Police ringing my doorbell when visiting my neighbour

Pollycat

gettingready wrote: »

I am happy to help when help is needed but this is not help this is an unnecessary nuisance nothing more.

No idea why is it so hard to understand for some

I don't know why either.

barbiedoll

I know a woman with the exact opposite problem to OP. She lives in similar circumstances, a converted house with a shared front door, and two doorbells clearly marked A and B (woman lives upstairs in flat

Everytime someone rings B's doorbell, occupant in flat A hears it and answers the door, then asks who it is and what they want. I thought neighbour A was just being helpful but as B told me, A just lets all and sundry into the property, who then go up the stairs and bang on B's door.....she's had salesmen, Jehovah's Witnesses and all sorts at all hours. A has also quizzed B's relatives on the doorstep and has even told someone that they shouldn't come as B has just had a new baby and was "tired"! :eek:

Polite complaints from B to A aren't having much effect, B is planning to move as soon as she can!

gettingready

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6gAolyi1Bg

Pollycat

I think you'll find that my advice in this thread is to use the proper channels to ask the police to use the correct doorbell - and explain why.

Yes, their time is paid for by the taxpayer so they should be mindful of doing the right thing - which in this case is ringing the correct doorbell instead of disturbing a totally uninvolved person.

If the police knocked on my door and wanted to speak to my neighbour, I'd point out that they really need to knock on his door, not mine.
That's not being unhelpful to the police.
Thev have a perfectly good way to get access to the person they need to visit, they are just not using it.