| Comment | Similar story here. We were burgled. My flatmate caught the guy in the act. Called the police and they blamed us for “not keeping the flat secure”. Someone was home at the time, the lights were on, the door was locked and to top it all off, it was a rented flat so we had no real power to change the locks or really do anything that would improve safety without the landlord’s permission. I don’t know how we could possibly make the place “more secure”. My flatmate was understandably traumatised afterwards and one of the officers essentially made fun of her for feeling scared. I didn’t feel safe or protected at all during that time and I’ve been critical of the police ever since. |
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