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At what point do you call the gardai?

  • 01-02-2010 02:18AM
    #1
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭


    This just happened


    I was sitting in my flat on the computer, heard some noise upstairs. a man and a woman shouting, door being banged, some loud thud sounds like something heavy being dropped, theres also been the sound of a newborn baby crying for the past couple of days but I wasnt sure if that was from the same place.

    I didnt call them straight away as couples tend to have fights every so often but after a while of hearing the commotion above me on a Sunday night I wasnt taking any chances


    they guards came quickly and went up, talked to them, she's staying there with the guy now and didnt want to leave.

    was I wrong calling the gardai over a domestic? hearing loud noises with the shouting had me worried. I had a neighbour almost killed right across from me in a flat before.

    at what point to you decide a situation is dangerous enough to get the police involved?


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  • #2
    artanevilla
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 12,673 Mod ✭✭✭✭artanevilla


    I wouldn't.


  • #3
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,244 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    Yes you were wrong. No one likes a snitch.


  • #4
    SubrbanOblivion
    Closed Accounts Posts: 80 ✭✭SubrbanOblivion


    As someone who has been a victim of domestic violence, I say better to call over something little than not call and someone get seriously hurt.


  • #5
    Choke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭Choke


    Chances are the woman just chucked a few things at the guy.

    You probably shouldn't have called - every tiff can't involve the Gardaí.


  • #6
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    SubrbanOblivion wrote: »
    I say better to call over something little than not call and someone get seriously hurt.

    thats what I was thinking


    I dont want to have someone seriously injured or even dead knowing I could have maybe stopped it from happening


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  • #7
    jd007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    It's hard to know really. Could be seen as just butting in on other peoples business or genuinely trying to help someone.


  • #8
    Lord Nikon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭Lord Nikon


    Call them anonymously if you do, you don't want it to come back and bite you.


  • #9
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Choke wrote: »
    every tiff can't involve the Gardaí.

    and thats what I'm asking, which tiffs should involve the gardai?

    also there are neighbours with jobs/college, Im sure they dont want to be listening to people shouting at 00.30hrs


  • #10
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    neuromancer wrote: »
    Call them anonymously if you do, you don't want it to come back and bite you.

    in what way?


  • #11
    kowloon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,187 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    I usually wait until the shouting stops and the only noises are muffled bangs and the rustling of black bags.


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  • #12
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,244 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    and thats what I'm asking, which tiffs should involve the gardai?

    also there are neighbours with jobs/college, Im sure they dont want to be listening to people shouting at 00.30hrs

    Then let them make the call and for the reason of disturbing the peace.


  • #13
    Lord Nikon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭Lord Nikon


    Gardai say you made the call from apartment downstairs, bloke comes round to your place for a "little chat".

    Then you might want to call the gardai for a reason.


  • #14
    MaybeLogic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,462 ✭✭✭MaybeLogic


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    in what way?

    Hope your neighbour isn't a Boardsie (or friend of) , for example.


  • #15
    Roro4Brit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 595 ✭✭✭Roro4Brit


    Is her name Luka And does she live on the second floor by any chance!?


  • #16
    Choke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭Choke


    Fixed
    Roro4Brit wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ0L7O_khbs


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INSJ_MnOKfk


    some food for thought.


  • #17
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0128/sandyford.html

    "A woman in her 30s, who was found dead at an apartment in Sandyford this morning, was the third fatal stabbing victim this year."

    the alarm was raised too late for that woman


  • #18
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    neuromancer wrote: »
    Gardai say you made the call from apartment downstairs, bloke comes round to your place for a "little chat".

    lol, I'm not the kind of guy to have a "little chat" with


  • #19
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,244 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    lol, I'm not the kind of guy to have a "little chat" with

    You had a "little chat" with the Gardai.


  • #20
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    humberklog wrote: »
    You had a "little chat" with the Gardai.

    ???

    "Gardai say you made the call from apartment downstairs, bloke comes round to your place for a "little chat".

    Then you might want to call the gardai for a reason."

    I was referring to the notion that my neighbour could physically harm me


  • #21
    Roro4Brit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 595 ✭✭✭Roro4Brit


    Choke wrote: »
    Fixed

    Thanks - what the hell is up with my YouTube links - they never work - could it be that I copy em from YouTube mobile!? Pisses me off!


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  • #22
    Lord Nikon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭Lord Nikon


    Anything is possible.


  • #23
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,244 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    ???



    I was referring to the notion that my neighbour could physically harm me


    You've got a bit of a thing with regards to your neighbour and physical violence.


  • #24
    _Buck Rogers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭_Buck Rogers


    humberklog wrote: »
    You've got a bit of a thing with regards to your neighbour and physical violence.

    Mod @ baiting?

    fail.


  • #25
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,244 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    _Buck Rogers wrote: »
    Mod @ baiting?

    fail.

    No, I don't think he was right in the first instance ringing the police and linking news article on a murder isn't helping. Seriously jumping the gun I think. Really is an over-reaction.


  • #26
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    humberklog wrote: »
    You've got a bit of a thing with regards to your neighbour and physical violence.

    ?


  • #27
    Euro_Kraut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭Euro_Kraut


    neuromancer wrote: »
    Gardai say you made the call from apartment downstairs, bloke comes round to your place for a "little chat".

    Then you might want to call the gardai for a reason.

    So you suggest not calling the Gaurds during a possible case of domestic violence because you are afraid of the bully husband coming down and hitting you?

    Can't you see that you are letting thugs win with that attitude?

    OP you were correct to call. People bury there heads far too often in this country. Well done.


  • #28
    Red_Marauder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭Red_Marauder


    Yes OP you were correct to call.

    Maybe if nothing else you've taught them not to raise their voices excessively so that their neighbours can hear it - so from that point of view I'm sure it won't do any harm for their kid. Parents really shouldnt scream around young kids. It's very scary in my experience.

    Sounds like you made the right call, I'd hope I'd do the same, not just adjust the tv and ignore that type of thing.


  • #29
    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    If he thought a crime was being committed then he did the right thing calling the guards. Thats what they are there for. Too often there are regrets where people didn't tell the authorities for whatever reason.

    In this situation he may have been wrong, but there is no negative consequence as opposed to him doing nothing when he thought there may have been a case of domestic violence.


  • #30
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 11,244 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    This just happened


    I was sitting in my flat on the computer, heard some noise upstairs. a man and a woman shouting, door being banged, some loud thud sounds like something heavy being dropped, theres also been the sound of a newborn baby crying for the past couple of days but I wasnt sure if that was from the same place.




    QUOTE]


    Ok right I'm obviously missing something here in this sentence. That is as vague as something very vague indeed in my book. Noises, shouting, door slamming?!! Come on. Y'know what you got there? A row.

    By the way new born babies do have tendency to cry a lot.


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  • #31
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    humberklog wrote: »
    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    This just happened


    I was sitting in my flat on the computer, heard some noise upstairs. a man and a woman shouting, door being banged, some loud thud sounds like something heavy being dropped, theres also been the sound of a newborn baby crying for the past couple of days but I wasnt sure if that was from the same place.




    QUOTE]


    Ok right I'm obviously missing something here in this sentence. That is as vague as something very vague indeed in my book. Noises, shouting, door slamming?!! Come on. Y'know what you got there? A row.

    By the way new born babies do have tendency to cry a lot.

    I gave a brief description. I heard a sound like someone being thrown around a room, I heard someone battering at a door, a womans voice in distress.

    Yes babies cry but if theres a baby also in that room it could be in trouble. babies have been murdered in Ireland before


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