Originally Posted by Bullet Sponge

Originally Posted by thefootman

What a waste of time you are! What planet are you on? Do you honestly think that any police officer had any input into what questions you were asked? That is down to the home office wanting to "fiddle" with stats and number crunching to please Downing Street.

Any police officer would be willing to help and sort it out if they could.

If you are paying the police wages then who do you think are aying for the armed forces and yours? You need a reality check.

If you were stupid enough to leave you lap top in the back of your car whilst you went dogging and it got pinched then unlucky.

One day you need the police and i hope you change your attitude.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

My bold:

Oh you are priceless. On the few occassions that I have needed the police they have been less than fuck all use. If I ever need police assistance in the future I can guarentee that the last people to come and assist will be the police.

But you called them a few times none the less. I bet you'll ring them again some time.

Originally Posted by The_Seagull

But you called them a few times none the less. I bet you'll ring them again some time.

Yeah I called them as I needed them to come and deal with some blokes that were threatening my wife with physical harm (there was a group of them so before you say I should have slapped them please remember that there is a fine line between hero and dead bloke). Well imagine my surprise when it took the rozzers and hour to turn up! Their response to taking an hour to turn up was "oh sorry we were busy chasing a cow around a field".

Pretty much sums up police priorities to me.

Fact is if you live near a police station and it isn't too much bother for the rozzers to get off their arses and do something then you are lucky, as for the rest of us, there's not much point in the police even existing, they are nothing more than a reactionary force that freaquently fails to react when called upon.

Originally Posted by Bullet Sponge

Yeah I called them as I needed them to come and deal with some blokes that were threatening my wife with physical harm (there was a group of them so before you say I should have slapped them please remember that there is a fine line between hero and dead bloke). Well imagine my surprise when it took the rozzers and hour to turn up! Their response to taking an hour to turn up was "oh sorry we were busy chasing a cow around a field".

What happened in the hour? Did you manage to keep them talking or put the wagons in a circle.
Did she get assaulted?
Did you identify 'threateners' to the wastes of space when they turned up?
Did they crime it and you provided statements?

Please complete this anecdote

Originally Posted by Bullet Sponge

Originally Posted by The_Seagull

But you called them a few times none the less. I bet you'll ring them again some time.

Yeah I called them as I needed them to come and deal with some blokes that were threatening my wife with physical harm (there was a group of them so before you say I should have slapped them please remember that there is a fine line between hero and dead bloke). Well imagine my surprise when it took the rozzers and hour to turn up! Their response to taking an hour to turn up was "oh sorry we were busy chasing a cow around a field".
Pretty much sums up police priorities to me.

Fact is if you live near a police station and it isn't too much bother for the rozzers to get off their arses and do something then you are lucky, as for the rest of us, there's not much point in the police even existing, they are nothing more than a reactionary force that freaquently fails to react when called upon.

But did the cow get back into it's field? Thats all i need to know.

Originally Posted by Bullet Sponge

Originally Posted by thefootman

What a waste of time you are! What planet are you on? Do you honestly think that any police officer had any input into what questions you were asked? That is down to the home office wanting to "fiddle" with stats and number crunching to please Downing Street.

Any police officer would be willing to help and sort it out if they could.

If you are paying the police wages then who do you think are aying for the armed forces and yours? You need a reality check.

If you were stupid enough to leave you lap top in the back of your car whilst you went dogging and it got pinched then unlucky.

One day you need the police and i hope you change your attitude.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

My bold:

Oh you are priceless. On the few occassions that I have needed the police they have been less than fuck all use. If I ever need police assistance in the future I can guarentee that the last people to come and assist will be the police.

I now the police are priceless I agree with you there. What occassions was it when you needed the police? Was it because there were some scarey kids playing with a football on your street and you had to phone the police because they might come near your car. Oh dear, what a shame. I understand that in future you will phone the samaritans because no-one else will listen. What will you phone them for? Will it be becasue the ice cream van drove off before you got chance to get to it. Please in future dont ring the police for things like these as they are all to busy watching DVD's on night shifts and eating for half price at Mc'Donalds.

Originally Posted by thefootman

Originally Posted by Bullet Sponge

Originally Posted by thefootman

What a waste of time you are! What planet are you on? Do you honestly think that any police officer had any input into what questions you were asked? That is down to the home office wanting to "fiddle" with stats and number crunching to please Downing Street.

Any police officer would be willing to help and sort it out if they could.

If you are paying the police wages then who do you think are aying for the armed forces and yours? You need a reality check.

If you were stupid enough to leave you lap top in the back of your car whilst you went dogging and it got pinched then unlucky.

One day you need the police and i hope you change your attitude.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

My bold:

Oh you are priceless. On the few occassions that I have needed the police they have been less than fuck all use. If I ever need police assistance in the future I can guarentee that the last people to come and assist will be the police.

I now the police are priceless I agree with you there. What occassions was it when you needed the police? Was it because there were some scarey kids playing with a football on your street and you had to phone the police because they might come near your car. Oh dear, what a shame. I understand that in future you will phone the samaritans because no-one else will listen. What will you phone them for? Will it be becasue the ice cream van drove off before you got chance to get to it. Please in future dont ring the police for things like these as they are all to busy watching DVD's on night shifts and eating for half price at Mc'Donalds.

Cool, where's this nick with the DVD player and 1/2 price macca's? Is it near the one KEEFFY mentioned with the PS2 and Doughnuts? i've got to get me a transfer to one of them.

Originally Posted by thefootman

Originally Posted by Bullet Sponge

Originally Posted by thefootman

What a waste of time you are! What planet are you on? Do you honestly think that any police officer had any input into what questions you were asked? That is down to the home office wanting to "fiddle" with stats and number crunching to please Downing Street.

