15min to get thru to police! Still on hold! Help!

hawkwinddotcom

This is from North york police

# When there is a threat to life (including road traffic accidents where persons are injured, the road is blocked or a vehicle involved in the accident has failed to stop).

# Violence to a person or damage to property is imminent.

# A serious offence is actually in progress.

# A suspected offender is still at the scene of a crime or any delay in reporting the incident may prevent the offender being apprehended.

# Serious disruption to the public is currently taking place or, is likely to take place.

black-saturn

Just dial 999.

trigger_mike

glad your ok

sleepy

Hope the police have been out to you by now. Please let us know how you get on, partly because I'm nosy, but mostly so we know you're ok.

mandi

trigger_mike wrote:

You have a mad man breakin in yet you got time to type on here! call 999 for christ sake!

I agree with trigger, couldnt send my post to you because the forum crashed.
initially reading your header the way it was worded was that you were in need of urgent assistance!!!!!, then I thought hang on one minute, someones smashing the door down and your posting on here, on the Vent board!! now then,did you post on the Vent board because youd been hanging on for 15 mins for the police? and thought it was too long!! or was it a mistake? ... either way you sent alam bells ringing with your post, . . if it was so bad that you needed advice then it was bad enough to ring 999 in the first place...


That said I hope you and expecially your children are ok now...

elona

Just wanted to send my support.

If anyone criricises you for phoning 999 then say that you have young children and that you were terrified as someone was trying to kick the door in!

Suppose you had been elderly with a weak heart - it could have been very serious even if he did not gain access.

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

Wig

As I'm a bloke, and similar has happened to me (other houses in the street not mine)

I would have opened the door and explained to him he had the wrong house. With my fist if neccessary

In your position if you are afraid to open the door, you should have just rung 999.

mr_fishbulb

Can't bite my tongue any longer - is this a wind-up?

Seriously you came onto the site to ask if you should call 999?

Amba_Gambla

if in ANY doubt, call 999. They'll help you, and if not, send you on to someone who can...

It's like these old people who fall over getting into bed, and spend the night (8-10 hours) on the floor because they 'didn't want to wake anyone up and bother them' :doh:

Justicia

mr_fishbulb wrote:

Can't bite my tongue any longer - is this a wind-up?

Seriously you came onto the site to ask if you should call 999?

Have to be honest and admit that I was thinking the same thing...

Hmmm...