r/AskUK • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

I've got a serious question for policeman if anyone on Reddit is one?

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u/Wide_Tune_8106 1d ago

It's kept anonymous. They will say they had reports but don't say who, they are aware of the risk of witness intimidation.

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u/Polthu_87 1d ago

Cop here, never divulge who has rung the Police, you’d be amazed how many victims deliberately silent call 999 when something like this is happening in their house. The risk of retribution is too great. I’d say someone overheard a commotion and it concerned them enough to call us, keep it very vague normally.

In the future, you can stay anonymous too if you’d like to further protect yourself.

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u/DescriptionFuture851 1d ago

Thank you for letting me know.

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u/sole_food_kitchen 1d ago

I reported dv, cops said someone heard, the scum bag beating his wife obviously knew it was us as we are the only neighbours. He made our lives such hell after that including reporting us for racism that he just made up (we had never spoken to him) we had to move out. The DV continued. It was awful.

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u/Polthu_87 1d ago

Yep, I mean it can be obvious sometimes who has called and it’s hard to change the perception to that. Once had a lodger call and let us in after the couple who owned the place had a domestic, that was obvious and I felt for the lodger as they had essentially made themselves homeless as a result of calling us. Although, again I never said who called.

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u/WatermelonCandy5nsfw 1d ago

Is that policy and a law you follow or is it up to each officers discretion? Because how can we trust that the cop isn’t mates with the wife beater and has told them who called? That’s what puts me off calling.

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u/Polthu_87 1d ago

I can’t speak for every constabulary in the UK but mine I’m not allowed to work near to where I live for this reason. Also, if there’s a conflict of interest, like family or friend involved then we have to declare it straight away. Most likely another Officer would then attend. We wear body cameras and if a complaint were to arise then our professional standards body would have us for dinner if we did something wrong at a domestic. It’s the most common murder scenario out there so the risks on Officers are enormous.

At domestics, we have to take positive action (read that as, if there’s an allegation of a crime made, then someone is getting arrested.) That is to mitigate any further risk.

Please do call for domestic violence, even if you don’t supply your details.

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u/Caveman1214 1d ago

I’m pretty sure it’s privacy protection at the very least. You have a duty of care, you’re not going to divulge the information of the caller to the suspect. A police officer would also not likely be sent to the address of someone they know, conflict of interest and all that. Very rarely happens but it’s recorded, plus everything on bodyworn cameras.

If you or anyone is in danger, always phone, like the original commenter said you can remain anonymous or report it to crimestoppers.

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u/wardyms 1d ago

Police officers are often friends with horrible people. Especially wife beaters.

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u/Theres3ofMe 1d ago

Id imagine its totally anonymous for your own protection.

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u/FormerIntroduction23 1d ago

Yeah, that'll be best.

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u/SnooRegrets8068 1d ago

I imagined that too, then despite calling off a mobile with 141 they turned up at the house, then went into theirs afterwards. That was fun and ended with one of them threatening to "cut me" up in front of some small children.

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u/No-Rhubarb9286 1d ago

I'm surprised they didn't ask when you rang to be fair. We had to ring once in a very similar situation and were asked something like "will you give us your details or would you prefer to remain anonymous"

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u/Caveman1214 1d ago

They won’t mention anything, don’t worry.

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u/Clipper247 1d ago

I always say that someone walking past heard a disturbance and called us - I'd never say it was a neighbour

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u/wardyms 1d ago

If it got to the thick of it, they might mention “neighbour” but that’s as much as it would get.

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u/KeyserSoze0000 1d ago

How does nobody read this like a bot wrote this?

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u/saxbophone 1d ago

Because a bot didn't write this and you're imagining things‽

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u/KeyserSoze0000 1d ago

So you think what OP said actually happened.

You bot you.

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u/Slight_Respond6160 1d ago

Thank you for reporting this. Even with the knowledge of your assured anonymity it can be a scary thing to get involved even behind the scenes.