Motorbike Thieves Spotted

[Streetfarce 10]

Saw a white Transit this evening, two guys inside, one got out with a Black Helmet on, trying to steal a bike parked on the street, White Transit,<removed>

 

Got pics and video of it, police informed and said " nothing much we can do " Seriosuly ?? I saw the whole thing, what foiled them apart from the number of people who came out, was the disk lok, they could not roll the bike into the Van.

 

So chain up your bikes people

Edited August 22, 2018 by nikki-red

[Pyrotequila 403]

 

Got pics and video of it, police informed and said " nothing much we can do " Seriosuly ??

 

Doesn't surprise me.

A few days ago we saw some dodgy folks hanging around outside out block, they opened up the salt bin and when we drove into the car park they shut it, jumped in their car and shot off.

We had a peek and found a radio unit from a Ford, wires and all in the back...bagged it up and took it upstairs, called 101 and were basically told to chuck it in out rubbish as there wasn't much they could do as there was no report.

[rayggb 13]

Posting it on social media seems to be more productive than phoning the police nowadays

[Vintagetin82 10]

Police useless unless you have a brake light out,

[Resident 1,193]

Unfortunately, according to a Sergeant in the force, who will remain unnamed (mostly because I've forgotten it), they have standing "no-chase" order because a lot of the thieves are just wearing balaclavas rather than helmets and the chiefs don't want them falling off in a chase.

[Padders 2,866]

Unfortunately, according to a Sergeant in the force, who will remain unnamed (mostly because I've forgotten it), they have standing "no-chase" order because a lot of the thieves are just wearing balaclavas rather than helmets and the chiefs don't want them falling off in a chase.

 

That's very considerate..

[Cyclone 10]

Unfortunately, according to a Sergeant in the force, who will remain unnamed (mostly because I've forgotten it), they have standing "no-chase" order because a lot of the thieves are just wearing balaclavas rather than helmets and the chiefs don't want them falling off in a chase.

 

How is this relevant to a white van?

 

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Saw a white Transit this evening, two guys inside, one got out with a Black Helmet on, trying to steal a bike parked on the street, White Transit,<removed>

 

Got pics and video of it, police informed and said " nothing much we can do " Seriosuly ?? I saw the whole thing, what foiled them apart from the number of people who came out, was the disk lok, they could not roll the bike into the Van.

 

So chain up your bikes people

 

You should get in contact again and ask them why they can't trace the van using the VRM and use the video you took for prosecution.

[Resident 1,193]

How is this relevant to a white van?

 

It's relevant to the topic of motorbike theft, you know the title of the thread

[nightrider 13]

Doesn't surprise me.

A few days ago we saw some dodgy folks hanging around outside out block, they opened up the salt bin and when we drove into the car park they shut it, jumped in their car and shot off.

We had a peek and found a radio unit from a Ford, wires and all in the back...bagged it up and took it upstairs, called 101 and were basically told to chuck it in out rubbish as there wasn't much they could do as there was no report.

 

Am I missing why you can't file a police report about this? is it not the case that if you think you have witnessed a crime being committed they have to take a report from you and give a crime reference number?

[Cyclone 10]

It's relevant to the topic of motorbike theft, you know the title of the thread

 

Motorbike thieves spotted

Saw a white Transit this evening

 

So you think a no chase policy for people on bikes is relevant to that?

[verona 10]

Am I missing why you can't file a police report about this? is it not the case that if you think you have witnessed a crime being committed they have to take a report from you and give a crime reference number?

 

Because there’s isn’t a victim probably e.g. no one has reported a car stereo nicked. It’s certainly suspicious, but how do you know for definite a crime has been committed.

[nightrider 13]

Because there’s isn’t a victim probably e.g. no one has reported a car stereo nicked. It’s certainly suspicious, but how do you know for definite a crime has been committed.

 

Ok, but you can't apply that logic to the original post where people were observed attempting to steal a motorbike. Yet the police still refused to investigate.