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Hi,
I recently made a 999 call when an argument between my in-laws was becoming loud and I was scared as it’s not something I am used to. The call to 999 lasted around 15 seconds though I didn’t say anything directly to the operator as I couldn’t hear anyone had answered and I put the phone down. Clearly the operator had heard the arguing because within 10mins I’d received a call back from an unknown number who left a voicemail identifying themselves as my local police. They called again a few minutes later and I answered and explained what had happened but by that point the argument had ended completely and everyone was in bed. The caller asked for the address and said that they have to follow-up on all domestic incidents. I did not want to give the address and explained that there was no need to waste police time coming out to what was now a quiet house.
I have for the the few days since this been receiving further calls and voicemails from the police about calling them back to close the incident. I assume they still want the address which I will not give them as it is not my home address and I don’t think, I’m hindsight, that I should have gotten involved.
Will they stop calling if I ignore them? Or will I have to answer and give them the address? If I do, are they likely to just turn up? I don’t want this to escalate into something big because I panicked for a moment! Everyone argues and shouts, it was just in an environment I wasn’t familiar with and I felt in that split second that I didn’t know what was going to happen. As I say, the arguing died down with 15mins and everyone went to bed and I’m now more stressed about them keep calling than about the argument itself!!!
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I recently made a 999 call when an argument between my in-laws was becoming loud and I was scared as it’s not something I am used to. The call to 999 lasted around 15 seconds though I didn’t say anything directly to the operator as I couldn’t hear anyone had answered and I put the phone down. Clearly the operator had heard the arguing because within 10mins I’d received a call back from an unknown number who left a voicemail identifying themselves as my local police. They called again a few minutes later and I answered and explained what had happened but by that point the argument had ended completely and everyone was in bed. The caller asked for the address and said that they have to follow-up on all domestic incidents. I did not want to give the address and explained that there was no need to waste police time coming out to what was now a quiet house.
I have for the the few days since this been receiving further calls and voicemails from the police about calling them back to close the incident. I assume they still want the address which I will not give them as it is not my home address and I don’t think, I’m hindsight, that I should have gotten involved.
Will they stop calling if I ignore them? Or will I have to answer and give them the address? If I do, are they likely to just turn up? I don’t want this to escalate into something big because I panicked for a moment! Everyone argues and shouts, it was just in an environment I wasn’t familiar with and I felt in that split second that I didn’t know what was going to happen. As I say, the arguing died down with 15mins and everyone went to bed and I’m now more stressed about them keep calling than about the argument itself!!!
Thanks in advance for any advice.
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