A long story cut short from a very sizeable Leinster town;
Last week previous tenants agreed to leave* but not without rancour and aggro e.g. threatening to beat up middle-man etc.
I changed the locks the following day.
Mon/Tues 03.00 - the neighbours of my semi-d were awoken by my door (of the vacant house) being kicked in. They rang the cops who refused to come despite the noise/party as they hadn't received a complaint from the residents (there were none) or the landlord (!?).
Thurs 17.00 - by chance a friend drove by the house and discovered the front door wide-open and rang me. The neighbours (who hadn't my number) rushed out to tell my buddy of the break-in.
18.30 (say) - I rang the cops who said they were still too busy to come out to the house at any stage that evening (remember, this is a large provincial town). After reminding them that they couldn't go out for a break-in and now couldn't come out to investigate, they said they would try to send a car around - I said we'd be there at 20.00; he immediately tried to get me to agree to call into the station. I pointed out that they couldn't see the damages an din any case I couldn't be there - it would have been my middle-man who was doing me a big favour by driving to the town to re-change the locks. He then tried to negotiate a time of between 20.00 and 21.00 for the cops to call by. I, exasperated at this stage and rather foolishly, agreed to a time of between 20.00 and 21.00.
We left at 21.30 with no sign of any cops.
This is not cutbacks - this is a lack of regard by An Garda Siochana. The guy admitted that not much can be done even though we know who the culprits are - and I do accept that, I do - but a visit by the cops to the guys (they're aged between 21 and 23) could discourage them from visiting the house again this weekend.
As it stands, I will be there every night this weekend. They will be turning up as they left a backdoor surrepitiously unlocked to regain entry.
*i wouldn't pursue them for damages, unpaid rent if they left quietly without fuss
Last week previous tenants agreed to leave* but not without rancour and aggro e.g. threatening to beat up middle-man etc.
I changed the locks the following day.
Mon/Tues 03.00 - the neighbours of my semi-d were awoken by my door (of the vacant house) being kicked in. They rang the cops who refused to come despite the noise/party as they hadn't received a complaint from the residents (there were none) or the landlord (!?).
Thurs 17.00 - by chance a friend drove by the house and discovered the front door wide-open and rang me. The neighbours (who hadn't my number) rushed out to tell my buddy of the break-in.
18.30 (say) - I rang the cops who said they were still too busy to come out to the house at any stage that evening (remember, this is a large provincial town). After reminding them that they couldn't go out for a break-in and now couldn't come out to investigate, they said they would try to send a car around - I said we'd be there at 20.00; he immediately tried to get me to agree to call into the station. I pointed out that they couldn't see the damages an din any case I couldn't be there - it would have been my middle-man who was doing me a big favour by driving to the town to re-change the locks. He then tried to negotiate a time of between 20.00 and 21.00 for the cops to call by. I, exasperated at this stage and rather foolishly, agreed to a time of between 20.00 and 21.00.
We left at 21.30 with no sign of any cops.
This is not cutbacks - this is a lack of regard by An Garda Siochana. The guy admitted that not much can be done even though we know who the culprits are - and I do accept that, I do - but a visit by the cops to the guys (they're aged between 21 and 23) could discourage them from visiting the house again this weekend.
As it stands, I will be there every night this weekend. They will be turning up as they left a backdoor surrepitiously unlocked to regain entry.
*i wouldn't pursue them for damages, unpaid rent if they left quietly without fuss