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Can a school give your email address to the police?

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howmanyusernames · 22/07/2019 17:34

Have been in discussions with the Business Manager of the local school about their staff parking outside our houses, which means residents with small children and the elderly can’t even park in the road.
I’ve never told anyone they can’t park there, but have asked staff to be considerate and to not park one car in a gap for two cars etc. Never been rude, but they have smirked, ignored me or rolled their eyes.

Discussions been going on for a few weeks, she said to let her know when staff parked there and I did. She’d apologise and tell them to move.
Got to the point where it clearly wasn’t working, and I said if I couldn’t park when I got home from nursery/work I would park across their car park entrance so they felt some frustrations like I did.
She said she’d call the police if that happens, I said fine.

Just had a knock on the door and it’s the police, said it’s about the ‘parking situation’ and I said I was feeding my son and couldn’t talk. She asked when I could, I said I didn’t know. She said ‘I have your email so will email you and get a time’. She must have been given this by the school.

Can they do that? With GDPR etc?

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Herocomplex · 22/07/2019 23:00

Gosh yesfedup21 there’s probably loads of unsolved murders as well they’ll pin on her as well!

RandomlyChosenName · 22/07/2019 23:09

You can't leave your son eating tea to talk to the police, but you can leave him eating breakfast to talk to people about their parking?

HeadintheiClouds · 22/07/2019 23:31

Did you email the threat to block the school entrance? The school probably forwarded it directly to the police. There’s nothing to prevent them doing that.

HeadintheiClouds · 22/07/2019 23:34

Imagining the school was duty bound to protect your identity in this instance is laughable!

howmanyusernames · 23/07/2019 07:04

I didn’t leave my son to speak to people, he was at nursery.

Obviously I meant ‘wouldn’t ’....!

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RedHelenB · 23/07/2019 07:10

Just a tip if you want things resolved. Ask the policeman in to the room where you are feeding your child.

What a waste of police time!

howmanyusernames · 23/07/2019 09:32

Police women.

Absolutely, when there are people being mugged, assaulted, raped and murdered!

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ChloeDecker · 23/07/2019 09:35

Absolutely, when there are people being mugged, assaulted, raped and murdered!

Says the person making threats to a school. You couldn’t make it up!

BrokenWing · 23/07/2019 09:39

I don't think you understand, it is YOU that is wasting the police time.

First by making the threat in an already volatile situation, where there is criminal damage happening, and 2nd instead of dealing with it making them leave and have to come back as you were flustered because you know you are going to have to explain yourself.

The police need to get involved because you made a threat to block a school exit.

HeadintheiClouds · 23/07/2019 09:41

Op, you haven’t explained; how do you feel that the school have committed a data breach by forwarding on a threatening email to the police?

FrancisCrawford · 23/07/2019 11:56

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Lazydaisies · 23/07/2019 12:04

OP I live on a busy road in what is essentially the middle of a town. When you buy in those kind of locations you expect traffic issues. You bought beside a school so you should expect traffic issues. Get onto the council about creating resident parking zones otherwise you are just wasting people’s time. Oh and don’t threaten a school again, that just makes you seem nuts.

LiverpoolVictoria · 23/07/2019 12:27

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FixTheBone · 23/07/2019 12:27

I hope you see the logical failing of punishing the staff that arrive in time to park in the school carpark for the behaviour of their colleagues that park on your road - the people in the school car park aren't the problem.

You need to approach the council and apply for residents parking if its that bad.

swingofthings · 23/07/2019 19:16

OP, I had a resident calling the police on me because I was parked in front of his house. He used the excuse that where I was parked, a fire engine wouldn't be able to get through. All well, except when I had parked there, there were no cars on the on the other side, it was the residents who parked in front of their house that had caused an obstruction.

I get it that it is annoying when workers parked in front of your house, of course you wish you could have a personal parking space there. But you don't and you are not entitled to it. People can park as they wish as long as they do safely. Your annoyance doesn't justify your rudeness and to be honest, if I was one of the teaxhers, I wouldn't care for you to dictate how I should park my car on a public street. Maybe it's the clue to look for a new house with private parking.

15YemenRoad · 23/07/2019 20:54

@LiverpoolVictoria Is that you OP? Did you change your username? Hmm

HeadintheiClouds · 23/07/2019 21:03

What did the police say?

BubblesBuddy · 26/07/2019 00:00

Why don’t the residents lobby the council for residents only parking bays? Do something that might actually resolve the situation rather than making silly threats. Tell the Police this is the action you will now take and your hot-headed overreaction was just frustration. Go and drum up support from neighbours to lobby for residents only parking.

BubblesBuddy · 26/07/2019 00:00

Obviously it wasn’t a busy day for the Police!

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