Thread: when your neighbour discharges a firearm recklessly and the cops do......

Something similar happened in South Canterbury recently where a local farmer had a group of poachers under observation and called police.

Police advised they would not be responding.

Frustrated farmer calls 111 back and re frames his story, I am on my property and there are people with guns here, I'm scared please help. Police show up with AOS and red and blues going, catch offenders and threaten farmer with charges of wasting police time...FFS

Story passed to me by Mckenzie district councillor.

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

Something similar happened in South Canterbury recently where a local farmer had a group of poachers under observation and called police.

Police advised they would not be responding.

Frustrated farmer calls 111 back and re frames his story, I am on my property and there are people with guns here, I'm scared please help. Police show up with AOS and red and blues going, catch offenders and threaten farmer with charges of wasting police time...FFS

Story passed to me by Mckenzie district councillor.

I'd love to see that go to court...enough to make me want to go back about 50 yrs, finish the law degree I started and become a barrister, for the defendant.

Originally Posted by 300_BLK

Something similar happened in South Canterbury recently where a local farmer had a group of poachers under observation and called police.

Police advised they would not be responding.

Frustrated farmer calls 111 back and re frames his story, I am on my property and there are people with guns here, I'm scared please help. Police show up with AOS and red and blues going, catch offenders and threaten farmer with charges of wasting police time...FFS

Story passed to me by Mckenzie district councillor.

Thats bloody ridiculous, for those of us who are rural, we kinda know we're on our own but you'd hope you'd have recourse to official backup if it goes tits up!