You have to phone in every incident - & get a crime number for each individual incident. No crime number? – then there’s no `recorded crime’ … you’ve wasted your time! And don’t fall for the police `trick’ of letting them roll-up mutiple incidents into one crime number!
Be aware that the police will - do nothing for as long as possible, & do little for as long as possible. Log all incidents. Use CCTV by all means – but be aware the police are way-way ahead of you there. Have they actually advised you what they’ll do with the evidence. My guess is they’ve cautioned you about filming? When will they view the evidence? (We’re booking the training room to look at it next week, Sir. Pc W’s off on course, Sir – we’ll look at it when he get’s back, Sir. Pc R’s off sick, Sir – we’ll look at it when he get’s back, Sir. Wpc M’s on court duty, Sir – we’ll look at it when she gets back, Sir. Sgt K’s on leave, Sir – we’ll look at it when he gets back, Sir). And if you ever get them to actually look at it – Not much use, Sir. Just shadows, Sir – youths’ in hoodies, Sir. The youth in the Adidas hoodie said it wasn’t him, Sir – he’d lent it to a youth he doesn’t know the name of, Sir. The youth in the Puma hoodie said it wasn’t him, Sir – he’d sold it to a youth he doesn’t know the name of, Sir.
Log all incidents Put them to the police. Put them to the local Crime Partnership. Put them to the police authority. Go to the police authority meetings. Put them to HMIC. Don’t phone (We’ve no record of that call, Sir). Write – recorded delivery. Put it to your MP, Natascha Engel(?) (50% of constituents complaints can be about policing).
Use the term `harassment’ – you’re being harassed! Did the Harassment Act fall off the lorry somewhere between Parliament & Derbyshire Police?
The end result? - you might get one of the 30 thugs convicted.
Best option? Tell them your cousin, the Duchess of Cambridge is staying with you & is alarmed & distressed. Suddenly 30 youths will be arrested on `suspicion’ of something.
I’ll leave you with one of my favourite quotes.
“Have you considered moving?”
Rav Wilding (ex-cop & presenter of Crimewatch Roadshow BBC1).