I was on my way to Gina's for a coffee, when we got a phone call from her fiancé who mentioned that a neighbour had complained about the music he was playing and that it was too loud.
This was at 1pm on a Saturday afternoon - he was working on his car - it was a sunny afternoon and many other people would probably also have been enjoying the sunshine with the radio on !
Anyway - we turned up - pulled onto the drive and I opened my car door. I noted that the music was (to me) quite reasonable ....... and then we noticed the Police car as it pulled up behind us.
I ask you .... seriously ..... WTF !!!!
Have they nothing more serious to do on a Saturday afternoon ???
Is it just an easy target ???
Does it mean less paperwork if they deal with a MINOR complaint?
Were they bored??
All sorts of questions came into my head.
As it transpired the complaint was from one neighbour JUST ONE, and not even the one who lived directly next door to them.
Now, I am all for consideration for neighbours and Gina ..... of all 3 of my children ....... is and, always has been, the one who tells everyone at 11pm to "turn the music down" but ..... perlease ..... this was a SATURDAY AFTERNOON ....... not an evening ... not early morning ... not late at night ... not a party ... just a car radio that, as I pulled up, I would not have considered loud.
Instead of calming the situation down (as I understood the Police are supposed to do) they actually inflamed it, coming in all guns blazing - talking in a very patronising manner to Jamie and yes .......... I was listening (and commenting under my breath!) !
At the point where the policeman mentioned giving Jamie "a ticket" it was questioned that surely to reach the point of giving said ticket, the environmental health team should come and check noise levels ....... they backed down a little ....... and then - (this is the bit where I lose it) stated they had "checked with the neighbours, who agreed that there was a BIT of noise"
THE POLICE ARE LIARS ........ I WAS THERE ...... where is the evidence !
They checked with about 3 neighbours - one of whom approached us after the Police had gone and said :
"just want to let you know our family and the family next door to us, did not report you - we actually told them we never hear anything from you ----- I thought they were going to tell me that it was my husband's subs that were too loud. We reckon we know who did though ... and she has complained about (someone else) before " QUOTE.
We obviously knew who the complainant was, as she had approached Jamie, and yes - this neighbour had guessed correctly.
The Police did not even visit Gina and Jamie's immediate neighbour who has never had an issue with noise etc. and later admitted he was gob-smacked that a complaint had been made!
So ok ....... perhaps the kids pissed off this one woman BUT WHY OH WHY did the Police:
a) Waste precious time when they keep stating they are pushed for resources yet they can send a car with 2 officers out ..... because someone makes a complaint about noise at 1pm on a Saturday afternoon?
b) Go in all guns blazing and make an instant judgement against Jamie?
c) LIE ???????
- They can't manage to attend when Dan has been mugged - in fact a POLICE CAR was passing AS he was being mugged - fact
- They can't prosecute a mugger (on another occasion) when Dan identified the lad (who is now being charged with a firearm offence) -fact
- They can't attend when Jamie's car windows were smashed and damaged with a hammer (the car was a write off) - fact
- They can't attend when Jamie etc. were being chased in a road rage incident for over an hour (until I told the Police that it was OK and the kids were coming home and my Hubby was outside with a pickaxe in each hand - didn't even give my address, and funnily enough they then turned up in 10 minutes!) - fact
Like I have said before - I could write a book about our encounters with the boys in blue and you know what ...... sadly ..... my opinion of them does not get any better !
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