No judgement here, cops were absolutely useless at the old old place when we were being harassed by the neighboursâ brats and their arsehole mates. Until they got the call out by another neighbour after they had the house to themselves one long weekend and ran absolutely riot.
They treated me better with the robbery saga over Christmas/January but ultimately did/were able to do fuck all.
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melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Trigger warning - potential burglary
I swear the shithole area where I live is doing my head in. Yesterday Iâm pretty sure two guys were looking for packages to steal and/or casing myself and my neighbours. They made a beeline with one guy walking and the other crawling behind him in a distinctive coloured car Iâve never seen before, the walking guy coming onto the porch and moving every single one of my bins to check behind, going around to my neighbours to presumably do the same, even looking in a nearby hedge. One then openly leaned down to look closely through a neighbourâs side window. I didnât bother calling the cops because they almost never come and even if they did the sus dudes would be long gone. They usually are. Also Iâve got the security cam footage of that saved on my phone but itâs a pain in the arse or impossible to send anything more than a minute long so Iâd probably have to go pull it off the recorder box. But I might report it tomorrow in case they come back or have hit someone else. If the cops even care. And before you incredulously ask how come Iâm so blase about this and didnât immediately call the cops - please just donât. Donât blame or judge. Itâs pure exhaustion. It happens all the fucking time. Over the years Iâve had different and even the same people repetitively trying to break in while I was home, and once physically chased a woman out of my flat when I stupidly forgot to lock the door. She was later arrested having snuck in and stolen the house keys of the old man a few doors down. Iâm not even getting into everything thatâs happened here. So like. Yeah. Fuck this place. Iâm just hoping I donât get broken into or assaulted before I can leave.
oztrin@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
No judgement, have also found police to be useless tbh. Hope you can move asap.
Baku@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Oof. Iâm sorry Melbs. I know the feeling all too well. I gave up with cops after they disregarded my call when a worker at my last place was being threatened by a kid who was holding a chair over her head and threatening to kill her, plus a number of other times either I or the workers had been assaulted. They can maybe 1 in 10 times they were needed, and always 7-8 hours after it had happened
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨3⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Oof. Iâm sorry dude. The cops are stretched thin and it seems if youâre in a certain area or âclassâ youâre not a priority.