Penelope Ptistop

I've been having "visions" of flame throwers etc!

Penelope Ptistop

John57

If Notts don't use forms then they should have been prepared to take details over the phone - it should not be down to you to have to run around for them.

The reason I said the car would only be known for the incident in the force area reported is that every force has it's own call handling system which would flag up the index if the car is stopped (or at least it does in London) if anyone checks that vehicle. This is separate to the Police National Computer which obviously is countrywide.

If the force you report it to decide to put the incident on the 'PNC' then any officer anywhere who stops the car or does a check on it would be told about the 'information'. This is, of course, dependant on whether the force policy in the area requires it to be entered in the PNC ... or even allows it to be. Stuff like this would not automatically be put on the main PNC and if it was then it would be in a form that may 'drop off' after a set period.

As to how the incident is dealt with - that will depend entirely on individual force policy so I can't really say what they will do. Some may send a letter, some may send an officer (though that sadly is rarer). Either way though they should be contacted

Penelope Ptistop

Notts rang me up today and asked me to go to their station, which is ridiculous as they are miles away. They said they'd sent a fax to Lincs (my local station) but they didn't receive it. Send it again then!

They then told me to go into my local station and make a statement. Lincs police (my local station) have specifically told me not to do that.

Retford said they had contacted Lincs yesterday and asked them to phone me to arrange for them to take a statement from me.

I'm pretty fed up with it all now, as three different stations are giving me conflicting information.

I'm assuming the bloke I am reporting will be in another area to all of the mentioned above, so I will have to rely on that info being sent to another force (4 areas involved in total then!)

I'll give Lincs a few days to contact me, if they don't I'll have to go down to the station.

Lets face it, if it doesn't end up on the national computer, it will be a waste of my time reporting it.

Thanks for the info about the PNC.

Nick Graves

Go straight to the Police Complaints Authority; they should be charged with wasting the public's time.

Moggy

Agree with Nick - this sort of crap is exactly why there is a lack of confidence in the police.

GaryB

Which is exactly why I intend to invent the "Bust stop Missile".

Basically you fire it at anyone pissing you off and it disintegrates their car and deposits them at the nearest bus stop.

Of course it's only useful if you are the only one to own one...

Nick Graves

Glad you explained that Gary.

The name suggtested it might involve Miss Sophie Titwank...

John57

If the driver is written to and S.59'd due to their manner of driving that will end up on the PNC.

You don't know what they are going to do until the idiots actually let you formally report it. Sometimes the Met area is actually better than I realise !

GaryB

I really shouldn't post using the iPhone with fat fingers...

Bus Stop Missile....