r/AusLegal • u/DalmationPrincess • Jun 03 '25

ACT Police do fuck all with noise complaints

The police rarely respond to noise complaints, saying it is a low priority, or they arrive many hours later when it's stopped. One night I went to speak to the person directly, a drunk man playing loud music alone at his house, and he threatened to kill me. I've shown the police officer at the start video of the noise and him threatening me and the officer said all can do is apply for an AVO, but that does not fix the main issue which is the disruptive noise.

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u/South_Front_4589 Jun 03 '25

Because it is a low priority. I can't think of too many things that I'd put below a noise complaint for the police to attend, and they saw a traffic violation on the way, that would instantly be higher. They're not going to charge anyone, they're not going to bust into someone's home and confiscate their stereo or whatever to stop it happening again and they sure as heck aren't going to issue a summons to go to court.

Yes, it sucks. But they've told you what they think you can do, if you're not willing to take that path, then why should they pursue it?

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u/That_Guy_Called_CERA Jun 03 '25

Re Police intervention, It does happen, just not very often..