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[twing]

smithyithy said:

Are they really advocating people use 999 to report something 'suspicious', after we're constantly told to use 101 unless it's absolutely necessary?

It was more the question of why they've censored the plate. To be fair re the 999 this lot have broken into loads of vehicles so probably warrant it

[Scabutz]

twing said:

It was more the question of why they've censored the plate. To be fair re the 999 this lot have broken into loads of vehicles so probably warrant it

Often get confused by the 999 or not. Not they I've ever needed to dial it. I thought it was for proper emergencies and life in danger stuff. Not long ago I was in the local Tesco and someone had been in and pilfered some steaks. Happens a lot and this person is known to all . The copper said if you see then again call 999.

Thought that was a bit extreme. If I wake up in the night and someone is I'm my house I'm dialling the 9s but seeing a local tealeaf bobbing about having helped himself to some rubbery sirloins from Tesco doesn't seem equal to me. Maybe I'm just selfish

[twing]

This lot seem the type that you'd find in your house late at night

[r3g]

Scabutz said:

Often get confused by the 999 or not. Not they I've ever needed to dial it. I thought it was for proper emergencies and life in danger stuff. Not long ago I was in the local Tesco and someone had been in and pilfered some steaks. Happens a lot and this person is known to all . The copper said if you see then again call 999.

Thought that was a bit extreme. If I wake up in the night and someone is I'm my house I'm dialling the 9s but seeing a local tealeaf bobbing about having helped himself to some rubbery sirloins from Tesco doesn't seem equal to me. Maybe I'm just selfish

Doesn't matter which number you ring, the police aren't coming and they won't do st. It's just empty sound bites in attempt to appease the baying mobs .

[HTP99]

r3g said:

Scabutz said:

Often get confused by the 999 or not. Not they I've ever needed to dial it. I thought it was for proper emergencies and life in danger stuff. Not long ago I was in the local Tesco and someone had been in and pilfered some steaks. Happens a lot and this person is known to all . The copper said if you see then again call 999.

Thought that was a bit extreme. If I wake up in the night and someone is I'm my house I'm dialling the 9s but seeing a local tealeaf bobbing about having helped himself to some rubbery sirloins from Tesco doesn't seem equal to me. Maybe I'm just selfish

Doesn't matter which number you ring, the police aren't coming and they won't do st. It's just empty sound bites in attempt to appease the baying mobs .

101 rarely answers anyway, whenever I've called them I've just given up as I've been on hold for so long.

[twing]

I called 101 relentlessly for an hour for an escaped wolf ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/wolf... )

They never picked up and in retrospect I should have called 999 as all the local schools were put on lock-down for the afternoon

[Skyedriver]

Saleen836 said:

This story from local police popped up on one of my locals...
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9151730639880...

big accident on the A9 two days ago when one lad was killed and two injured in an e-bike and 4 car crash. There were 3 lads on the e-bike

[Spare tyre]

Ne1 no how much it is to hire car

Brilliant!

[123DWA]

twing said:

It was more the question of why they've censored the plate.

I'd imagine its because the plates are cloned

[twing]

Fair point, could have left the first couple of letters on though. I can imagine the curtain twitchers reporting every silver hatchback they see

[-Cappo-]

Scabutz said:

Often get confused by the 999 or not. Not they I've ever needed to dial it. I thought it was for proper emergencies and life in danger stuff. Not long ago I was in the local Tesco and someone had been in and pilfered some steaks. Happens a lot and this person is known to all . The copper said if you see then again call 999.

Thought that was a bit extreme. If I wake up in the night and someone is I'm my house I'm dialling the 9s but seeing a local tealeaf bobbing about having helped himself to some rubbery sirloins from Tesco doesn't seem equal to me. Maybe I'm just selfish

I'm sure I posted this elsewhere in the past, but last summer I was walking the dogs, and a few hundred yards in front of me was a woman on her own with her dog. A couple of tw@ts on a quad appeared and rode towards her and started "buzzing" her, riding round and round her then riding away and doing it again. Apart from the fact that they shouldn't have been in the area on a quad, they were at not insignificant risk of hitting her or her dog. I called 999, and the operator actually yelled at me down the phone, "get off this line, that's not an emergency". I did catch up with her after the call and checked she was OK, she seemed a bit shaken but unharmed otherwise. Could have ended differently.

[Scabutz]

-Cappo- said:

I'm sure I posted this elsewhere in the past, but last summer I was walking the dogs, and a few hundred yards in front of me was a woman on her own with her dog. A couple of tw@ts on a quad appeared and rode towards her and started "buzzing" her, riding round and round her then riding away and doing it again. Apart from the fact that they shouldn't have been in the area on a quad, they were at not insignificant risk of hitting her or her dog. I called 999, and the operator actually yelled at me down the phone, "get off this line, that's not an emergency". I did catch up with her after the call and checked she was OK, she seemed a bit shaken but unharmed otherwise. Could have ended differently.

