The siren has been absent since last Friday night we called the cops. He wasn’t playing the siren every night before (referring to this episode of him starting up again 2 weeks ago) so we’re not sure if it partially worked or not, either way we’re recording everything so it’s all documented, and from the answers I got in this thread, we’ll be calling the cops every time he does this and getting in touch with the council too. We’ll try and catch his niece when she comes over next too

Thanks for the detailed advice! I appreciate it a ton. We’ll keep calling them every time he does this. I’ve got the radio/TV blasting and the siren/screaming recorded. He is a frail old man, he’s almost in an L shape. He did once go out into his garden shouting for my brother (my mum heard it and said it was mostly incomprehensible) with a frying pan in his hand. That was over a year ago. When he yells and screams after playing the siren we can’t make out what he’s saying. We already have a doorbell camera so if he comes to the door we’ll receive a notification about it and it’ll be recorded.

My mum has all his texts he sent her accusing my brother saved. These texts go years back so it’s all documented. When his niece comes over again we’ll see if we can talk to her. She did hide his siren before but she says he’ll probably end up ordering a new one from Amazon which is what seems to have happened here.

In the UK it is called sectioning. I’m not sure what the specific criteria are besides causing harm to others or ones self, I’ll have to research it more in the meantime. Once again I really appreciate the advice, we’ve all been so stressed out lately and something has to be done because we’re not putting up with this every day for months or even years

UK equivalent is known as sectioning

Even if he does have delusions of persecution, he only has them against my brother specifically. he knows my mum also lives here and is terminally ill, and still feels like it’s okay to subject the entire family to this

Good idea, will ask mum later if she feels like going away with me and my brother for a bit!

Thank you. Will do. I was worried the police won’t do anything because it’s not blasting at night. I’ll give them a call! Mum’s doing the best she can and I’m doing my best to take care of her

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