crookie
Well-known member
Any police or anyone else know whether there is any leniency shown to the above 'crimes' in the event of someone attending an alarm call.
Just having a last glass of wine about 12.30 when my phone went, it was the alarm company saying there was a confirmed intruder in my shop, and the police had been called. I live about 8 miles away, so put my foot down, empty roads, well over the speed limit. Got there, 2 cars and 4 cops, they said they thought it was a power cut, as no signs of forced entry, and a neighbour had told them he had had one. Obviously checked the premises, and no intruder. Thanked them and apologised for wasting their time. He must have smelt the wine on my breath, I'd had a couple of glasses with dinner about 7.30ish, then was on my second of 2 that I started about 11ish. Might have been over, might not have been. Obviously I was coherent and not staggering out of the car, but he must have smelt it.
Just having a last glass of wine about 12.30 when my phone went, it was the alarm company saying there was a confirmed intruder in my shop, and the police had been called. I live about 8 miles away, so put my foot down, empty roads, well over the speed limit. Got there, 2 cars and 4 cops, they said they thought it was a power cut, as no signs of forced entry, and a neighbour had told them he had had one. Obviously checked the premises, and no intruder. Thanked them and apologised for wasting their time. He must have smelt the wine on my breath, I'd had a couple of glasses with dinner about 7.30ish, then was on my second of 2 that I started about 11ish. Might have been over, might not have been. Obviously I was coherent and not staggering out of the car, but he must have smelt it.