Police called to argument over American Idol at a Bromley house
12:53pm Saturday 29th September 2012 in News By Robert Fisk
Police called to argument over American Idol at a Bromley house
A HEATED discussion about the merits of American Idol is just one of the quirkier incidents police have been sent to after receiving a 999 call in the past week.
Officers were called to an address in Bromley at about 3.30am on Friday morning (September 28) by a concerned member of the public after they heard a woman screaming.
But when the emergency response unit arrived the embarrassed occupants admitted they had been involved in a heated discussion about the American talent show.
Both apologised profusely that the police had to be called and for wasting police time.
A Bromley police spokesman said: "We were happy that there was an innocent explanation to this and that there was no-one requiring assistance on this occasion."
Comments(17)
Polly Staight
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10:02am Sun 30 Sep 12
Where are they when one reports a burglary?
plasticfantastic
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10:26am Sun 30 Sep 12
Polly Staight wrote:They are out there all day and all night, patrolling when you are sleeping and at work trying to prevent burglarly. Putting burglars in prison, it's the courts and the "system" that keeps letting them out to re-offend.
It says something about the way our society is organised doesn't it?
Where are they when one reports a burglary?
When you report a burglary, they will be there!!!
Householders need to be more proactive too in preventing burglaries. Burglars don't like alarms, even if you have a dummy bellbox on the outside of your house, the burglars don't know it's not real, and will move onto someone else's house who hasn't got one.
It's pot luck, being burgled to a certain extent, but there is so much you can do to put them off.
goldenbroomboy
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10:36am Sun 30 Sep 12
Guess who ;) AGAIN !
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12:18pm Sun 30 Sep 12
Polly Staight wrote:"They" ( all 47 on another story ) are out targeting motorists, its easy pickings.
It says something about the way our society is organised doesn't it?
Where are they when one reports a burglary?
Makes the figuers look grand.
plasticfantastic
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9:59pm Sun 30 Sep 12
Guess who ;) AGAIN ! wrote:The targetting motorists that you mention is presumably aimed at Op Cubo. Targeting motorists is right. Targetting motorists who don't pay their insurance. You and I pay ours, and it's expensive isn't it? That's because so many people don't!!! We're out there to catch them, and it works. Beware, if you have no insurance, we will find you and we will have your car!!!
Polly Staight wrote:"They" ( all 47 on another story ) are out targeting motorists, its easy pickings.
It says something about the way our society is organised doesn't it?
Where are they when one reports a burglary?
Makes the figuers look grand.
Guess who ;) AGAIN !
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10:26pm Sun 30 Sep 12
A police presence in any area is a deterent for any crime. Boots on the ground is what we need, well and stop and search.
goldenbroomboy
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8:36am Mon 1 Oct 12
Guess who ;) AGAIN ! wrote:But does it make figures look good? 47 policemen targeting motorists & finding one drunk driver smacks of what Time & Motion Inspectors would call "spare capacity".
Polly Staight wrote: It says something about the way our society is organised doesn't it? Where are they when one reports a burglary?"They" ( all 47 on another story ) are out targeting motorists, its easy pickings. Makes the figuers look grand.
Bob Downondiss
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11:00am Mon 1 Oct 12
If my GF tried to turn it off when I was watching there would be some domestos violence let me tell ya.
plasticfantastic
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3:27pm Mon 1 Oct 12
goldenbroomboy wrote:You don't know the whole story. Last weeks operation took more uninsured drivers cars off the road than ever before.
Guess who ;) AGAIN ! wrote:But does it make figures look good? 47 policemen targeting motorists & finding one drunk driver smacks of what Time & Motion Inspectors would call "spare capacity".
Polly Staight wrote: It says something about the way our society is organised doesn't it? Where are they when one reports a burglary?"They" ( all 47 on another story ) are out targeting motorists, its easy pickings. Makes the figuers look grand.
A lot more effort is put into burglaries every day, unfortunately, usually it's only the negative stories that get reported.
madras
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4:57pm Mon 1 Oct 12
Guess who ;) AGAIN ! wrote:As I motorist I don't have a problem with police targeting uninsured / untaxed and add on the phone and driving like a tw@t to the list - I'd like to think it could be self-funding though and allow more police to be deployed elsewhere
Polly Staight wrote:"They" ( all 47 on another story ) are out targeting motorists, its easy pickings.
It says something about the way our society is organised doesn't it?
Where are they when one reports a burglary?
Makes the figuers look grand.
I guess it's down to who pays the wages / and where income from fines goes to...
plasticfantastic
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10:23pm Mon 1 Oct 12
The money from seizures goes to the company that seizes the vehicles and the treasury. Namely £200 fine, £120 seizure and I believe its £15 a day storage. Oh yes, an 6 points on your licence!
I'de like to tell you everytime we caught a burglar but that would be divulging information I'm not at liberty to divulge.
Gypo.Joe
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10:51pm Mon 1 Oct 12
tastic AKA Inspector Clouseau.
plasticfantastic
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4:35pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Gypo.Joe wrote:Yes, very intelligent comment, yawn
Cue the Pink Panther theme, dadad dadad etc etc.......plasticfan
tastic AKA Inspector Clouseau.
Gypo.Joe
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5:27pm Tue 2 Oct 12
That’s why people with no sense of humour have an increased sense of self-importance."
Ring any bells Plasticfantastic ? Ding dong !!
idiots34
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9:39pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Marty1979
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9:08pm Wed 3 Oct 12
goldenbroomboy wrote:Why? Surely if someone hears screams they are quite right in calling then police - suppose it had been an assault
So a couple had a row. It happens. The person who wasted police time was the neighbour who called the police.
plasticfantastic says...
5:57pm Sat 29 Sep 12