Hi staci48.

I didn't want to post this in the forums as its a very personal issue for me, and I need to continue to feel as safe as I possibly can.

I have had ongoing abusive, threatening and violent issues with a Fire superintendent for going on 16 years now. I am not, nor have ever been in a relationship with this man, not even a fleeting intimate encounter. Yet he has stalked, threatened, intimidated and caused my life to be a living hell for all these years.

When this all started happening, I contacted the local Police yet they brushed it off and did absolutely nothing. He has been in my home while I was not home, claiming that he saw smoke coming from my roof. Kicked in my gate, ransacked my laundry...etc etc etc....stuff that is just too vile to post here in this forum. The trouble is that Police services work very closely with the Fire Dept, so they take care of their own and refuse to act on any complaints out of fear of retribution or not towing the line.

However, I became very vigilant in recording all harassment in a journal including dates and times, set up CCTV cameras for evidence and my own safety, and recorded our conversations whenever he stalked, harassed and confronted me. It took all these years to finally compel law enforcement to take action against him. I have now sold my home at last and am moving to another state, in the hope that he won't be able to find me. But the fear and apprehension will stick with me for a very long time after this experience. Please feel free to private message me here anytime if you feel like chatting... abusive monsters like these have had a free ride for way too long under the guise of 'local hero'.

Please know you are not alone.