Family's terror nightmare continues (From Daily Echo)

maybe the local coppers should rent out the movie "The French Connection" or "magnum force" and use these as training videos, possibly pick up the tactic called "stake out" !?!? Its as if the police simply don't exist in that post code, well obviously apart from the playmobil copper positioned outside....

MGRA wrote:
maybe the local coppers should rent out the movie "The French Connection" or "magnum force" and use these as training videos, possibly pick up the tactic called "stake out" !?!? Its as if the police simply don't exist in that post code, well obviously apart from the playmobil copper positioned outside....

Probably quicker to just issue 'Mr Majestyk' and the 'Death Wish' franchise direct to the Amiris. Or even 'Home Alone', if they're desperate.

I wonder how helpful the Echo is being in reporting this? Are they aggravating the situation? Maybe it'll shame the police into acting though.

MGRA wrote:
maybe the local coppers should rent out the movie "The French Connection" or "magnum force" and use these as training videos, possibly pick up the tactic called "stake out" !?!? Its as if the police simply don't exist in that post code, well obviously apart from the playmobil copper positioned outside....

Do you really think they have enough money to have a couple of officers on a stake out for 8 hours?

If this is what you wan't then write to your MP as it is the government who cut police numbers.

Several joky posts, but none condemning the action that could actually injure or kill any number of innocent people. Just another snipe at a Police Force who are being short changed by Politicians, what do expect from a Force that has one hand tied behind its back, that's a message that tells people they can do what they like as the chances of being caught are negligible and if caught punishment will be weak.

Nice to see all the positivity posting this morning. Let's hope you never need to call on the police to assist you.

OSPREYSAINT wrote:
Several joky posts, but none condemning the action that could actually injure or kill any number of innocent people. Just another snipe at a Police Force who are being short changed by Politicians, what do expect from a Force that has one hand tied behind its back, that's a message that tells people they can do what they like as the chances of being caught are negligible and if caught punishment will be weak.

I wouldn't think explicit condemnation of arson would be necessary.

Big Mac wrote:
Nice to see all the positivity posting this morning. Let's hope you never need to call on the police to assist you.

I hope I don't either given what happened last time I did. Badly beaten girl in the street, bruised, screaming and bleeding from the mouth from where her boyfriend had punched her in the face. I went out and the boyfriend disappeared - she said he was threatening to kill her, so I called the boys in blue - waited with her for quarter of an hour (she was convinced he was going to find her again to kill her) and I got a call back from the switchboard to say "do you still need us as it has been a busy night and it'll be a while before we can come out?". Fantastic. Put her in a taxi to her mum's place. No idea what happened from that point forward, as psychotic boyfriend clearly knew where her mum lived too, and I did see him driving around looking for her.

So yes, I really do hope I never need to call on the police to assist me, you're spot on with that one.

It feels like there is more to this story than we are being told. Although given the low intelligence of Echo reporters this is not unusual.

Tone wrote:

Big Mac wrote:
Nice to see all the positivity posting this morning. Let's hope you never need to call on the police to assist you.

I hope I don't either given what happened last time I did. Badly beaten girl in the street, bruised, screaming and bleeding from the mouth from where her boyfriend had punched her in the face. I went out and the boyfriend disappeared - she said he was threatening to kill her, so I called the boys in blue - waited with her for quarter of an hour (she was convinced he was going to find her again to kill her) and I got a call back from the switchboard to say "do you still need us as it has been a busy night and it'll be a while before we can come out?". Fantastic. Put her in a taxi to her mum's place. No idea what happened from that point forward, as psychotic boyfriend clearly knew where her mum lived too, and I did see him driving around looking for her.

So yes, I really do hope I never need to call on the police to assist me, you're spot on with that one.

Perhaps you should pop into the town centre one evening and have a chat to the drunken slobs who occupy the police with their antisocial antics. Then slip along to the local council estate and try and deal with the drink fuelled domestic disputes.

miltonarcher wrote:

Tone wrote:

Big Mac wrote:
Nice to see all the positivity posting this morning. Let's hope you never need to call on the police to assist you.

I hope I don't either given what happened last time I did. Badly beaten girl in the street, bruised, screaming and bleeding from the mouth from where her boyfriend had punched her in the face. I went out and the boyfriend disappeared - she said he was threatening to kill her, so I called the boys in blue - waited with her for quarter of an hour (she was convinced he was going to find her again to kill her) and I got a call back from the switchboard to say "do you still need us as it has been a busy night and it'll be a while before we can come out?". Fantastic. Put her in a taxi to her mum's place. No idea what happened from that point forward, as psychotic boyfriend clearly knew where her mum lived too, and I did see him driving around looking for her.

So yes, I really do hope I never need to call on the police to assist me, you're spot on with that one.

Perhaps you should pop into the town centre one evening and have a chat to the drunken slobs who occupy the police with their antisocial antics. Then slip along to the local council estate and try and deal with the drink fuelled domestic disputes.

Well said.

6 children, really ? Thats a bit Dickensian isnt it.

Georgem wrote:
I wonder how helpful the Echo is being in reporting this? Are they aggravating the situation? Maybe it'll shame the police into acting though.

Or maybe it will nudge someone into reporting who has done this or a witness who saw the yobs in the area.

If you saw someone walking along the street carrying a fuel can you wouldn't think anything off it would you, untill you read in the papers about the arson attack that happened.

Around 8AM, sounds like school children perhaps? Most of the locals are passed out at 8AM.