Interesting visit from the police

OddballJamie

Doesn't seem to be that rare.
Derry is seeing a crimewave of it
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/derry-carjacking-crimewave-sparks-calls-for-zero-tolerance-crackdown-29529891.html

Another car jacking local to me a couple of weeks ago
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/crime/2013/08/15/mother-and-daughter-in-cannock-carjacking-terror/

If you do a search on Google News, there's actually quite a lot in the UK.

Weird_Nev

Jack_Regan wrote: »

Don't doubt it then, after ten years you don't know and won't have seen it all.

State your background and interest openly, and we can have a meaningful discussion on the topic at hand.
Until then I'll have to assume that your only interest is in playing "woo! I've been around the block a bit, you weren't there, you don't know!" which I have no interest in. Only magnified I have to say by your choice of user name.

This is a public forum. Trying to scare people with worst case scenarios misrepresents the problem and leads to an enhanced fear of crime. That's not what police officers (if that's what you are) should be doing.

Take reasonable care of your property and the chances of being a victim of crime are actually pretty small in the UK. If your car is stolen, it's far more likely (by a factor of many hundreds from my numbers) to be by key burglary than violent robbery.

But then, I haven't seen it all. Perhaps the streets round your way are awash with the blood of robbery victims. In which case I suggest you get back to work because the public clearly need you on the streets and not on the internet.

Jack_Regan

Weird_Nev wrote: »

State your background and interest openly, and we can have a meaningful discussion on the topic at hand.
Until then I'll have to assume that your only interest is in playing "woo! I've been around the block a bit, you weren't there, you don't know!" which I have no interest in. Only magnified I have to say by your choice of user name.

This is a public forum. Trying to scare people with worst case scenarios misrepresents the problem and leads to an enhanced fear of crime. That's not what police officers (if that's what you are) should be doing.

Take reasonable care of your property and the chances of being a victim of crime are actually pretty small in the UK. If your car is stolen, it's far more likely (by a factor of many hundreds from my numbers) to be by key burglary than violent robbery.

But then, I haven't seen it all. Perhaps the streets round your way are awash with the blood of robbery victims. In which case I suggest you get back to work because the public clearly need you on the streets and not on the internet.

It's seems to be spread further than my local area from the links posted, so where do you suggest I go to?

For your info I've more than double the experience you claim. The first car to give the thieves real problems was the escort cosworth.

Whether you swallow your bosses party line on crime prevention is up to you. But if I owned such a car I'd leave the keys down stairs and on view once entry was made. After all its only a car and not worth facing what some will do to get it.

Weird_Nev

Jack_Regan wrote: »

Whether you swallow your bosses party line on crime prevention is up to you. But if I owned such a car I'd leave the keys down stairs and on view once entry was made. After all its only a car and not worth facing what some will do to get it.

Which is exactly what I'd advise too.

There you go, common ground without anyone claiming "Bill Big B*****" or trying to scaremonger.

And I don't swallow anything the bosses give me. I find it tends to stick in the throat a little.

OddballJamie

Anyone remember this guy last year?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19347144

My Dad was in an Audi dealers getting his car serviced when the news broke, the salesman said it will do wonders for their sales. :shocked:

Jack_Regan

Weird_Nev wrote: »

Which is exactly what I'd advise too.

There you go, common ground without anyone claiming "Bill Big B*****" or trying to scaremonger.

And I don't swallow anything the bosses give me. I find it tends to stick in the throat a little.

Scaremongering when I posts a fact but not so when others posts links?

Jack_Regan

OddballJamie wrote: »

Anyone remember this guy last year?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19347144

My Dad was in an Audi dealers getting his car serviced when the news broke, the salesman said it will do wonders for their sales. :shocked:

Another Midlands one.

https://www.justgiving.com/tushar/

Who said it's rare?

olias

PasturesNew wrote: »

In the olden days you'd simply take the rotor arm out when it wasn't being used. 2 minute job and without a rotor arm it'd never start.

Surely if the car is only used rarely, then you could just whip the relevant fuse out. Most cars these days have access to the fuses under the dashboard or in the glovebox, so you don't even have to open the bonnet. Never mind a 2 minute job, surely thats no more than a 10 second job.

Olias

penthouse89

Speaking to my dad about this - he's uprating his home security, but has stated many times that if they want it badly enough, they can take it without unnecessary confrontation.

Of course, he doesn't want them to want it in the first place.

colino

Crime rates are surprisingly low in this country and for one pensioner who was tragically killed by a "professional car thief", there will be a million who have their keys on the same fob as the front door key and nothing happens. Trust the locks and the tracker and don't buy into the paranoia of hoodies on every corner. I have relatives who live abroad who are content in their "gated communities", the UK is far short of that rampant fear which leads to people putting themselves in expensive prisons, not locking criminals out.