See again I would see that as an emergency, requiring a response. As you say, few feet here or there and she is seriously injured and not accidentally.

[loskie]

twing said:

I called 101 relentlessly for an hour for an escaped wolf ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/wolf... )

They never picked up and in retrospect I should have called 999 as all the local schools were put on lock-down for the afternoon

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf"


They'd heard it all before.

[hidetheelephants]

loskie said:

twing said:

I called 101 relentlessly for an hour for an escaped wolf ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/wolf... )

They never picked up and in retrospect I should have called 999 as all the local schools were put on lock-down for the afternoon

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf"
They'd heard it all before.

What was the lock-down for? Do they routinely lock up the schools when there's a dog off the lead? A wolf from a sanctuary will be well fed and a solitary wolf is very unlikely to attack anyone anyway.

[Spare tyre]

-Cappo- said:

Scabutz said:

Often get confused by the 999 or not. Not they I've ever needed to dial it. I thought it was for proper emergencies and life in danger stuff. Not long ago I was in the local Tesco and someone had been in and pilfered some steaks. Happens a lot and this person is known to all . The copper said if you see then again call 999.

Thought that was a bit extreme. If I wake up in the night and someone is I'm my house I'm dialling the 9s but seeing a local tealeaf bobbing about having helped himself to some rubbery sirloins from Tesco doesn't seem equal to me. Maybe I'm just selfish

I'm sure I posted this elsewhere in the past, but last summer I was walking the dogs, and a few hundred yards in front of me was a woman on her own with her dog. A couple of tw@ts on a quad appeared and rode towards her and started "buzzing" her, riding round and round her then riding away and doing it again. Apart from the fact that they shouldn't have been in the area on a quad, they were at not insignificant risk of hitting her or her dog. I called 999, and the operator actually yelled at me down the phone, "get off this line, that's not an emergency". I did catch up with her after the call and checked she was OK, she seemed a bit shaken but unharmed otherwise. Could have ended differently.

I had similar, then spent 50 minutes to get through to 101 and got told that was a 999 job

Not fit for purpose.

[NRG1976]

hidetheelephants said:

loskie said:

twing said:

I called 101 relentlessly for an hour for an escaped wolf ( https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/wolf... )

They never picked up and in retrospect I should have called 999 as all the local schools were put on lock-down for the afternoon

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf"
They'd heard it all before.

What was the lock-down for? Do they routinely lock up the schools when there's a dog off the lead? A wolf from a sanctuary will be well fed and a solitary wolf is very unlikely to attack anyone anyway.

Yeah what damage could a wolf do to a small child in a playground…I can see the headlines now “I thought little Tommy would be ok as a wolf should have been well fed before escaping…”

[Daveb257]

A new unit of measure has been used

[Whistle]

I was once selling some left over floor tiles around 2ms on facebook.

One girl asked if I thought they would fit her kitchen, having no idea of the size of her kitchen a replied with.

Yes I am sure they will fit your kitchen perfect, an hour later she had been and picked them up.

[r3g]

-Cappo- said:

I'm sure I posted this elsewhere in the past, but last summer I was walking the dogs, and a few hundred yards in front of me was a woman on her own with her dog. A couple of tw@ts on a quad appeared and rode towards her and started "buzzing" her, riding round and round her then riding away and doing it again. Apart from the fact that they shouldn't have been in the area on a quad, they were at not insignificant risk of hitting her or her dog. I called 999, and the operator actually yelled at me down the phone, "get off this line, that's not an emergency". I did catch up with her after the call and checked she was OK, she seemed a bit shaken but unharmed otherwise. Could have ended differently.

You should have told the operator that they were calling her a lesbian. The entire police force would have been there within minutes for serious high level crime like that.

[-Cappo-]

r3g said:

-Cappo- said:

I'm sure I posted this elsewhere in the past, but last summer I was walking the dogs, and a few hundred yards in front of me was a woman on her own with her dog. A couple of tw@ts on a quad appeared and rode towards her and started "buzzing" her, riding round and round her then riding away and doing it again. Apart from the fact that they shouldn't have been in the area on a quad, they were at not insignificant risk of hitting her or her dog. I called 999, and the operator actually yelled at me down the phone, "get off this line, that's not an emergency". I did catch up with her after the call and checked she was OK, she seemed a bit shaken but unharmed otherwise. Could have ended differently.

You should have told the operator that they were calling her a lesbian. The entire police force would have been there within minutes for serious high level crime like that.

There are at least two locations within quad-able distance of where it happened, where the residents prefer to live in small rectangular houses of non-standard construction, which have wheels and a tow hitch fitted; I do wonder whether that coloured the operator's judgement.