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Reporting a Relative to the Police
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Anyone ever report a relative to the coppers for anything?
If so what happened and how did it turn out in the end.
PM me if you got some advice but wanna keep it a bit private - don't really wanna going into too much details myself (unless I can totally delete this thread later)
If so what happened and how did it turn out in the end.
PM me if you got some advice but wanna keep it a bit private - don't really wanna going into too much details myself (unless I can totally delete this thread later)
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Well what if it's someone prone to fits of violence (hurting others) with no self control .. and the aim isn't to get them sent to jail but for them to get mental help?
Then surely someone within your local PCT are better people to talk to.
What's PCT?
Primary Care Trust, its basically the over all organiser of health provision in your area, it runs the hospitals, GP's etc. (or at least thats how I understand it MoK may come on here and tell me I'm totally wrong)
If you want them mental help I would follow the advice above rather than expecting the filth to be very forth coming with it.
:yes:
being a grass is a very fine thing, whether right or wrong
at what point does grassing someone become right or wrong, in the scale of how bad a crime is
id grass on a mate if he was bating his gf, if nobody else would, yeh i might be a grass, but domestic abuse and many other forms of crimes, regardless of who is involved and how close they are to you, keep on going on, because someone is too ignorant and egocentric, and they think its better to let (for example) someone be continually abused or hurt, because they dont want to be labelled as a grass
if my personal safety (ie from gangs or dealers) wasnt in question, if it was any kind of serious crime, id rather be a grass and help someone, than a gutless self centred prat
You are right but they cannot get involved without the individual concerned giving permission.
It would actually be more helpful if the Police were informed TBH.
I agree completely.
My cousin reported her brother to the police because he was physically and mentally abusing his girlfriend to the point where she couldn't not say anything and like all the geniuses who say "I'd go through another route" etc she wasn't clued up enough to know any other path to take. I think it took a hell of a lot of courage, and if she hadn't done that then he wouldn't be continuing to have the rehabilitation he is -- and they sure as hell wouldn't still be together and working on their relationship. He'd be in prison, she'd be dead... maybe both.
My parents took the other option with my brother, though. He was deported from America as a heroin addict and when he got back he was initially depressed at being separated from his wife, away from his home etc. He was abusive, terrifying and also started to steal signifigant amounts of money and property from my parents and other relatives and friends to feed his addiction which there was no chance of stopping. My parents suffered severe financial hardship, and lost a lot of friends during that time. It was - of course - suggested that they should shop him to the police but they never did, even though he did some dreadful things and if you'd asked me I would've probably been happy for just about anyone to take him away at that point. My parents somehow found the money to send him to a rehabilitation centre, and he did turn his life around completely.
I think with drug related crime a lot of people wouldn't think twice about calling the police, though. At least from what I've heard from people I know. Whatever the crime, I definitely don't think people should be condemned for getting the police involved. Sometime they're just not strong enough to handle their problems internally.