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hpl111

Member since
November 2022

402 posts

Posted Sat September 21, 2024 4:02pmReport post

I see that some posters had positive experiences with police, which is great. Mine unfortunately wasn't great. They gave me a leaflet for Lucy Faithful, but one of the police officers was really rough and aggressive with me during the knock, shouting at me.

I was in touch with the OIC twice in the immediate days after the knock, she was always cold and standoffish on the phone and unfriendly.

About 4 weeks after the knock I had to call her, because the health visitor pressured me into giving her the address of my holiday location abroad.

All of a sudden she was extremely warm and friendly to me, she completely changed tone.

This was shortly after they sent off my husband's devices for further examinations to an outside agency.

I immediately grew suspicious and I believe she was only was so fake friendly with me, because they probably couldn't find anything during their initial search of my husband's devices.

She probably hoped that I was calling because I had information on my husband and I was planning to drop him in it.

Edited Sat September 21, 2024 4:06pm

Lucy from Stop it Now!

Member since
September 2018

524 posts

Posted Mon September 30, 2024 3:55pmReport post

Hello,

Thank you for posting on the Family and Friends Forum, we understand that it is not easy to post on a forum about these difficult situations. I can see that you have not yet had a reply on your post, hopefully someone else in a similar situation can reply soon with some support.


If you haven't already done so, I would also encourage you to contact our Stop it Now helpline. The helpline is anonymous, confidential and free, on 0808 1000 900. One of our trained advisors will then be able to explore your situation in detail and provide some support and do their best to answer your questions. Our trained advisors deal with similar concerns to yours every day and will be able to talk these through with you and offer you the best advice we can.

I hope this has been helpful.

Take care,

Lucy