Stolen car - any thoughts welcome!

Aylesbury_Duck

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

Isn't there cctv all over London. The police could, if they wanted, review all cctv in the area to see if the car itself was spotted or a transporter in the area. They could also make enquiries of neighbours to see if anyone has information. There are things they could do but they probably wont as its not high priority like domestic violence, race and lgbt hate crimes, grooming etc. whatever is in the news.

I'm not sure that's true. A friend of mine works for the police as an investigator and he deals with these sorts of things full-time. Visiting petrol stations, pubs, shops, anywhere with CCTV to review and download evidence and doing door-to-door enquiries for so-called low priority crimes. Funnily enough, one of the obstacles to him being successful is the unwillingness of people to assist. Sometimes, people are so darn nosey they decline to give information unless they're told all about the suspected crime and they're often not entitled to know so he leaves without what he came for.

We get the law enforcement we deserve and are prepared to pay for I'm afraid.

EdGasketTheSecond

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

Sometimes, people are so darn nosey they decline to give information unless they're told all about the suspected crime and they're often not entitled to know so he leaves without what he came for.

Well that would seem fair to be told why the police are asking to see wouldn't it? GDPR has made the world go crazy. Now nobody will tell you anything.

SHAFT

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

Well that would seem fair to be told why the police are asking to see wouldn't it? GDPR has made the world go crazy. Now nobody will tell you anything.

To be told their cctv may contain evidence of an offence is enough information.

MistyZ

EdGasketTheSecond wrote: »

Isn't there cctv all over London. The police could, if they wanted, review all cctv in the area to see if the car itself was spotted or a transporter in the area. They could also make enquiries of neighbours to see if anyone has information. There are things they could do but they probably wont as its not high priority like domestic violence, race and lgbt hate crimes, grooming etc. whatever is in the news.

My friend isn't likely to use the forum & I came here with minimal info. I realise that. However apparently there was CCTV of cars being loaded & taken away last year but no action was taken / possible. My feeling is that the bigger and bolder the 'operation', the less likely it is to be investigated. The thieves were clearly good at what they do:mad:

MistyZ

SHAFT wrote: »

Even if they weren't in the news offences against the person should be higher priority that those against property.

Quite agree. However when people are struggling financially property theft is still a kick in the teeth.

worried_jim

The_Rainmaker wrote: »

Buy a car they don't want to steal next time.

Whilst on the surface this may appear unhelpful I can see an element of truth, certainly in London there are certain cars getting nicked all the time, Range Rovers, BMW, Mercedes and Audi. Now if it was a Fiat Punto with a steering lock I would be surprised.

[Deleted User]

Police are only interested in scrolling through twitter for easy pray for little effort. They are not interested in going out door to door enquiring about thefts.

Aylesbury_Duck

Deleted_User wrote: »

Police are only interested in scrolling through twitter for easy pray for little effort. They are not interested in going out door to door enquiring about thefts.

Are the cartoons in today's Daily Mail any good?

SHAFT

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

Are the cartoons in today's Daily Mail any good?

If he was well informed he'd know it was Facebook and not Twitter.

CardinalWolsey

facade wrote: »

They spend millions chasing the odd terrorist, and not much on tackling car crime. I'd rather it was the other way round. Statistically I'm much more likely to have my car stolen than be the victim of a terrorist outrage.

Have you considered that, depending upon where you live, you are much less likely to be the victim of a terrorist outrage _because_ of the work that goes on behind the scenes preventing them?