UK : SE : FAIL - kids play knock down ginger at OAP flats whilst cops visit!

[General Lighting]

FAIL...

Three young people from Milton Keynes got more than they bargained for when they decided to ‘cherry knock’ at a sheltered accommodation complex while a police surgery was being held inside.
Inspector Colleen Lavery and Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Nigel Barton were busy listening to complaints from elderly residents about children pushing the buzzers and running off, when it actually happened.
The officer chased after the nuisance callers and caught up with two of the three. The officers contacted the parents of the young people, aged in their early teens, to let them know what their children had been up to. The third person involved was also identified and his parents were visited by Inspector Lavery and PC Rob Grewal

[1984]

cant help but feel "contacting" their parents is hardly going to solve the problem...quite amusing though

[General Lighting]

not all young teenagers / families are complete scum and sometimes a word from the bobby is still enough to make some of 'em realise what they are doing is immature and stupid... if they were real scum they'd be smashing windows, not just ringing strangers door bells (which I'm sure everyone has done as a kid at least once)

during the 1990s there was still an old skool type village bobby in the suburb of Reading I lived in, he was a smart chap who left youths alone when they were just hanging around and not causing problems, but would have a friendly word with you when you were genuinely being out of line. He managed to stop problems a lot better than another cop in the same area who acted like something out of "Life on Mars" to the point he was viewed as a comedy figure (even by the rest of the cops) and eventually invalided out of the force on mental health grounds!

[1984]

well that's a good point, Jesus, next thing I know it will be me reading the Daily Mail *shudders*