Police won’t investigate theft

[Macron]

In Bedford, officially. I guess it’s been unofficial in most places where they just don’t GAF , but it seems it’s now written policy there.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7490143/P...

[anonymous-user]

Don’t blame them really given they barely bother with stolen cars. When a bike is stolen it’s either stripped for parts and sold on eBay or gumtree, or just ridden for a few hours by the opportunistic thief then dumped. Thieves are wise to victims sharing info on gumtree and Facebook and know a good bike will be harder to shift. Very few resurface as a complete bike in the same spec as they were stolen which makes provenance hard to define.

[LeadFarmer]

Anyone who leaves their bike unlocked in public only has themselves to blame, or if using those pathetic thin cable locks.
I'd rather the cops investigate other crimes such as house burglaries than be spending time investigating stolen bikes where the owner hasn't even been bothered to secure it properly. You wouldn't leave £1,000 cash chained to a lamppost, so why would you do so with a £1,000 bike?

[Trevor555]

It will lead to victims dealing with the thieves themselves and getting locked up for assault.

Everyone in my town knows who they are, it's been going on for years unabated.

They are happily walking around town with bolt croppers unchallenged.

Think people should challenge the "Police" portion of their council tax.

And to the victims???

People who cant afford a car? Or cannot drive?

And they know the thieves, do they just ignore it???????

[Donbot]

LeadFarmer said:

Anyone who leaves their bike unlocked in public only has themselves to blame, or if using those pathetic thin cable locks.
I'd rather the cops investigate other crimes such as house burglaries than be spending time investigating stolen bikes where the owner hasn't even been bothered to secure it properly. You wouldn't leave £1,000 cash chained to a lamppost, so why would you do so with a £1,000 bike?

Oh fk off.

Though to be fair I wouldn't leave my expensive bike anywhere outside the house. But sadly thats because there are theiving tts about. It's the fault of the thieves.

[Brads67]

LeadFarmer said:

Anyone who leaves their bike unlocked in public only has themselves to blame, or if using those pathetic thin cable locks.
I'd rather the cops investigate other crimes such as house burglaries than be spending time investigating stolen bikes where the owner hasn't even been bothered to secure it properly. You wouldn't leave £1,000 cash chained to a lamppost, so why would you do so with a £1,000 bike?

Utter ste.

[E65Ross]

LeadFarmer said:

Anyone who leaves their bike unlocked in public only has themselves to blame, or if using those pathetic thin cable locks.
I'd rather the cops investigate other crimes such as house burglaries than be spending time investigating stolen bikes where the owner hasn't even been bothered to secure it properly. You wouldn't leave £1,000 cash chained to a lamppost, so why would you do so with a £1,000 bike?

Whilst I most certainly wouldn't leave a valuable item outside, I don't think that means it's OK for someone to steal it because it's left outside. It's still someone else's property.

[anonymous-user]

I think the point is why spend £1000 on a bike and only £10 on securing it. In an ideal world we wouldn’t need locks at all but life isn’t like that. We know bikes are a target, especially nice ones, why take the risk.

[Trevor555]

So if the Police do decide to NOT investigate cycle crime, what's to stop the victims simply stealing someone else's bike to get home?

Theft of any sort is a crime.

And for the Police to say they're now picking and choosing what sort of crime they'll deal with, that's a very poor show.

Especially when the victim may have just lost their only form of transport, and may not be able to afford to buy a new one.

And then if they do buy another, that get's stolen same week?

Because the thieves know they can?

This will end badly, for the victims, the criminals, and the Police.

If someone steals my bike, and the Police don't want to know, I'll go and recover it by force.

Then it'll be me locked up, the victim.

Sound fair?

[funkyrobot]

LeadFarmer said:

Anyone who leaves their bike unlocked in public only has themselves to blame, or if using those pathetic thin cable locks.
I'd rather the cops investigate other crimes such as house burglaries than be spending time investigating stolen bikes where the owner hasn't even been bothered to secure it properly. You wouldn't leave £1,000 cash chained to a lamppost, so why would you do so with a £1,000 bike?

Where in the article does it mention a lack of locks?

This is purely the police deciding they can't be arsed with looking into bicycle theft.

What a stupid comment.

Would you say the same about thefts of motor vehicles? Surely everyone is just leaving their vehicles unlocked with the keys in.

[Donbot]

pablo said:

I think the point is why spend £1000 on a bike and only £10 on securing it. In an ideal world we wouldn’t need locks at all but life isn’t like that. We know bikes are a target, especially nice ones, why take the risk.

Even expensive lock/s won't stop a bike getting nicked or stripped for parts. Just look at the amount of motorcycle theft there is. If the thieves can easily defeat motorcycle security, a bicycle lock won't stop them.

The old saying of 'a lock only keeps honest people honest' applies.

The police should treat bicycle theft like any other.