To our mates in the UK, Is it really this bad? If so, Im amazed and shocked.
My Family left in danger by Police
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>(gun carrying druggies left to roam)
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>6.40 PM Thursday 26 Feb 2004 Heard raised voices out back, looked out from
>my office window and saw the same group of four lads who had stolen and
>burnt the wheelie bins from the flats above the shops, which included the
>same two younger lads who had tried to burn down the community centre ( also
>videoed and reported See*). it's the same crowd who like to smash down the
>fence surrounding the retirement home for the elderly and rampage through
>the grounds and race motorcycles about the pedestrian areas whilst swigging
>booze from bottles ( see **).
>
>Got video camera out and watched, first lads behaving furtively near corner
>of foot path doing something with bottle, they appears to be making some
>sort of crack pipe out of bottle and sharing it among youngsters. Phoned
>local police station . No answer, not surprised.
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>7.05 ish horrified to see one youth produce what looked like a small calibre
>handgun and start waving it about, can see him loading the magazine and
>feeding it into the pistol grip, made the assumption drugs + being stoned +
>gun for protection = dangerous scenario Gun aimed at our houses and OAP
>home. Dialled 999 at about 7.25 pm and told police tale of increased yobbish
>behaviour plus arson, now drugs, plus staggering stoned gunman.( gun looked
>like a small calibre 22.LR or 25 ACP semi automatic )
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>Cops said they would respond,
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>Tried local police station again, no answer.
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>Waited.....waited......waited .. No one came
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>7.48pm no cops came, druggies staggered off waving gun about, I grabbed
>video, got in car and went to police station, phoned wife en route she said
>no police had been either to front or rear of house, or had called at house
>itself, phoned wife again when I got there, still no police at my home. >
>Told lady on desk that I required confirmation that if the police were not
>going to come to the rescue of my family that I would take steps to protect
>my family plus I had superb video footage of incidents, she made phone call
>superiors in main control room and they told her which she passed to me that
>they were readying an ARV because they did not want to send an unarmed cop
>into possibly dangerous situation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, and someone would
>come and speak with me. I replied "and who is going to protect my family
>from gun toting druggies???? during this time". Lady made phone call found
>out ARV was now on Elmtree, but left almost immediately to deal with another
>call, not having checked if my family was safe, still leaving my family
>unprotected. She was still trying to get a sergeant to speak to me but no
>one came. Still no police went to our family home to see if my family was
>safe whilst I waited and waited in the police station No one came. >
>Desk lady kept promising someone would come and speak too me, I asked why ?
>I simply wanted to clarify that the cops were not going to protect my family
>meaning I would have to do the job myself, again she tried to get someone to
>speak to me but no one came. She then said the ARV crew wished to speak with
>me so I waited some more, then they decided they like everyone else did not
>want to speak with me. At 8.35 I told her to forget it because it was
>obvious the police were neither going to deal with the armed druggies or
>bother with me. As I walked out she said a WPC would speak with me, I told
>her too late I have a family to protect because the police could not do the
>job. I also advised her I would inform the media.
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>I also advised that if the same scenario occurs tomorrow I would take law
>into my own hands to protect my family, went home phoned local TV station
>who promised to come in AM.
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>10 .30 pm still no police, crime scene covered in snow, crack bottle and any
>possible evidence long since gone.
>
>9.00 am Friday Morning TV crew turned up to cover story. So did an old lady
>from the flats saying she to had phoned 999 last night but no one came.(
>Told reporter that I reckon if police got hands on original tape they would
>" accidentally" lose it)
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>10. AM Friday morning 27 Feb still waiting for
>police.........................
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>Police phoned at 11AM to ask if it was OK to come and sort the problem
>out...On Monday next week. ( Expletives deleted) (See***)
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>Over 12 hours since dialling 999 and still no police have called at house to
>see if we are
>alright..................................................................... >.......
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>5.45 PM Friday I still have not seen a police officer, though they have been
>rather keen since the media got involved to get their hands on my video,
>more interested in saving face than saving life.
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>Police Sergeant phoned wanting to get his hands on the video footage I had
>shot, was slightly dischuffed when I told him the media had it. Did NOT
>enquire as to my families safety only interested in tape.
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>Still no one has been to see if we are OK.
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>TV station phoned to say cops wanted the video plus the copy????, The cops
>were sending a car from Police HQ to TV station to collect tapes, Reporter
>and I wondered why they could not respond so quickly in sending a car last
>night? ( bad publicity more important that protecting my family)
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>Senior police officer phoned , very insistent that he needed video tapes,
>did not enquire as to whether my family was safe!!!!, still no police have
>been to my house.
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>6.00 PM My tale made the main story on the 6 O'clock news, the police claim
>they sent an ARV, they did, to the front of the community centre which is on
>a totally different road to where the gunman and chums were located, they
>were at least 200 yds away from them on a different street. They also
>promised more patrols but neither Bev nor I have seen any police officers at >all.
>
>Nearly 24 hours after dialling 999 and still no sign of police coming to see
>if we are OK or to take details.
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>6.45 PM Friday 27 Feb
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>Druggies walk past towards back lane, ten minutes later they come back
>again. They have gone round the front of the Community Centre. I wonder if
>24 hours is long enough for police to get ready?
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>Now more than 24 hours after I dialled 999 I have still not seen a police >officer.
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>* Phoned local police office at time of arson attempt to tell them about
>incident, lady who answered the phone told me that no police officers were
>available that day in our area, I advised her to use her radio to pass on
>details to police HQ, No one came not cops, not fire service , not >surprised.
>
>** Passed video footage of these incidents to police at half term. >
>*** Sgt W phoned at 8 pm on Monday to say 3 arrests had been made, Cannabis
>and replica gun recovered, enquired if there had been any
>retaliation???????. Sgt W also enquired as to the where abouts of the
>original video tape (See ****) I informed Sgt W that the police had
>possession of both tapes which they had seized from TTTV . He informed me a
>female officer would attend Tuesday evening to take a statement.( See *****) >
>****which the "" Accidental"" loss of I forewarned the media I believed
>would happen to help save public embarrassment to the police)
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>*****Tuesday evening Mar 02 2004, Waited in as requested by Sergeant W for
>female police officer to come and take statement, No one came.
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>(expletives deleted)
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>At about 9 PM on Tuesday PC A ( the only innocent party in all of this
>continuing fiasco) phoned to ask if he could call on Wednesday to take
>statement, I told him about Inspector promising Sgt W coming to my house
>Monday, then Sgt W arrangements with me for a PC to come Tuesday night and
>that no one had come ( Again). Poor PC A had not been informed or involved
>in any of the events. PC A promised to call after I pick Thomas up from
>school Wednesday afternoon.
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>Wednesday PM PC Andy actually turns up to take statement.
>
>I honestly feel that as the Police are armed to the teeth and so are the
>criminals, and judging by the results of the last 72 hours no sane person
>can seriously object to public demands for an absolute right, clearly
>defined set of rules that not only allow the public to protect their
>families and homes without fear of unjust prosecution, but also allow us
>access to the tools needed to do the job.
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