@BeetrootRocks I'm in Thames Valley police area. They are as bad as the Met. Absolute thugs and bullies
I had a woman who was literally causing so much aggravation for our family. To this day I do not know why. One minute we were good friends the next she was mounting a hate campaign so appalling my DP was too scared to drive past her home to get to the shops in case she made another false complaint to the police. The maddest thing was, she wouldn't speak to me about it. No. She decided to scream at my at the time 9 year old DD. Right up in her face. Several times. She volunteered in DDs school so had access to do so. At one point she pushed her into a wall whilst they passed each other in a corridor. DD reported it and she said DD lied and was bullying her daughter. Even DDs teacher said the woman was full of shit and refused to have her supervise in class around DD. We left as the Police nor the school would intervene. I was told by school as she raised funds she was their choice if I asked them to pick.
We then had her absolutely scream and abuse DD a year later at a village fete. We thought she wouldn't be at the fete as it was run by a local businessman who is openly gay, she had made various homophobic comments about him and his friends before. But no, one of her little mean girl troop text and let her know we were there and she made a point of screaming abuse at DD again. Right in front of me, DP, and lots of other people. I had enough and I told her, and yes I shouted at her to leave my DD alone, you sad horrible old witch. I told her no one wanted her at the fete, she had come to cause trouble and I was sick of it. She filmed me. I didn't get anywhere near her. Didn't raise any part of my body to threaten her. I did tell her to f off though. But who would blame me?
A week later I get police at my door. All manner of utter bullshit she has told them, all easily disproved. But when I told them, and had a huge file of paperwork to disprove every allegation I had had shouted at me by their officer, (after being told by him to expect a return visit for interview and they would be following it through to conviction, I rang and asked to voluntarily come in with my evidence. I was told by an different PC there was nothing suggesting I would be arrested and I had been due an advice phone call, not a stand and threaten me as loudly and as embarrassingly as possible on my doorstep visit) and backed it up with witness statements with their phone numbers- and many of these weren't people we knew but who were shocked at how she behaved towards DD, they still refused to do anything, later during my complaint telling me I was lucky not to be dragged to court for public order offences. When I made a complaint, and in response nothing was done- the officer who turned up at my door called me all manner of disgusting names but didn't have his body cam on- how convenient. They proceeded, despite my disproving all of her allegations of online abuse, to abuse the Anti Terror snooping laws and watch my online usage for a year. They admitted never finding anything that justified that but they said they felt it was in the public interest.
She meanwhile told people the police told her I was a danger to children. They've denied this but who knows.
It's been quiet for 2 years now, although she did try and cause shit for DD when her daughter ended up at the same secondary. Luckily we have a great Headteacher who told her in no uncertain terms she wouldn't tolerate it at her school. DD who has grown a pair also told the woman's daughter she wouldn't stand for it again either.
But in my view, and the only conclusion I can reach, is that the Police took it upon themselves to socially profile me- I'm low income, originally from a town which is seen as chavvy, don't own my own home. She meanwhile owns a big house and speaks posh.
I will never ever trust the police. They allowed a child of 9 through to 10 be abused and threatened by a grown adult, they allowed the same adult to shout all manner of shit around about my family. And who did they watch online and threaten with arrest on my doorstep, on the phone and by regular letter throughout? Me. Me who more than proved who was at fault. They even sent letters threatening me for allegedly writing something threatening online at a time another department was watching me online. They are truly thick and if you dare be a social group they rate as beneath them and you complain they will see it as legitimate to bring you down.
The woman, in the end, said nasty homophobic and racist things around the wrong people and is now the village outcast. So karma dealt with her. But the police should have, she wasted viral time and funds and they actively encouraged her at a time they were shouting how underfunded they were.