning as I normally do when I leave with my DD, I decided to call 101 and let them know that I had some concerns. I left my details as I thought they might want to contact me again, but was clear that I didn’t want the neighbours to know it was me who had called.

The police showed up at their house and shortly after knocked on my door to say that everything was fine and that the noise was just because they have six children.

So now they will know it was me who called and has left me feeling nervous and anxious about what they will do, but more importantly I’m not sure the police have done their job correctly? Will they just have said this as standard practice or will SS have been contacted too? Not sure what to do now, if anything.

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cloudylemonade13 · 31/08/2020 18:18

FWIW I think you are definitely doing the right thing reporting it again. If you feel they don't take it seriously again or they put you in a compromising position again by knocking on your door there's a Police Scotland form where you can essentially complain to the police about the police. Sometimes it just takes persistence and quite a few crime incident numbers to get them to act.

AshenQueen · 31/08/2020 19:58

Thank you for the crime stoppers suggestion and for the info about the police Scotland complaints section, both very helpful and good to know.

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