The Plod come and chap your door.

[likesfish]

long time ago was in the TA very small room so had just come off exercise
soldier of fortune magazine no real excuse but its quite funny in a mad sort of way
rather more gareth than threat to society

 

[WasGeri]

It wouldnt be unusual for band wagon jumping would it Geri? Some people just give opinions for the sake of it. Dont they. However, on this thread there seems to be much experience. THAT is what I meant.

I'm none the wiser as to the point you are making. Are you suggesting that people are lying?

Yes, and a few glasses of wine. And to wish us happy new year.

There is a big difference between a friend of a friend coming over for a few glasses of wine & having uniformed officers you don't know at the front door.

 

[madamv]

I'm none the wiser as to the point you are making. Are you suggesting that people are lying? There is a big difference between a friend of a friend coming over for a few glasses of wine & having uniformed officers you don't know at the front door.

No Geri I am not suggesting people are lying. I am stating that instead of giving opinions, people actually have experiences on this subject....

And I know there is a difference between......... oh I cant be bothered

 

[reallyoldhippy]

No-one, police officer or otherwise, is going to go out of their way to NOT nick some twat who is slagging them off are they?

Well, I've gone out of my way not to deck the jumped-up, arrogant, this-uniform-makes-me-god, immature "police officers" who try to give me a tongue-lashing. Unfortunately I don't have the option of locking them in a stinking cell for a few hours while I go and have a bacon butty and several mugs of tea.

 

[bluestreak]

the last time the police knocked at my door i only let them in as far as the shared hall and made sure they didn't get any further.

they were asking questions about an assault in my street a few weeks back - allegedly. however i was a lot more interested in why they wanted to know my whereabouts on other nights and why they were so interested in where i go and what i did and who else lived in the flat, and did i often leave my girlfriend alone and all of that. i was somewhat interested as i was organising anti-war protests and generally upsetting the cops a little at the time and didn't take kindly to the cop in question attempting to wander into my flat.

having learnt from that in future i'd not open the door but i'd come down to talk to them, or seeing as i no longer have a buzzer and i saw cops i'd probably talk through the window - depends really. i'm not currently involved in anything that might make them take more of an interest than usual in my life so i'd be a lot more laid back about it than other occasions. however my basic activist's mistrust means that i'd be very unlikely to open up.

and given that the only time i've been s+s this year the coppers broke the regulations (law?) on s+s in at least three ways, i'm inclined to retain a certain amount of cynicism. however i'm not an unfair man, and seeing as i was not only on drugs but in possession of significant quantities of same that somehow or other the daft buggers missed, i thought it fair trade off not to take names and numbers and file a complaint.

 

[WasGeri]

No Geri I am not suggesting people are lying. I am stating that instead of giving opinions, people actually have experiences on this subject....

And I know there is a difference between......... oh I cant be bothered

Less of the rolleyes if you don't mind. It's hardly my fault if you don't make yourself clear.

 

[Dilzybhoy]

The reason I asked was because of this thread...
I should maybe have said, "If you were a known trouble maker or had been identified as such, would you blah blah blah?"

Anyway as has been pointed out by some "pro-police" peeps. They could be there to tell you a member of your family is in trouble of sorts. In that case they can drop a card through the door and you can phone them later.

I don't think they are going to come to the door to tell you they've been looking for you for ages because your distant great aunt from Canada has croaked and you are due an inheritance of £40 Million.

Note the use of the ""s in the pro-police bit.

 

[nathansears]

Less of the rolleyes if you don't mind. It's hardly my fault if you don't make yourself clear.

Yeah madamv stop trying to be objective, its black and white innit, us and them like

 

[likesfish]

I did read a piece by a copper who said just once I'd like to knock on someones door and give them some good news
must be shit having to go tell someone there loved one died in a car crash

 

[Taxamo Welf]

I'd lean out of window and check who it was and what they wanted - but it's a squat so it could be the council or bailiffs or whoever... safest just not to open the door to anyone unexpected. Police did threaten to batter our door down and take everyone's children into care if we didn't let them in the other day though

what did you do?

 

[tobyjug]

must be shit having to go tell someone there loved one died in a car crash

Doubly shit if the have to put up with some of the antics people here "welcome" police officers with.

 

[Dilzybhoy]

I know!!!
Who'd want hobnobs and tea!!!

 

[Thora_v1]

what did you do?

Had to let them in in the end

 

[tobyjug]

I was at a friend's flat on Friday and we were treated to a "domestic" in the next flat. Really noisy, Unidendified Flying Objects, went on for at least an hour, crowds gathered outside, someone starting a book on the outcome, (you get the picture).
Suddenly it went quiet, I looked outside, plod car parked, he can't have knocked the door of the flat next door, he must have just walked in.

 

[WasGeri]

Yeah madamv stop trying to be objective, its black and white innit, us and them like

What the fuck are you on about, you idiot?