Told off by the Police.
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hope the police carried out there job properly.
By that I mean check your tyres MOT, tax and insurance. They could have a worthwhile easy pull if any of them were incorrect ,and a fine for their coffers.
Oh? thieves and vandals.. forget about them....
Unfortunately, personal experience has coloured my view.
I hope they're not all the same.
This outside a previous house at 4am:
and this 200 miles away at my sisters house.
They targeted her next door neighbour and assumed it was his car.
the cops in both areas were not interested in the slightest. but checked my documents.....!
By that I mean check your tyres MOT, tax and insurance. They could have a worthwhile easy pull if any of them were incorrect ,and a fine for their coffers.
Oh? thieves and vandals.. forget about them....
Unfortunately, personal experience has coloured my view.
I hope they're not all the same.
This outside a previous house at 4am:
and this 200 miles away at my sisters house.
They targeted her next door neighbour and assumed it was his car.
the cops in both areas were not interested in the slightest. but checked my documents.....!
the first ones knew what they were doing, a crowbar hitting the panels, boot, bonnet roof and wings. (over £9k worth of repairs) Windows are cheap to replace.
By the time the noise woke us, and we got up to see what was happening they were running off.
the next door neighbour at the time saw them run off, get picked up by a car and did not take the number plate. He was a retired police officer.......!
The wife (ex) is a Housing Officer and regularly evicted low life's.
You should have seen the security I installed afterwards, CCTV, alarms, lighting, warning buzzers all PLC controlled. Probably would have made little difference, but I had to feel I was doing something.
Even if they had hung around, probably not wise to confront two thugs with crowbars, they would not be thinking "oh should we use them on the owner or not" They will do what they need to, to get away.
By the time the noise woke us, and we got up to see what was happening they were running off.
the next door neighbour at the time saw them run off, get picked up by a car and did not take the number plate. He was a retired police officer.......!
The wife (ex) is a Housing Officer and regularly evicted low life's.
You should have seen the security I installed afterwards, CCTV, alarms, lighting, warning buzzers all PLC controlled. Probably would have made little difference, but I had to feel I was doing something.
Even if they had hung around, probably not wise to confront two thugs with crowbars, they would not be thinking "oh should we use them on the owner or not" They will do what they need to, to get away.
A common term used within the Police lol
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“The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing”
“The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing”
My understanding is the law permits you to defend yourself or your property with a level of force appropriate to 'seeing off' the situation. So 1) ask nicely for the person to stop and make clear you will defend your position if they don't put things back and go. Preferably in a loud enough voice for witnesses to hear. 2) Intervene physically with the minimum level required to see off the situation.
The point is if the bloke goes cor blimey governor fair cop, puts it back and legs it then that's a sensible point to remove yourself from the situation. Chasing after him and deliberately battering him is not within your rights. And rugby tackling to make a 'citizens's arrest' where the bloke may inadvertently smash his head on the pavement is not a good idea either.
But I suspect the Police were just telling you it's not worth intervening on any level. B*llox to that and well done.
The point is if the bloke goes cor blimey governor fair cop, puts it back and legs it then that's a sensible point to remove yourself from the situation. Chasing after him and deliberately battering him is not within your rights. And rugby tackling to make a 'citizens's arrest' where the bloke may inadvertently smash his head on the pavement is not a good idea either.
But I suspect the Police were just telling you it's not worth intervening on any level. B*llox to that and well done.
F**k 'em
Bit different for me due to the job the missus does
I have to be sensible - which I do find extremely difficult.
That is how the public end up feeling out of frustration, so God only knows how the Police feel.
. They arrest the same lowlife for the same crimes time after time and the do gooders let them back out to do it again.Tony.
Yes, they didn't explain it to me as I'm ex Job myself. They just said "he could have had a knife"
I empathise entirely. I've worked A LOT with the police and I see them try and do the right thing all the time only to be blocked by a downstream process.Bit different for me due to the job the missus does
IMO, "good men should do the right thing" would you stand by and watch someone beat a woman
Nope. DEFCON1 mate!
I have to recount this rather lengthy story.
When I was 21 I was working as a coppersmith in Portsmouth Dockyard.
One Thursday lunchtime I discovered that my push bike a Jensen racing bike had been stolen from the bike rack. I reported the theft to the Dockyard police and to Portsmouth City police. On the Saturday my younger brother saw a youth riding my bike he gave chase on foot but the youth got away.
The next Monday morning I was driving to work in my first car, an Austin mini van, when I saw a youth an 18 year old, riding my bike in the opposite direction. The red mist decended and I instinctively drove across the road and knocked him off the bike. I picked him up an threw him into the van and issued him a few threats. He didn't move whilst I loaded the bike in the back of the van. I then drove him to Portsmouth central police station and marched him inside. He admitted the theft eventually and got 3 months youth custody.
I still have the bike in my loft antique now.
This incident had a lasting effect on me as I enjoyed it so much I joined the police and served for 30 years.
When I was 21 I was working as a coppersmith in Portsmouth Dockyard.
One Thursday lunchtime I discovered that my push bike a Jensen racing bike had been stolen from the bike rack. I reported the theft to the Dockyard police and to Portsmouth City police. On the Saturday my younger brother saw a youth riding my bike he gave chase on foot but the youth got away.
The next Monday morning I was driving to work in my first car, an Austin mini van, when I saw a youth an 18 year old, riding my bike in the opposite direction. The red mist decended and I instinctively drove across the road and knocked him off the bike. I picked him up an threw him into the van and issued him a few threats. He didn't move whilst I loaded the bike in the back of the van. I then drove him to Portsmouth central police station and marched him inside. He admitted the theft eventually and got 3 months youth custody.
I still have the bike in my loft antique now.
This incident had a lasting effect on me as I enjoyed it so much I joined the police and served for 30 years.
I think you may have misread the quote. In short, evil with triumph when good men don't intervene.
And to answer your question, no I would not stand by. The last 13 years of my career are testament to that. Having faced guns, knives, blunt weapons, dirty needles and even had a dog set on me (I'll wear the scars of that one for life) I can say with a degree of confidence that I know what I'd do.
Yep, I completey misread that and you have my total appologies
I tip my hat to you and all on the thin blue line mate. I regularly get horror stories from a good mate of mine from Northants Constabulary. The best Police Force in the World doing an impossible job.
I may have said that out loud
