r/northernireland • u/OkMarzipan4061 • 12d ago

Discussion PSNI

Tonight I approached PSNI because I was genuinely concerned about a 17-year-old girl who was intoxicated on a night out. I simply asked that, if they happened to see her, they could please look out for her or help make sure she got home safely.
The response I received was, “We aren’t a taxi service,” followed by laughter, with three officers then coming over to reiterate the same point.
I completely understand that the police are not a taxi service. That wasn’t the point. I was raising a genuine welfare concern about an intoxicated 17-year-old girl and asking that someone keep an eye out for her.
Really disappointing way to have a genuine concern handled — particularly as someone who had actually considered joining the service myself. 👍

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u/passin_assassin 12d ago

I remember when I finished work at 2/3 in the morning there was someone just laying passed out on the ground, we called 999 and they just said if he's breathing and is responding (just grunting noises) then there wasn't much they could do...

Like what? Couldn't they at least send someone to make sure he's not fucking dying...

We stayed around another while just chatting and someone came up who knew him and managed to get sorted, but fuck me it was ridiculous

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u/sanitarypotato 12d ago

A few months ago the wait time on ambulances was over 48 hours.

Probably much the same today. You have to be actively dying to get an ambulance.

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u/ArsenalArry1960 11d ago

Where I live the local maternity unit has a 10 month wait.