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Originally Posted by Derek S
Yeah although only cause it was Mylene. If someone not as attractive called it wouldn't be worth going outside for  |
In fairness to that point of view, where I work, we phoned our local police to report a stolen laptop. We were given a crime number (for the insurance claim) and told to go investigate it ourselves..
Also, on a personal level, a couple of years ago, someone was trying to climb over our back fence. The dogs noticed it, and went insane. The barking alerted the neighbours who called 999. The Police came round, chased a couple of blokes off (who used the excuse that they were playing football and the ball had gone over our fence). The Policeman came to our front door, told us what had happened, and asked us to report anything strange happening.
So, about 10pm, I noticed a car going round and round the carpark behind our garden, and apparently spending a long time by our fence each time it went round. I watched for a few minutes, then phoned 999. The operator initially refused to put the call through saying it was probably someone doing a driving lesson. When I said they had been circling for 45 minutes so I didn't think that likely, they asked me to stay by the phone and hung up.
5 minutes later, I got a phone call from our local Police station apologising for what had happened. 15 minutes later I got another one from the Police telling me that the car I had described had been seen outside a local building society and the occupants arrested trying to break in, and that we should be OK now.
I know that a lot of Police Officers do a lot of good work, often in dangerous conditions, but the Police don't get it right all the time..
As for Mylene Klass, I can understand that she probably did feel threatened, but it is a bit much to threaten someone's life just for nicking garden implements.