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Title: Some people knock the police......
Post by: Gaffers on 14 January 2015, 10:43:01
.....but I am well impressed.

I had a battery nicked from the driveway recently (my fault as i had put it under the car rather than back inside) and as it was for the jag it's a 110Ah meaty bugger worth about £80 on TC.

Anyway I consulted the cctv and sure enough I have the little scrote doing the deed so I called the police on 101 and they took all the details down.   Not a few hours later I get a call back from the PC to gather the cctv footage including screenshots to take around the scrappies and to see if they know him already.  They also saw that the neighbour has cctv pointing toward the road which may even have his number plate and they are taking that too.

Quite chuffed tbh :y
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: The Sheriff on 14 January 2015, 10:45:33
Ah....sleepy Hampshire. Your battery theft will give the boys in blue a break from catching litter droppers. ;D
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: 05omegav6 on 14 January 2015, 11:09:20
It's a shame that you need to have it, but given working away etc, I guess it's a necessary evil :-\

I have generally found the Police to be quite helpful, and obviously being able to provide irrefutable evidence makes their tasks alot easier... :y
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: Gaffers on 14 January 2015, 11:52:48
Yeah working away alot means it is a necessary evil along with the fully alarmed house and shed(s)
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: AndyRoid on 14 January 2015, 14:35:54
Some people knock the police......
I've never been a great lover of the old bill (mainly due to the fact they can't identify me correctly at the roadside which results in a few hours down at the station where they do manage to find the right one before releasing me), but the simple fact of the matter is that if we didn't have a police force then I'm sure none of us would be here now.

You should have put the video and screenies on the likes of FB, etc to see if anyone recognised the little shit as I find summary justice works a lot quicker than the courts do (it also saves the taxpayer a shedload of money)  ;)
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: tigers_gonads on 14 January 2015, 14:49:21
Some people knock the police......
I've never been a great lover of the old bill (mainly due to the fact they can't identify me correctly at the roadside which results in a few hours down at the station where they do manage to find the right one before releasing me), but the simple fact of the matter is that if we didn't have a police force then I'm sure none of us would be here now.

You should have put the video and screenies on the likes of FB, etc to see if anyone recognised the little shit as I find summary justice works a lot quicker than the courts do (it also saves the taxpayer a shedload of money)  ;)




Aw yes  ;) :-X
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: zirk on 14 January 2015, 14:59:15
All for a Battery a, very good, some Hit and Run ferker Totaled my Elite a few months while it was parked up, all the help I got from the Bill was a producer for all my documents and make sure the car was legal. 
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: AndyRoid on 14 January 2015, 15:10:17
All for a Battery a, very good, some Hit and Run ferker Totaled my Elite a few months while it was parked up, all the help I got from the Bill was a producer for all my documents and make sure the car was legal.
Wait till they seize the vehicle and offer you a cursory "sorry" before releasing you whereupon YOU pay the £105 recovery fee to get your car/bike back from the breakers impound lot that towed it away to start with.
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: zirk on 14 January 2015, 15:18:37
All for a Battery a, very good, some Hit and Run ferker Totaled my Elite a few months while it was parked up, all the help I got from the Bill was a producer for all my documents and make sure the car was legal.
Wait till they seize the vehicle and offer you a cursory "sorry" before releasing you whereupon YOU pay the £105 recovery fee to get your car/bike back from the breakers impound lot that towed it away to start with.
Yea, I heard about that one, sometimes done if they recover a stolen vehicle should they chose to do there own forensic on it. Keeper gets the bill, something like you say £105 recovery, £250 per day odd for the Police work plus £30 per day storage. But dont worry your Insurance pays for it all.  ::) 
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: Gaffers on 14 January 2015, 16:05:34
You should have put the video and screenies on the likes of FB, etc to see if anyone recognised the little shit as I find summary justice works a lot quicker than the courts do (it also saves the taxpayer a shedload of money)  ;)

If it goes to court then it could, as I understand it, cause issues with the validity of the evidence and with impartiality.
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: 05omegav6 on 14 January 2015, 16:34:01
You should have put the video and screenies on the likes of FB, etc to see if anyone recognised the little shit as I find summary justice works a lot quicker than the courts do (it also saves the taxpayer a shedload of money)  ;)

