To call the police over this girl screaming?

[MrsTumbletap]

I can hear a girl screaming across the road in what at first sounded like a 9-12year (I'm guessing) having a tantrum. I couldn't make out what she was saying but could hear the parents shouting and screaming back.

This was about at 30minutes ago. I thought initially it's a parenting issue, not my business. Now I can clearly hear her screaming "I want to go to my mums house!" She is screaming it over and over and over at the top of her lungs. Really screaming, they are screaming back, it is relentless. It's awful and making me feel like I need to go round there and help. (I won't of course it is clearly quite volatile in there). I can hear this with their windows closed and a drive in front of their house and a road between us and my windows closed.

What would you do?

Do I leave it alone, not my business?
Call the non emergency number and report?

Did 999 tell you what they’d do?

Well done op, phew! They can deal now.

Sounds like it’s a normal teen at her dads house and they’ve had a fall out and she’s saying she wants to go back to her mums but as it hasn’t calmed down you’ve absolutely done the right thing. As a PP said if there’s nothing wrong then there’s no harm done but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Well done OP.

Oh bless you OP. Well done for calling. Hopefully it's nothing more than a family screaming match but as you say the alternative doesn't bear thinking about. Better to call than regret not calling.

@MrsTumbletap

Thanks all just needed that reassurance, the police are there now.

Might be completely nothing and I'm being ridiculous, I can live with that. Can't live with the alternative.

Good news. At least the situation should calm down now!

Just that they were on their way and they arrived about 3 minutes later.

@MrsTumbletap

Thanks all just needed that reassurance, the police are there now.

Might be completely nothing and I'm being ridiculous, I can live with that. Can't live with the alternative.

I k ow it’s not the same, but a stranger called the pumice for me once.. I don’t know his name or anything about him, but I know he helped me so much, and that act changed my life for the better.

Police

Well done OP, I'm glad you called and that the Police got there quickly.
Really hope all is okay.

999 definitely

A couple of months ago I could hear my neighbour’s DD screaming and what sounded like the father hitting her. It was horrible, not like a tantrum but more like she was terrified.

I was actually frozen at the time while thinking about whether I should call 999 and then it stopped.

So I rang the non emergency police and social services. I have no idea what if anything was done, but I do know they have been much quieter recently, when they used to be a couple who rowed constantly and who shouted at the kids.

They also home school which was IMO a red flag as the school wouldn’t have picked up if there were any concerns.

If this family are screaming so loud that the neighbours are calling the police then they need to realise that their actions don’t happen in isolation and could have consequences.

You did the right thing

Glad they arrived so fast. Well done.

Good call @MrsTumbletap

Rung police. Id heard loads from my neighbours. Didn't want to "grass" eventually I rang the police. Was a weekend. On the Monday they came and took the kids away. The mum was charged with assault on a minor. Was before Xmas and still not got their kids back. I have no regrets only that I'd done it sooner.

Might be completely nothing and I'm being ridiculous, I can live with that. Can't live with the alternative. exactly! Better to get it checked by people who can get a better picture and assess it properly.

That's good to hear @Freddiefox

Well done OP, you 100% did the right thing.

This kind of thread really makes me smile, the power of MN.

@Sally872

Could be loving family and a child being unreasonable if you call in error then there is no harm done.

If the screaming is for good reason and you don't call that would be much worse.

I wish people would just learn this ^^ very sensible and very obvious thing.

It's the job of the police to investigate these things.

I just don't get these threads and I never will.

She is still screaming though. With two parents (step parents, foster parents?) and two big police officers in there.

Arghhhh it's so horrible, it's making me feel sick

So glad you called OP.

@MrsTumbletap

She is still screaming though. With two parents (step parents, foster parents?) and two big police officers in there.

Arghhhh it's so horrible, it's making me feel sick

All the best for situation

I just don't get these threads and I never will.
It's when someone has never experienced anything like it before and can't quite believe it's a real emergency happening.

Poor kid is struggling to be heard

The situation is being dealt with now. You did the right thing.