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to expect 999 operator to tell police attending that they bloke was threatening to kill us!!

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meerkatsandkookaburras · 21/03/2010 02:29

im absolutely fuming and scared and shaking all at the same time. Tonight - almost 3 hrs ago me and my dp are woken by shouting outside our house- we live on a quiet cul de sac so very out of the ordinary for here!! immediately realise that its the bloke up the road, hes shouting hes going to kill us and then starts trying to kick door down, i obviously phoned 999 in a panic and told them everything as it was happening still and they sent police straight out with dogs too and said once they had dealt with matter and arrested him or whatever is necessary they would come and speak to us to take statement etc. well its 2.5hrs later so i phoned control room to ask whats happening and if they are still coming to take statement and get told that they have closed the incident and not arrrested anyone, i ask why and they say they didnt find anyone - ffs he lives a couple of doors down and was threatening to kill us!!! i explained this and said that he and the people who he was with (not sure who they were) had tried to break down our door, threatened to kill us very loudly yelling it so all neighbours must have heard too and apparently they had numerous call outs to it. i said so why is nothing happening and why was i not told this. he looked into it and said it has only been recorded by the 999 operator as suspected attempted break in and could hear voices outside!!! i said to this control room officer that i said all what happened on 999 call and he said he would listen to its recording and check it out and send someone over when they could but all officers are currently busy and it would probably blow over - i said well im terrified and cant sleep when will someone be over and he just said as soon as tey are free!! im so jumpy now and cant believe how little they seem to be caring that soemone tried to kick my door down and threatened to kill us!!

not really a proper aibu but im worried and annoyed and just needed to rant

OP posts:
Momdeguerre · 21/03/2010 21:44

Dizzy - I feel your pain!!

OP - A caution is only issued when a person does not have prior convictions (or should be) so it is likely that he is lying about his alleged previous prison sentence in an effort to intimidate you. It also means he has to admit the offence and will be advised that he will not be given any further chances.

It is very hard to know if the CPS will change this decision, they might decide to prosecute or issue the caution. Since he appears to be admitting the offence then I think that it is unlikely you will lose out by asking for a CPS review and he may be bailed with conditions until that review is completed. Appreciate he lives near you but he may at least be given conditions not to contact you.

Harrassment would require him to make ongoing unwanted contact, and usually to have been made aware that the contact was unwanted.

I am not sure that you will acheive anything from speaking to neighbours? Do you know if any of them reported the Inc last night?

dizzydixies · 21/03/2010 22:24

its shit isn't is Momdeguerre - we take great pride in providing the best service we can for both the public AND the cops that we are there to assist/protect however it has become increasingly difficult due to staffing restraints/shortages and the determination to turn it all into a paper based management issue ticking boxes and impressing upon the general public how good we are

I'm ashamed to say it but I am loosing the sense of pride I once had in my job

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