If it goes to court then it could, as I understand it, cause issues with the validity of the evidence and with impartiality.
I guess the key thing there would be to use someone elses Facearsebook account... ::)
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: Gaffers on 14 January 2015, 16:58:13
You should have put the video and screenies on the likes of FB, etc to see if anyone recognised the little shit as I find summary justice works a lot quicker than the courts do (it also saves the taxpayer a shedload of money)  ;)

If it goes to court then it could, as I understand it, cause issues with the validity of the evidence and with impartiality.
I guess the key thing there would be to use someone elses Facearsebook account... ::)

As I am the only one with access to the information then the impartiality offered by using someone else's account is nullified ::)
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: 05omegav6 on 14 January 2015, 17:01:05
Good point well presented... ::)
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: Kevin Wood on 14 January 2015, 17:25:50
Just photoshop it a bit, then. ;)
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: AndyRoid on 14 January 2015, 17:30:50
All for a Battery a, very good, some Hit and Run ferker Totaled my Elite a few months while it was parked up, all the help I got from the Bill was a producer for all my documents and make sure the car was legal.
Wait till they seize the vehicle and offer you a cursory "sorry" before releasing you whereupon YOU pay the £105 recovery fee to get your car/bike back from the breakers impound lot that towed it away to start with.
Yea, I heard about that one, sometimes done if they recover a stolen vehicle should they chose to do there own forensic on it. Keeper gets the bill, something like you say £105 recovery, £250 per day odd for the Police work plus £30 per day storage. But dont worry your Insurance pays for it all.  ::)
Unfortunately (for me anyways) there is an individual who has not only the same name as me, but also the same date of birth who apparently is "disqualified from driving for life".
This means the only way plod can verify I am not the Mark B*****r who has this against his name is to fingerprint me, which means time down the station and an appointment with the Livescan machine.

Unfortunately they prefer to listen to the computer rather than me, which means my vehicle (car or bike) is automatically seized in the same way it would be seized for someone with no licence, and after countless occasions of it occurring it becomes somewhat tiresome.
The last time it happened it took in excess of 6 months to get the £105 back, which is why the incompetent idiots pi$$ me off.

The above is all a moot point at the moment of course as recent brain surgery means I am off the road for a minimum of 12 months from last October, but when I am allowed to drive again how many more times do I have to put up with their error at the roadside and keep forking out for something that is out of my control?
It's that reason (and that reason alone) that means I generally end up losing it with them, but how many times do I have to put up with their problem before they correct it?


You should have put the video and screenies on the likes of FB, etc to see if anyone recognised the little shit as I find summary justice works a lot quicker than the courts do (it also saves the taxpayer a shedload of money)  ;)

If it goes to court then it could, as I understand it, cause issues with the validity of the evidence and with impartiality.
I was always under the distinct impression it didn't matter what the authorities thought if summary justice had been invoked as they weren't involved to start with  ;)


PS
I'm still with you in being grateful for a police force (because we need one without a doubt), but 90% + of them are still incompetent f**kwits who aren't capable of thinking for themselves.
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: aaronjb on 14 January 2015, 17:40:55
You should have put the video and screenies on the likes of FB, etc to see if anyone recognised the little shit as I find summary justice works a lot quicker than the courts do (it also saves the taxpayer a shedload of money)  ;)

If it goes to court then it could, as I understand it, cause issues with the validity of the evidence and with impartiality.

Don't worry Matt, the chances of that are about nil ;)
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: Kevin Wood on 14 January 2015, 18:03:02
They'll be back for the battery in your other car soon. That should be footage worth seeing. ;D
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: Gaffers on 15 January 2015, 06:38:52
They'll be back for the battery in your other car soon. That should be footage worth seeing. ;D

 ;D ;D
Title: Re: Some people knock the police......
Post by: Kevin Wood on 15 January 2015, 17:21:09
They'll be back for the battery in your other car soon. That should be footage worth seeing. ;D

 ;D ;D

"Don't touch the termin..<sizzle> ;D