Any police officer would be willing to help and sort it out if they could.

If you are paying the police wages then who do you think are aying for the armed forces and yours? You need a reality check.

If you were stupid enough to leave you lap top in the back of your car whilst you went dogging and it got pinched then unlucky.

One day you need the police and i hope you change your attitude.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

My bold:

Oh you are priceless. On the few occassions that I have needed the police they have been less than fuck all use. If I ever need police assistance in the future I can guarentee that the last people to come and assist will be the police.

I now the police are priceless I agree with you there. What occassions was it when you needed the police? Was it because there were some scarey kids playing with a football on your street and you had to phone the police because they might come near your car. Oh dear, what a shame. I understand that in future you will phone the samaritans because no-one else will listen. What will you phone them for? Will it be becasue the ice cream van drove off before you got chance to get to it. Please in future dont ring the police for things like these as they are all to busy watching DVD's on night shifts and eating for half price at Mc'Donalds.

Check above cretin.

Originally Posted by hogg

Originally Posted by Bullet Sponge

Yeah I called them as I needed them to come and deal with some blokes that were threatening my wife with physical harm (there was a group of them so before you say I should have slapped them please remember that there is a fine line between hero and dead bloke). Well imagine my surprise when it took the rozzers and hour to turn up! Their response to taking an hour to turn up was "oh sorry we were busy chasing a cow around a field".

What happened in the hour? Did you manage to keep them talking or put the wagons in a circle.
Did she get assaulted?
Did you identify 'threateners' to the wastes of space when they turned up?
Did they crime it and you provided statements?

Please complete this anecdote

Did she get assaulted? No I got her into the house.
Did you identify 'threateners' to the wastes of space when they turned up? Yes
Did they crime it and you provided statements? Yes and the guys were rounded up when they legged it.

The point is she was threatened and the police saw fit not to take it seriously enough to show up in good time.

You make think it's over reacting but put yourself in my shoes:

A group of blokes tell your wife that they are going to rape her, you phone for the police hoping that they will help and the some total of fuck all happens until they have finished playing silly buggers with a cow. Fortunately this time nothing happens but imagine if your wife had actually been raped, would it be reasonable that the police did fuck all for an hour?

Sorry but I have no faith at all in the police as they stand, the next time something like this happens I will take the only course of action available to ensure the safety of my familly, if that means some bloke goes to hospital with a fucking big dent in his head then tough, no doubt the police would be very thorough when arresting me.

Originally Posted by Tytus_Barnowl

Today for the first time in years I had to report a crime to the police.
Situation: I parked my car in a wooded area on the Devon/Cornwall border and took my 2 dogs for a walk. I returned and found the rear window smashed and a Laptop was missing from the back.
I was duly put through to the "farce incident centre" and agreed to give a verbal statement.
Question 1: How would you describe your ethnic appearance.
Question 2: Have you been a victim of crime in the last 12 months.
Question 3. Have you had occasion to report and incident to the police in the last 12 months.
Forgive me if I'm missing something here but what the Fukc has this got to do with any potential enquiry.
Comments/answers anyone?
Incidentally I hope the scrotes who took the laptop try to sell it on the black market, It doesn't work and I only had it because it was BER.
TB

Are you allowed to say 'black' market?

Originally Posted by Bullet Sponge

Originally Posted by hogg

Originally Posted by Bullet Sponge

Yeah I called them as I needed them to come and deal with some blokes that were threatening my wife with physical harm (there was a group of them so before you say I should have slapped them please remember that there is a fine line between hero and dead bloke). Well imagine my surprise when it took the rozzers and hour to turn up! Their response to taking an hour to turn up was "oh sorry we were busy chasing a cow around a field".

What happened in the hour? Did you manage to keep them talking or put the wagons in a circle.
Did she get assaulted?
Did you identify 'threateners' to the wastes of space when they turned up?
Did they crime it and you provided statements?

Please complete this anecdote

Did she get assaulted? No I got her into the house.
Did you identify 'threateners' to the wastes of space when they turned up? Yes
Did they crime it and you provided statements? Yes and the guys were rounded up when they legged it.

The point is she was threatened and the police saw fit not to take it seriously enough to show up in good time.

You make think it's over reacting but put yourself in my shoe. A group of blokes tell your wife that they are going to rape her, you phone for the police hoping that they will help and the some total of fuck all happens until they have finishes playing silly buggers with a cow. Fortunately this time nothing happens but imagine if your wife had actually been raped, would it be reasonably that the police did fuck all for an hour?

Sorry but I have no faith at all in the police as they stand, the next time something like this happens I will take the only course of action available to ensure the safety of my familly, if that means some bloke goes to hospital with a fucking big dent in his head the tough, no doubt the police would be very thorough when arresting me.

On a serious note, the call was probably prioritised by a call handler (civilian support staff) and dished out to the officers. As you had got the wife indoors and the immeadiate danger was over it was probably priorotised as routine. Response time guidelines allow up to 3 hours for that type of call. Like it or not, that's the way it is.

I'm guessing by your mention of the cow and not being near a nick that you live in a rural area, these are usually masively under resourced unfortunately as there's less crime to be recorded there for the government to pour over. If you dont live in a rural area where the fcuk did the cow come from. the need of a police officer to attend a call to round up some livestock (it was probably obstructing the highway and could have caused an acident) is typical of the calls we get from the public. basicly if it's not on fire, call the police.

p.s I'm not making excuses for the officers. they did, after all, lock up the offenders but that's the way it is at the moment and it's only going to get worse as the government cuts the funding down next year