Koke Posted 13 January 2008 Posted 13 January 2008 After the Burnley game a while ago I decided to drive over and visit my family in Nottingham. For those of you who know the city, I was driving up Alfreton Road a little before Spar around 1am where I saw some lunatic who to appeared to be drunk throw a brick through some local restaurant and then enter. I pulled over and called the police and they arrived almost immediately and caught the guy still inside. I was still at the call box and the police asked me to come to the station. I'll never do anything like that again. **** the pigs, and the Turkish resaurant. Not my problem. Not only was I stuck at the pig station longer than the criminal, they let him see me as he was bailed out, and he even threatened me in front of them and they did nothing. I asked the cops WTF? And one of them suggested next time I get the physical description, then wait until the crime came up on "Crimestoppers" so I could collect the reward. I was flabbergasted. I got a call from them saying I'd have to appear in court as a witness. I asked why, considering the bloke had been caught in the bloody restaurant by the pigs in the freaking act. The guy told me, "Because he says he found the window broken and went in to see if anyone was hurt. You're the only one who saw him break the window." That was too much for me. I told them, sorry mate, I don't remember a damn thing about that night. I take Niravam (which is true) for a health problem, it has that effect. If you make me testify, I'll be sure and bring that up. I have a history of unpleasent incidents with the police so they can shove their badge up their own arse. And I know some smartass will come in and say "well if you obey the law then you wouldn't get screwed over by the police". I'm a law abiding, hard-working citizen so balls to that.
Flynny Posted 13 January 2008 Posted 13 January 2008 Fucking joke. Absolutely ridiculous, it really is. I'm sure someone will tell you you should have just gone to court and seen it through, but why waste your time when he'll probably get half an hours community service and compensation for the time off work he's had to take to appear in court or something like that.
Koke Posted 13 January 2008 Author Posted 13 January 2008 If this how people who report a crime get treated, no wonder people never come foward. Its an absolute joke.
Koke Posted 13 January 2008 Author Posted 13 January 2008 Fucking joke. Absolutely ridiculous, it really is.I'm sure someone will tell you you should have just gone to court and seen it through, but why waste your time when he'll probably get half an hours community service and compensation for the time off work he's had to take to appear in court or something like that. He'll let be off in no time, few hours community work at worst, and thats that. And you right, that was what I thinking why waste my time.
Bert Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 Really does take the piss mate. You do something good, and you end up getting in the shit. Incompetent twats.
stez Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 when i saw the thread title, i thought this was going to be something about the police doing something majorly wrong. fancy them getting as much evidence about a crime as possible eh? the bastards!
James. Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 when i saw the thread title, i thought this was going to be something about the police doing something majorly wrong. fancy them getting as much evidence about a crime as possible eh? the bastards! Itr's not the requirement to gather as much evidence as possible that's the issue though is it? It's the incompetent and unprofessional manner in which the police have reacted to a crime and its witness.
MikeyT Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 It makes me laugh.....someone tries do something right when a they see a crime happening and it kinda gets flung back in their face. I had to have a giggle when you said you ended up staying longer in the police station than the actual criminal. It just goes to show what a load of crap goes on nowadays, not just in what you are talking about but modern life today. You do something good and it comes back to bite you in the ass! Its all wrong!!!
The People's Hero Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 They certainly shouldn't have let the perpetrator see YOU! Tossers.
Koke Posted 14 January 2008 Author Posted 14 January 2008 when i saw the thread title, i thought this was going to be something about the police doing something majorly wrong. fancy them getting as much evidence about a crime as possible eh? the bastards! It's the incompetent and the inept way they handled it. And it isn't the first time this has happened to me. Had the criminal actually gone out and possibly killed me, then what? We'd have these c*nts all over the place apologizing to my family something that could've easily prevented. In my relatively young life I've never needed the police apart from one occasion and they cocked that one up so badly it was ridiculous. And hopefully I'll never need them ever again.
Koke Posted 14 January 2008 Author Posted 14 January 2008 They certainly shouldn't have let the perpetrator see YOU!Tossers. That was the main issue I had against them. And also the fact that I spent a good part of the night in their shithole of a station.
Daggers Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 That was the main issue I had against them. And also the fact that I spent a good part of the night in their shithole of a station. It's worth pointing out that you didn't have to spend "a good part of the night in their shithole of a station"- just in case it happens again. Simply tell them when would be a convenient time for them to visit you at home and that's that. There's arseholes in every walk of life.
