Police communication

[greyfur]

If you write a letter to the Police about an incident, do they HAVE to answer you?

[atticus]

sorry, no.

[greyfur]

Thanks Atticus for your reply. If you suspect that the Police have been involved in some sort of cover-up, where do you go for advice?

[atticus]

What kind of evidence do you have to support your suspicions?

[greyfur]

Someone has given me a tip-off which explains a great deal of what has been going on.

[wales01man]

Hearsay?

[atticus]

nothing you can use?

[greyfur]

This is a bit complicated and I don't want to give too many identifying details. But to give you an idea of the situation, just supposing your family were planning a surprise birthday party for you and no one must give the game away about the plan to you. Then you discover that your best party dress/suit is missing. The hair appointment you always have at the same time, same day has been mysteriously cancelled. Then an acquaintance remarks that you are looking younger every day. Your spouse decides to suddenly have to go out for something. You start to feel suspicious; perhaps remember that your birthday is coming up and start to ask questions, but no one will tell you the truth. You just KNOW something is going on. They are covering up, but then the surprise happens and all is revealed. In this case the 'surprise' will not reveal itself, but you know things are being covered up and you know who is involved. People will not answer your questions and some have pushed the blame onto other people and led you down the garden path in order to protect themselves and others. How can you get to the truth? I believe the Police will not own up to what has been going on because they have been part of it.

[dslippy]

I very much doubt the police would be interested. They might suspect you were taking the Michael.

[greyfur]

Okay. I'll try and cut a long story short. A man makes annoying phone calls to me over a long period of time. The Police tell me who he is and talk to him. He tells them that he was worried about me. I do not know him. I then discover he has a family member working in the Police force. Then a woman, who I believe is friends with this man, leaves an odd message on my phone. I trace her and her address. Police investigate. They say that since she made the call to me, she has died. I then find her on Facebook, and months later, she makes a post on someone else's Facebook page. Odd, or what?

[Manxman]

If you write a letter to the Police about an incident, do they HAVE to answer you?

No - not if you simply "write a letter".

Why not make a formal complaint - although I'm not sure of the substance of your complaint? Maybe that you complained to your local force about a message sent to you by a third party, that the police told you that the third party was dead, but you have now discovered they aren't?

Make a complaint | Independent Office for Police Conduct

See the link above

[greyfur]

Thank you Manxman for your reply and suggestion. If anyone has heard the term: "The Old Boy Network" and knows what it means, then this is what we are dealing with. This Old Boy Network includes working police officers in a neighbourhood and retired, police officers, too. Complaints have been met with humour and the suggestion of the complainant being mentally ill and "needing help", as they cover up for each other. No wonder the police get a bad name.