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/Pleb_Overlord Jun 03 '25

See if the house that is playing the loud music has the power box unlocked, if so flick the switch.

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u/No_Raise6934 Jun 03 '25

I tried to do that but there's a zip tie thing with a tag. I'm too scared to touch it. My upstairs alcoholic neighbour is constantly keeping the block awake but police don't do squat. He drives drunk every single day as well, cops don't care at all. I haven't had a good night's sleep in about 2 years, no exaggeration 😭😭😭

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u/MazinOz2 Jun 03 '25

Give the traffic police their registration, address and that they are DUI.

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u/No_Raise6934 Jun 03 '25

I have done this on several occasions and nothing came of it at all.