http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/4676/cycling/bicycle-sting-operations/ Cycling info - advice and tips Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/4676/cycling/bicycle-sting-operations/comment-page-1/#comment-80243 Wed, 30 May 2012 17:31:53 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=4676#comment-80243 We reported to the police the fact that we strongly suspect someone is trying to steal our £1,600 child carrier bike but they didn’t want to know saying there is nothing they can do. We’ve seen this person snooping around our bike and we were able to confront him about it. Caught by surprise in his ‘reconnaissance’ mission, he apologized, came up with all sorts of explanations and left. The next day (Sunday) we suspect he was back knowing we were away (he’s well connected in the neighbourhood who feed him the comings and goings of neighbours), as the bike was fiddled around with but it’s so tricky to operate that he must have given up. Surely deterring thieves from striking again would also contribute to reducing bike theft? The police replied saying that there is nothing they can do although we took a photo of this person and know of his whereabouts. We were asked to notify them when we see the thief in action which is ludicrous because by the time they make it to the scene the thief would be well gone. We were also indirectly encouraged to confront the thief. So put ourselves and lives at risk to stop the theft – what if the thief was armed?!
The policing system is weak and not doing enough.

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