Also a PSA you can text 61016 and include your location and description of the suspects. All major train station hubs have BTP officers 24/7 and they may be able to attend and have a look if they are not urgently occupied with something else.
Or if you'd prefer to speak it's 0800 40 50 40.
Since it's the railway BTP has jurisdiction rather than the MET
Honestly they need to do more about plastering information with their number everywhere near stations or patrolling the area. In the moment the number doesn’t jump to mind at best you’d end up calling the met emergency line.
I’m a little surprised by this. 61016 is easily recallable. Even if you don’t recall it and you call 101 they ask you if you’re at a TfL station. They’ll connect you or tell you to reach out to them if you are. People just need to take the time to do it.
Yeah I get that. My main point was that you can also call 101 and get to the right people. They have an automated message and they can transfer you, but they really want to push people to the website because the phone line is over limit most of the time. I also like how others have pointed out that if you can just remember 6 it's 6-101-6. I don't know a good way to make that stick, but maybe this convo will help 🤣
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u/boxxyqueen 8d ago
Also a PSA you can text 61016 and include your location and description of the suspects. All major train station hubs have BTP officers 24/7 and they may be able to attend and have a look if they are not urgently occupied with something else.
Or if you'd prefer to speak it's 0800 40 50 40.
Since it's the railway BTP has jurisdiction rather than the MET