Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Arrived home from work this evening to find my garage door all bent and hanging off the frame which is also badly damaged at the bottom where some one or persons tried to gemmy it open. My bikes, my bikes!!!! I got an even bigger shock when I found out the attempt to break and enter and damage was due to my scum bag neighbour under supervision of the police!!!! Apparently he told them his cat was inside, stuck for two days, so they rushed over to help him break in. Unbelievable. It is or was a fairly new garage door which is now very bent and the frame badly damaged. Inside I hope are still my bikes. As it is pitch black and my neightbour is rather volatile I shall maybe leave it until the morning.
The police can't even be bothered to turn out this evening. They REFUSED to tell me whether they had previously attended earlier to day and done it. I was getting passed around Cambridgeshire Police call centre, fobbed off, had the phone put down on me. I have told them to find some one to repair the damage and replace the main door asap but a duty sargeant told me that they will have to investiagate first and if they are found to be liable then they will pay but so far they acted under s.17 of PACE which means they are not liable where there is threat to life or property. I have neither seen nor heard ANY evidence of a cat in my garage not late last night, at 06:40am this morning or now, nor seen any notes from police put through my door.
Police have just been and told me there is only damage to the frame and my garage is now secure, they have taken pictures on their Blackberry and told me an Inspector will be in touch and left. The PC who put the phone down on me earlier also came along to accompany the sargeant although she didn't introduce herself and neither did her colleage, I had to ask who she was. I am still going to get the chap who installed my garage door to take a look at it and see if it is indeed secure or whether it is damaged as my neighbour and police forced the door twisting it to open the catches. Lucky my car was parked quite close so they didn't have too much room. I shall have to check the front of my car for damage as well. Absolutely unbelievable.
As if there isn't already enough crime without the police doing their bit to add to the crime figures.
The police can't even be bothered to turn out this evening. They REFUSED to tell me whether they had previously attended earlier to day and done it. I was getting passed around Cambridgeshire Police call centre, fobbed off, had the phone put down on me. I have told them to find some one to repair the damage and replace the main door asap but a duty sargeant told me that they will have to investiagate first and if they are found to be liable then they will pay but so far they acted under s.17 of PACE which means they are not liable where there is threat to life or property. I have neither seen nor heard ANY evidence of a cat in my garage not late last night, at 06:40am this morning or now, nor seen any notes from police put through my door.
Police have just been and told me there is only damage to the frame and my garage is now secure, they have taken pictures on their Blackberry and told me an Inspector will be in touch and left. The PC who put the phone down on me earlier also came along to accompany the sargeant although she didn't introduce herself and neither did her colleage, I had to ask who she was. I am still going to get the chap who installed my garage door to take a look at it and see if it is indeed secure or whether it is damaged as my neighbour and police forced the door twisting it to open the catches. Lucky my car was parked quite close so they didn't have too much room. I shall have to check the front of my car for damage as well. Absolutely unbelievable.
As if there isn't already enough crime without the police doing their bit to add to the crime figures.
