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Re: Blog Thread IIIb : Look Who's Blogging Now
jwhouk:
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--- Quote from: Welu on 03 Nov 2012, 15:30 ---I would like to talk to someone but would it be possible to do it without naming specific people? I don't think I can just say, "I'm worried for someone in my area but I might be over-estimating the danger but if I'm not then something very bad is probably happening." and leave it at that.
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You might ask police how they deal with domestic violence/abuse calls, and try to get a sense of their threshold for responding to a call. If you find someone willing to spend a few minutes talking to you about that, naming the people you're concerned about shouldn't be a requirement. As an alternative, you might look for a shelter or service dealing with abused women. If there is such an agency, someone help you understand the role of a bystander.
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Welu - considering what happened in my old neck of the woods a few weeks ago? If you hear something and you're concerned for the safety of one of the two parties - CALL.
Thrillho:
The police are like doctors. They would rather have their time wasted (to an extent) than have a crime or illness go unreported and it cause a death through no-one thinking to mention it.
Papersatan:
I will call the cops if something is sounds violent, but not just for people arguing. People argue all the time in my neighborhood, I live next to an alley connecting two main streets, which has a parking lot on it. Most people near me are undergrads or the "disenfranchised" and most are pedestrians. We are on the 'walk home' for a lot of bar and party goers. There is a frat house across the street. Our last neighbor was a drunk who had a rotation of other drunks over every night. If I called every time people were arguing I would have to call more than once a night, but there is a tone change when things have escalated, and when it does I try to spy on what is happening and if it looks like other people (friends of the yellers) don't have it under control, or that the body language has changed, I call. The only time I was really conflicted was once when I was not sure what I had heard.
I was trying to sleep and people were being loud and arguing, in a posturing sort of way. It sounded like two men shouting and a woman trying to deescalate the situation. It sort of died down as the parties moved on, and I was drifting back to sleep and then I swear I heard the woman shriek "oh god help me!" And I sprang out of bed. The way the acoustics work between the houses sounds can be coming from one of 3 directions, and so I had no idea where the sound came from. But there were no noises after that. No sounds of a scuffle, no shouting, no cars, nothing. I ran around the house looking out all the windows and saw nothing. I ended up not calling the police, because I didn't see how I could call and say, I was half asleep and I think I heard someone who wanted help, but I don't know where she was, or what was wrong.
I am pretty sure I just dreamed it, based on the priming from the argument, but it left me uneasy with my ears super sensitive all night. I sat at the window for 45 minutes before going to bed, waiting for another sound.
Welu:
I wasn't too sure what I heard either. Like I said by the time I even processed it was an argument one of them had drove away (I assume that's what happened) and when I looked out the window I couldn't see anyone out there. I've been sensitive to any noise since but heard nothing. There have been times when I've had headphones on or been watching something and thought I heard something like voices but by the time I turn off the sound, the noise is gone and I assume I've imagined it. Happens a lot with car noises in the area too.
I'm thinking of asking shelters like was suggested or maybe my college general advisor-type person. Now that it's days after I don't think I can really call police to make a serious comment, or maybe I can and I'm just nervous to do so. I've got the neighbourhood police team number if I need it.
Patrick:
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