Police called out to my crying screaming daughter!

[paulanthony1976]

Hi everyone,
So our families bank holiday was ruined by a knock at the door on Saturday night at 10.30pm by the police. Someone had reported a disturbance from our home which the police came to investigate.

I was in bed already, as were the kids, and my wife was getting ready for bed when they knocked us up and interrogated us like criminals. About an hour earlier my 3 year old daughter had been kicking screaming crying tantrum as she didn't want to go to bed, but she soon wore herself out and was fast asleep when the cops came.

They took my kids names and birthdays and school details etc, as well as my wives and mine personal and work details. They had a good look around the house, checked on the kids sleeping in their rooms, asked us lots of questions and then left. Upon leaving the police told us they were satisfied that it was a false alarm, that the matter was closed, and that we had nothing to be worried about.

The next day on Bank Holiday Sunday at 9am, the police returned to our cul-de-sac, knocked on all our friends/neighbours doors and asked lots of questions about our family and if they had heard noise. Needless to say when the police left all our friendly neighbours came back over to us to tell us about their interviews with the police and to get the gossip from us and to express their support to us, and to condemn the "snake in the grass" living among us, and the for wasting the police time.

Although we had done nothing wrong, we now feel like criminals, and losing sleep worrying. Not to mention being gossiped about by our neighbours, even though all our kids play together in the street.

We are really angry at being falsely accused of something, a 3 year old cannot legally create a disturbance, can they? also angry at being told it was a closed matter, when then the next day they came back to interrogate our friends and neighbours. Can I complain for harassment and intimidation, or for defamation and libel?

I am now walking on broken glass every time my kids throw a tantrum and fearful of another public complaint or visit by the police and/or social services.

Any thoughts or suggestions are welcomed please.

Anyone else keeping an eye so that they can be The Definitive The End post when it reaches 1000?

You'll have a long wait Jesus

The end.

The end.

The end....

My neighbours are bastards.

True story.

They can't handle my youth and - er - vibrations?

The End.

Fat lady and all that

No, I think you'll find THIS is the end.

So fuck off Jesus. Meh.

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Is that Keanu with strange hair?

It's Keanu in Bill and Ted, when he was still young and vibrant

Just googled and apparently he is still officially young and vibrant Until 2nd September and then he instantly becomes a gimmer

THE END.

Are you sure?

That didn't look like the end to me. Whereas, this definitely does.

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Sorry lostdad.

It's just ending, you missed it.

THE END.

I have only read a quarter of this. OP I would walk away from the thread if you have not already. They don't like the sound of you and anything you say will be picked to pieces.

Well that's twenty minutes of my life I'll never get back.

Great responses though

I totally know where your coming from, basically 6 months ago my daughter (4) at the time experienced a night terror and we had the police called by a neighbour, the police asked to see my child and then started to interrogate my eldest child who was 8 at the time bare in mind this was 2:05am and was woke up with a torch in her face 😡, now 6 months on every time my youngest has a night terror my now 9 year old panics that the police are going to come and make her answer questions again she is a shy but bright girl and did not like what questions they were asking her such as
“ Does your mummy or daddy ever shout at your little sister?” “ are you happy at home?” she’s not daft and when the police left asked me why the police thought me and her dad was mean to her sister?. It made the whole situation worse as she had to be questioned alone poor girl was petrified, The police whilst here checked my whole house bed rooms, cupboards, fridge, freezer etc we as parents felt violated in our own home! They then said the same they were happy with everything and left like nothing had happened, for us it was a nightmare I couldn’t sleep for days I was so upset as It’s not nice being questioned as a parent and being made to feel like you would hurt your children. I get the police / neighbour were looking out for my children but a little check to see the kids were in no danger would of been fine not a whole house interrogation. I feel the same as you every time my child has a night terror im also scared of telling my child no now incase she decides to have a screaming fit. Basically walking on egg shells, Sometimes people should think before they act, maybe a quick knock on to check everyone was ok would of been better and if told to F off then by all means call the police 😬.

Well said Minty!!!... I'm in my 50s too, my kids are grown up, so obviously I'm not allowed to have an opinion, much less express it!....

I suffer from misophonia, to the extent that since my neighbours moved in I've bought a £400 pair of noise cancelling headphones... to cope with the volume of 3 under 5s.... and it's not the occasional tantrum - which all kids have, it's the CONSTANT tantrums, stomping around, banging doors, kicking (?) walls...bedtime is a 'mare.... 3 children channelling the exorcist every waking hour.... life without headphones 7pm-12pm would be unbearable....

Why don't I go round & say something?... let me think about that for 3 seconds?, maybe the piled up rubbish in the back garden, take away containers, nappies, piles of vomit, cigs end chucked into my garden & sightings of rats (yes really) the fact the police came & removed a stolen motorcycle from this neighbour next week seem to be indications that my visit might not be welcome....?...

So, I'm with you, show some f*cking consideration & at least try to keep the noise level down.... sometimes!!