to think these police officers should have done somthing about this and not just driven off!

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I was out in the car yesterday with all 3 DC, I was stuck in traffic and which was barely moving.

This numpty man then decided that rather than using the crossing that was just a few feet away he would run across the road in front of my car meaning I had to brake suddenly, not the end of the world because I was driving so slow.

Unfortunately this man then started hurling abuse at me, tell me I should open my "f*cking eyes" amongst other things

I was really gobsmacked! I then noticed a police car in the lane next to me, I wound down my passanger window to try and get their attention but they just drove off!

Crazy man then shouted "yeah tell the f*cking police like they give a shit!"

He then finally gave up and walked off leaving me really upset.

his was the first time I have been out on my own with all the DC since DD was born 6 weeks ago.

Am I really being unreasonable to expect that these police officers should have at least had a word with this man. Its not like I was expecting them to arrest him or anything but can't believe they just drove off, espcially seeing as there is no way they could have missed what was going on!

Depends where you live though SOH, how many foot patrols there are and what the priorities are etc.

I was in Dorset recently and it was on the news about someone being mugged, and how they were quite old, and had staggered a bit, and fallen against a door, but were OK. Front page news. I thought "wow I wish crime was this low where i live" but of course it's a different place, different priorities, more serious crime means more minor crimes are not interesting to the police.

I do see police in cars watching people drive through red lights, I have called the police and no-one has come. It makes you feel powerless and like no-one is interested, which of course they aren't. I would hate to live in Ronaldinho's world where it is considered perfectly normal for men to shout abuse at women and children (or at other men for that matter) and that it should be something to turn the other cheek/ignore. But I don;t want to live like that. If people break the law then the police ought to care. IMO.

Let me get this right - you were driving, failed to see a pedestrian, braked and worried that he shouted at you because you were driving without due care and attention?

What would the response be if it had been a mother coming on here and saying her child had run out into traffic and nearly got hit by someone who was too busy concentrating on the traffic queue ahead to see their PFB on a suicide dash.

To be shouted at is not the nicest thing, but hardly life threatening.

Not that individual ones don't care, but the police as an arganisation don't care. Is how I feel anyway.

I don't bother reporting stuff any more, not that a lot happens, but there have been a couple of things. I think that is quite common. You just think, what's the point.

"Stuck in traffic", "barely moving" so I don´t really get why you "had to brake suddenly".

I disagree with those who are giving the OP a hard time.

In our town (Germany), I can complain to the police about bullying and anti-social behaviour, and they will take it seriously. They are under-paid, but not so over-worked as their british counterparts, I think.

It is unfair to say that the OP failed to spot a pedestrian. If someone dives into the road, you do have to react quickly, which she did.
The pedestrian doesnt then have to start taking out their bad day on the driver. It is worrying when society is in such a state that people (a) think its ok to do this, and (b) get away with it without anyone saying anything.

OP Next time, take your seatbelt off or use your mobile. They'll be around you like flies

i did a foot patrol on Saturday night.

i do it for free. and the thanks i get for doing it is....oh! none!

i discussed this thread with my colleagues on saturday night. problem is, that for everyone person you please, there are 10 more who disagree with what youve done.

ill give you an example:

we have people (residents) complain about speeding traffic on a specific road, so we go down with the speed camera and get abuse shouted at us, people shouting go and do a proper job or go and catch some REAL criminals, i ticketed 6 speeding (and i mean doing 20 miles or so over the limit - if they were a little over i spoke to them and let them on their way) motorists in 2 hours, and for helping the people who live on that road i got a couple of mouthfuls of abuse and a pen thrown at me. so for every resident on that road i was trying to help i pissed about 10x that number off!

also - when someone reports a crime, like drug dealing etc, just because you dont get a knock on the door from an officer doesnt mean its being ignored.

we walk a very fine line. im beginning to think i should just stop caring what people actually THINK we do and just get on with the job as best i can. i do it because i care about people and want to help them. its not an easy job, but i love doing it. despite the flack i take.