Ex-cop’s shocker for yobs (puts up electric wire around house b/c calls to police were 'ignored')

The Sun (U.K.) / Various ^ | October 1, 2009 | John Coles

[Stoat]

 

Ex-cop’s shocker for yobs

 

Keep out ... electric wire running along inside of Ralph's fence

SOUTH WEST NEWS

By JOHN COLES

Published: Today

 

 

A RETIRED cop is defending his home against yobs - with an ELECTRIC fence.

Now a beat bobby has warned Ralph Harvey, 63, he may be sued if louts are injured by the live wire.

The former RAF police sergeant says his bungalow is "under siege" from thugs throwing bricks, paving slabs, breeze blocks - and even acid.

 

Victim ... Ralph was burgled

SOUTH WEST NEWS

 

The final straw came after all his wife's jewellery was stolen in two burglaries.

Ralph, of Saltash, Cornwall, claims cops repeatedly ignored his pleas for help - so he put up a 12-volt wire along the inside of his wooden fence.

The dad-of-three said yesterday: "The fence is not illegal and is inside an existing garden wall but apparently if they try and climb over it and hurt themselves they could sue me.

"Well let them sue me. I'm a pensioner, and I'm fed up with us all being harassed.

"All I am trying to do it protect my home and family."

Andy Dunstan, police neighbourhood sergeant for Saltash, said incidents had peaked in the last few weeks.

 

He said police had stepped up patrols in the area and arranged a meeting with residents to discuss the issue.

He said:"We're very keen to improve the lighting because that would deter people and improve the descriptions.

"If anyone has any information we would be delighted to hear from them. We really don't know who's behind this at the moment."

[Stoat]

British / American English translation assistance:

yob	Noun. A lout or hooligan. Derived from the backslang of boy.

A dictionary of slang - Y - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.

Bobby

Noun. A policeman/woman. The name derives from the pet form of the Christian name of Sir Robert Peel, who established the present British police organisation. {Informal}

A dictionary of slang - B - Slang and colloquialisms of the UK.

Backslang:

Back slang is an English coded language in which the written word is spoken phonemically backwards. It is thought to have originated in Victorian England, being used mainly by market sellers, such as butchers and greengrocers, to have private conversations behind their customers' backs and pass off lower quality goods to less observant customers.

Some back slang has entered standard English. For example the term 'yob' was originally back slang for 'boy'.

Back slang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Back Slang

Earth Yenneps Victorian Back Slang

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Homeowner puts electric fence around his house after coming 'under siege' from yobs Mail Online

Shocked: Retired RAF police officer Ralph Harvey is keeping yobs at bay after installing an electric fence around his home
 

 

Shock tactics: Mr Harvey, from Saltash, Cornwall, says officers have repeatedly ignored his pleas for help. His electric wire can be seen to the top left of the picture, attached to the fence

 

Mr Harvey added: 'If they hit someone they will kill them. All we want to do is live peace.'

Another resident said he could 'fill a skip' with the amount of bricks thrown into his garden in the last six months.

He said acid had been thrown over his car and a waste bin had been thrown through his son's bedroom window.

Another female resident said: 'I'm petrified. I'm afraid to sit on the patio. If one of those bricks hits me it will kill me.'

The electric fence installed by Mr Harvey cost £100 and is designed for controlling sheep and cattle and is powered with 12 volts of electricity.

BBC NEWS UK England Devon Electric fence in vandalised road

 

The fence has been erected after a number of incidents

 

If anyone gets stung I've been told that I can get sued - but I actually don't care
 

Ralph Harvey, householder

[Stoat]

Next step will be vigilantism. Good, decent people can’t be expected to live this way, and they will only be pushed so far.

[2banana]

The insanity in which liberals everywhere want the people to live in (with exception for themselves, of course).

[a fool in paradise]

[Drill Thrawl]

Coming soon to a state near you.

[Gator113]

I’m with Ralph.

I my state, should the bad guy get hurt, Ralph would probably be arrested for Reckless Endangerment, a gross misdemeanor.

[GeronL]

The bobbies hate the paperwork and the fact that unsolved cases make them look bad. There is enormous pressure on police departments to keep the number of reported crimes as low as possible.

They are actually relunctant to take a complaint. Imagine calling 9-1-1 and they try to talk you out of it!

[ClearCase_guy]

I love Peckinpah.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

“Back slang?”

Ya mean like, “milsum yobs?”

[Stoat]

“Back slang?”

Ya mean like, “milsum yobs?”

Indeed....I don't know what the racial / ethnic demographics are like in this particular neighborhood, but perhaps our FRiend manc knows

“Back slang?”

Ya mean like, “milsum yobs?”

[investigateworld]

According to my UK counter parts, your comments are true. but they are also under a lot of pressure for good 'stats', thus officers will profile construction tradesmen for stop and search for illegal weapons. I.e. carrying a linoleum knife .....

The officer will get a consent search, find a 'dangerous weapon', arrest the driver/owner, then spend the rest of his - her shift doing paper work, maybe catch some 'football' on the telly.

It's all a matter of survival (or going through the motions).

[GOPJ]

The favorite time for an English robber to break into someone’s home is dinner time. They have the guns - no homeowners are armed - and they can get the homeowner to show them where the money and jewelery are located. They don’t bother breaking in when people are on vacation because then they’d have to ‘search’ for the good stuff....

[A_perfect_lady]

That would be my suspicion.

[GeronL]

Ayn Rand knew all about that. They pretend to work.

[Sleeping Hampster]

12 Volts? No one will even feel that, let alone be hurt by it! Hook it to the mains and give it some teeth!

[Lurker]

It’s not the voltage that shocks, it’s the amps.

[calex59]

The liberal elites don’t see that their appeasement to criminals has caused crime to be out of control. Dropping the right of people to sue when injured committing a criminal act and giving the people of the UK to defend themselves with firearms would restore order quickly. Kowtowing to muslims is also raising he** with the rights to live peaceful live among those people who chose to live law abiding lives. Unfortunately obeying the law, in too many countries, means lying down and letting criminals walk all over you.

[2harddrive]

Too bad he is not ALLOWED to have a gun!

[CalvaryJohn]

Low voltage, high current. Believe me, it hurts.

[MaxMax]

One of these would take of those Louts.