Rincewind Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 Have you considered writing to Cheif inspector of that station? Not a nasty later as such but just outling your complaints and how poorly you think the station is run. Like the Peoples D said they should not have allowed the prisoner to see you and they should have informed you that a statement could be taken at anytime. The attitude of the officers towards you was not proffesional. They may have had a hard day and had a lot of crap to deal with but the general public should not be dealt with in that manner. It could be a one-off I'm sure this is not a usual practice way of running things. When I had a distraction burglary I was treated very well. They even sent a car to take and bring me back from the station. The officer assigned to the case was friendly and helpful and kept me informed of the progress being made. There is also the Police complaints board that you can go to if you have no satisfaction with a letter. The CI will not want to answer to his superiors as to how the station is run. It will be his head on the chopping block.
BigGibbo Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 Don't get me started on the old bill, about 1 in 10 knows how to do there job competently its as simple as that!
Daggers Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 about 1 in 10 knows how to do there job competently its as simple as that! That's a better ratio than we had in a City team during the last three years...
BigGibbo Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 That's a better ratio than we had in a City team during the last three years... True but no ones personal safety is in there hands just inner pain & anguish!
Tubes Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 True but no ones personal safety is in there hands just inner pain & anguish! Ian Walkers was
DB11 Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 So it was all pointless if you refuse to testify in court. Well done
stez Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 It's the incompetent and the inept way they handled it. And it isn't the first time this has happened to me. Had the criminal actually gone out and possibly killed me, then what? We'd have these c*nts all over the place apologizing to my family something that could've easily prevented. In my relatively young life I've never needed the police apart from one occasion and they cocked that one up so badly it was ridiculous. And hopefully I'll never need them ever again. to be honest with you, it was my bad, i'd only scan read it this morning, i was tired and thought it was yet another 'the police are shit' thread, so i was in no position to pass any comment really. i promice to read it properly later on an pass a more informed comment.
Unit Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 I think they need to realise who they're meant to be punishing, i've stopped phoning the police about anything less than a fooking genocide now as you end up spending 5 hours giving them a statement Something lol'able to do with the police though, on the way to the match on saturday I was walking from my brothers on narborough road down towards braunstone gate, at the huge junction (narborough road, hinckley road) I saw this bloke ram into a woman on his bike, knocking her over (this isn't the funny bit) she shat it and ran away, it was obvious they knew each other judging by the arguement about their house keys. The police came over to arrest him as he'd clearly assaulted her with his bike, so i whipped me cameraphone out, started to record it, they were about to cuff him when he ran right across narborough road, over hinckley road leaving 1 policeman who tried to chase him on his arse and the other out of puff. He got away clean as a whistle, i'll be sure to upload the video soon.
Daggers Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 I think they need to realise who they're meant to be punishing, i've stopped phoning the police about anything less than a fooking genocide now as you end up spending 5 hours giving them a statement I think you need to realise that the remit of the police is not to punish anyone. And "5 hours" is a huge bunch of horseshit.
Unit Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 I think you need to realise that the remit of the police is not to punish anyone.And "5 hours" is a huge bunch of horseshit. I once saw a man forced into a van and punched in the face. I phoned the police and we followed the van in the car. I'd given them the reg of the van, it's make, colour, everything. The police came round to take a statement at 11:30pm on a wednesday night (considering it happened at 5pm-ish) and they didn't leave to well into the early hours, i'd guess around 2am, constantly asking me the same things. I have nothing against the police, i think they do a good job and are vital part of the community, I was just agreeing that the way the take statements and treat witnesses (like the main topic in this post) by actually putting them in danger needs to be looked at.
Raj Posted 14 January 2008 Posted 14 January 2008 Too much red tape and shit. Long gone are the days when coppers were just coppers. i blame the Americans and claims direct
danny. Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 I thought this thread was about the oink oink pigs, perhaps telling us you no longer enjoy the taste of bacon
Rincewind Posted 15 January 2008 Posted 15 January 2008 Watched a program about gthe motorway cops and all I say is rather them than me. The ones in that program had to deal with a load of shit coming from the public and they are not allowed to retaliate. A Romanian couple were stopped in their car with two young children. They had no seatbelts or child seats in the car. The bloke spoke little English so they phoned up for an online interprter to explain. Because it was a woman the bloke regarded her as not worth listen to. It was obvious the female PC was annoyed as she got the same reaction but she could not show it. An 18 year old teenager was giving a lot of backchat and had a total disregard for the job the police were doing and tbh taking the piss. A driver moved traffic cones on a section of motorway that had been closed because of floods and drove the wrong way down the motorway. A couple of lads to drive out to take a look at the floods and got stuck blocking the police car on their way to a farmhouse they were attending to rescue an elderly couple. Beside the odd error of judgement there are a lot of good things the police deserve credit for. Instead ofslagging them off we should help them improve the service they give. And they won't know what needs improving unless they know about the bad things. That is why I said write a letter giving details of the events and why you were unhappy with the service received.
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