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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
Reports that a mum from Colchester, which was once the Capital of Roman Britain, called the police because her son would not tidy his room. What silly reasons do you know of for calling the Chief of Police's men?
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have had the police called because my Maine coon cat assaulted a dog on my property. I laughed the cop laughed it was a good time. The owner of the dog ended up with a citation. |
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By *batMan
over a year ago
Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales) |
"What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
I watched the news today and this was not mentioned even once. I’m beginning to think your reports are not very accurate Mr Pipersson. It was NOT all over the news.
If you are trying to hoodwink us about that, what else are you bring nefarious about?
What’s going on here Tom?
Gbat |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
"What's going on here guys. It's all over the news
I watched the news today and this was not mentioned even once. I’m beginning to think your reports are not very accurate Mr Pipersson. It was NOT all over the news.
If you are trying to hoodwink us about that, what else are you bring nefarious about?
What’s going on here Tom?
Gbat "
Batty, you are obviously not well read enough ... check the Greek news for starters |
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Are they 101 calls or 999 ones? In Wales 101 are just trained workers, not actually Police, and you can wait for ages and even get flagged as a nuisance caller.
Some are daft for sure, but the Police have rightly been in trouble in the past for making fun of people with clear mental health problems, instead of just accounting for them in how they staff the lines.
For a period they did a clear national 'PR job' on reporting silly phone calls every year (always around September it seemed to me.... wow look what month it is!!!!!). I hope they are not bringing that back, or if they do they keep it to the most obviously inconsiderate calls.
Also (as the criticism went) they sometimes created an atmosphere where it seemed like they were rather discouraging people from ringing them. They need to avoid that too obviously - especially as so many people simply chose not to contact them these days on the whole. Unreported crime is a real issue these days.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My neighbour called the police one night because her son thought he heard someone kick the fence and then walking on their gravel.
But it was my cat I let out my bedroom window, jumped off the extension roof onto a little wood shed making a third Then scratching about in the gravel. The police came with a tracker dog too. |
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"Reports that a mum from Colchester, which was once the Capital of Roman Britain, called the police because her son would not tidy his room. What silly reasons do you know of for calling the Chief of Police's men?
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
To tidy a bedroom ???? Surely they'd have sent police women Tom - be sensible. |
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"Reports that a mum from Colchester, which was once the Capital of Roman Britain, called the police because her son would not tidy his room. What silly reasons do you know of for calling the Chief of Police's men?
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
Is the son a four year old or a rebellious teen or worse an abusive young male...... ?
Was the call for not cleaning the bedroom or for threatening his mother or for showing intention to self harm ?
Was the mother or the son suffering from mental health issues, dependent on substances or have very limited experience and knowledge of what help is available for parents/families ?
Who did go in the end to help ? |
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"Reports that a mum from Colchester, which was once the Capital of Roman Britain, called the police because her son would not tidy his room. What silly reasons do you know of for calling the Chief of Police's men?
What's going on here guys. It's all over the news"
She should have been charged for wasting police time  |
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By *orny-DJMan
over a year ago
Leigh-on-Sea |
"I did not know that Colchester was once the capital of Roman Britain.
Thanks Tom, you are a pub quiz dream."
It's also the oldest recorded town in the country.
A woman once called the police to report that her snowman had been nicked, having not realised that it had, in fact, melted |
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By *ssex_tom OP Man
over a year ago
Chelmsford |
A visitor to Merseyside parked his car overnight and when he came out his alloy wheels had been stollen and the car was jacked up on house bricks.. he went inside to report it to the police and hen he went back outside somebody had taken the bricks .. |
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I used to work for the Police and will always remember one call I got, 20 past 6 in the morning, nothing malicious but;
“Have you got the number for the local animal shelter”
Me: “I have, can I ask why?”
“I just woke up, and there’s a chicken roaming in my garden, I don’t know who it belongs to”
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"A visitor to Merseyside parked his car overnight and when he came out his alloy wheels had been stollen and the car was jacked up on house bricks.. he went inside to report it to the police and hen he went back outside somebody had taken the bricks .. "
Merseyside Police are looking for a barefooted conspiracy theorist named Tom who was on his yearly jaunt to his favourite city and holds with the ancient philosophy of 'finders keepers'. |
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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago
Newcastle |
"Are they 101 calls or 999 ones? In Wales 101 are just trained workers, not actually Police, and you can wait for ages and even get flagged as a nuisance caller.
Some are daft for sure, but the Police have rightly been in trouble in the past for making fun of people with clear mental health problems, instead of just accounting for them in how they staff the lines.
For a period they did a clear national 'PR job' on reporting silly phone calls every year (always around September it seemed to me.... wow look what month it is!!!!!). I hope they are not bringing that back, or if they do they keep it to the most obviously inconsiderate calls.
Also (as the criticism went) they sometimes created an atmosphere where it seemed like they were rather discouraging people from ringing them. They need to avoid that too obviously - especially as so many people simply chose not to contact them these days on the whole. Unreported crime is a real issue these days.
pt"
Difference between the two 101 is none emergency whereas 999 is an emergency both controlled by police staff as trained call handlers |
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"We had the police turn up, because our son was shining a lazer pen at a dog being walked by its owner.. "
Too right too! Shining a lazer in a eyes of a pet or human can cause permenent eye damage.
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" when he came out his alloy wheels had been stollen ..
Is this from Hansel and Gretel? I think they’d just dissolve in wet weather.
Gbat "
I bet he couldn't believe his mince pies when he saw that! |
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By *usie pTV/TS
over a year ago
taunton |
Reminds me of the time a work mate rang 999 about renewing his shotgun licence the stupid sod spent quite a while arguing with the call handler that everyone knows that 999 is the number for the police don't think he could ever see the error of his ways. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I called the police when someone was yelling vile, threatening abuse at me and breaking my door to get into my house .... apparently that's a silly reason to call the police !!! |
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