A woman has been arrested after a note was left on an ambulance demanding they move it while they were responding to an emergency call.
The note read: "If this van is for anyone but number 14 then you have no right to be parked here.
"I couldn't give a shit if the whole street collapsed. Now move your van from outside my house."
It was left on an ambulance parked in a residents' bay while paramedics attended to a patient in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent. A spokesperson from West Midlands Ambulance said the woman also verbally abused the medics while they were on the call-out.
Police have since arrested a 26-year-old local woman on suspicion of a Section 4 Public Order offence. She is currently being questioned by cops.
Chief Inspector John Owen, said: "The arrest relates to matters of verbal abuse that could constitute offences under the Public Order Act. This is not solely about the note."
A spokesperson added: "The incident wasn't initially reported to us. We decided to take action after seeing details reported on Twitter. The woman remains in police custody and enquiries are ongoing."
A photo of the note went viral after it was shared by paramedic Katie Tudor on Twitter with the caption: "So upset to be sent this by one of our crews this morning! Along with this note left on their ambulance, they received a load of verbal abuse!"
She later added that the ambulance had not been blocking the road - it was parked in a resident space and had 'obviously' annoyed the resident by being outside their house.
She went to say that this was 'becoming a regular occurrence' and asked if there was anything that could be done.
Responding to her message, assistant chief constable of Staffordshire Police Nick Adderley wrote: "Sadly we have to 'tolerate' those in society who only ever think about themselves until such time when they need you/us. Then it's a different story.
"Just know that 99.9 percent of the public really value and appreciate what you/we do."
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Katie replied: "Thank you for your comments and I agree, however, I think the crew were most upset by the verbal abuse and distress caused to their patient rather than the note."
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