Yay! Way to go, PC Fuzz!
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Appledore
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They ought to be given their community service scraping barnacles off boats over the winter period!
LittleShip
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Should have given them Long Distance Swimming Lessons.
Community service my arse ?
Tom
Community service my arse ?
Tom
penfold
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Send them here; they can clean the weed off our club's slipway and hack the weeds in the boat park.
sailorman
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The stolen equipment was advertised on eBay and North Wales Police managed to successfully bid for the dingy and one of the outboard motors," she said.
No spell cheker then
No spell cheker then
chanelyacht
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Once again, good policing totally let down by hug-a-hoody magistrates.
No doubt the poor criminals will now have an army of social workers to support them.
Birch, anyone?
No doubt the poor criminals will now have an army of social workers to support them.
Birch, anyone?
Robert Wilson
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Aye right, THE BIRCH.
But at least any E.Bay sellers of stolen goods may think twice in future. It's the same principle of Police setting-up sting meetings, inviting known fellons to a "You have won a prize" presentation then nabbing them when the bozzos turn up to collect.
Well done the Poelliss.
oldgit
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Once again, good policing totally let down by hug-a-hoody magistrates.
They are always looking for civic minded people to devote a bit of time and and effort and become a magistrate
sailorman
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Once again, good policing totally let down by hug-a-hoody magistrates.
They are always looking for civic minded people to devote a bit of time and and effort and become a magistrate
then see them Ham strung by existing rules
Robert Wilson
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CreakyDecks
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So two and a half thousand pounds worth of boating equipment equates to a hundred hours of a scrote's time? That's one well paid scrote!
Kelpie
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Would be awkward if the police made a mistake and bid on a completely legit auction.
Searush
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I expect that the true owner spotted them & passed the info on. It would be unlikely that the Police would be able to monitor e-bay all the time. Altho one would only need to check out new auctions within 25 miles once a day.
PabloPicasso
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justice?????
So they steal £2500 worth of gear, not to mention the inconveniance, annoyance and frustration caused to original owners, and are forced to do 3 weeks work as punishment? they could easily nhave earned that money in that time.
i suppose that 'that will teach em'. they're so scared now that they wouldn't dare steal again...
...not!
Same old story, honest hard working people are victims and the crooks eather get off, or get off lightly
So they steal £2500 worth of gear, not to mention the inconveniance, annoyance and frustration caused to original owners, and are forced to do 3 weeks work as punishment? they could easily nhave earned that money in that time.
i suppose that 'that will teach em'. they're so scared now that they wouldn't dare steal again...
...not!
Same old story, honest hard working people are victims and the crooks eather get off, or get off lightly
Clarky
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I am surprised Barnett, Rev Rude, Jonjo and the other persons who usually comment on police news items haven't complained yet about police officers wasting time on ebay or using sneaky tactics to catch thieves.
Bloody good bit of work by the cops in my opinion.
Bloody good bit of work by the cops in my opinion.
Now that's what I call intelligent Policing, well done, guys.
Defo boaty so not going in the Lounge!
So glad I took a second look at the thread's title and guessed it was'nt about computers after all!
Corribee Boy
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I suppose it might make thieves think twice about selling via ebay, but by showing how they were caught, publicising the 'you've won a lottery, come and collect your prize' stings, and showing how smugglers are caught on 'Passport Patrol' type shows, surely those methods are no longer of any use to the police?
Fire99
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10 points to the Police
-10 Points for the Magistrate.. Community Order?? That's gone and told 'em. NOT!
-10 Points for the Magistrate.. Community Order?? That's gone and told 'em. NOT!
FishyInverness
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Spot on. This kind of thing, whilst I understand the intention of putting it to press (Preventative publicity) frustrates the hell out of me.
Back when I was a police controller, we were shown the ANPR system. The Inspector in charge of the system for the force I was with explained how a Drug Dealer kept getting arrested every time he brought a shipment across the Forth Road Bridge in his car, and was astonished how they were ready for him each time...(He used his own vehicle each time, ANPR *ping* as he went across the bridge, officers intercepting him minutes later!) - It was celebrated that this stealth method of identifying criminals remained shrouded in mystery and a great asset.
6 months later it's on "Police, Camera, Action" - With it being explained in painstaking detail exactly how it works...
Result : Crims start using hire cars, working out where the cameras are and avoiding them, obscuring plates and stealing and cloning plates...
Arrests resulting from ANPR identification drop off rapidly....thanks then!
Tricia
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I thought everyone knew you have to advertize stolen goods in Loot )
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