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Post by johnc on Jan 4, 2024 9:54:36 GMT
The thing she said that was relevent to the last couple of posts was around police interest when 5 cars were stolen on the same night, a mix of BMWs / Mercedes including her GLC company car. Her neighbour had left his AirPods in the car and could see they were in Southampton, shared that with the police and the immediate response was they don't have the resource to follow up. I think the complete lack of interest is what angers most people. How can they say they don't have the resources to follow it up when they have three of four teams active with speed cameras at various spots. Re-direct the resources and solve real crimes with real criminals instead of giving someone 3 points and a £100 fine for a 1 or 2 mph indiscretion at a place where there hasn't been an accident for 10 years.
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Post by Big Blue on Jan 4, 2024 11:35:24 GMT
Yep. I’m fine understanding that not all crimes can be solved but the lack of action is just not acceptable.
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 4, 2024 22:20:18 GMT
.. and the ywant to put the "Police tax" element of council tax up again, even higher than the percentage increase for the council tax. Lack of police interest let alone action in the event of a real crime really grates
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Post by Alex on Jan 5, 2024 9:10:09 GMT
Yep. I’m fine understanding that not all crimes can be solved but the lack of action is just not acceptable. I agree with this. Public perception at the moment is that criminals are free to commit theft without fear of being bought to justice. Its not just cars but phones, bikes etc and of course shoplifting which has increased massively. You can blame the cost of living crisis as a driving force for the latter but I'd argue the lack of police action is also playing a massive part, especially when it comes to organised gangs who are willing to go into shops and brazenly walk out with larch amounts of high value produce.
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