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Tradespeople demand fix for tool theft 'plague'
BBC ^ | Feb 3 | Ben Moore, Georgia Poncia & Hannah Walsh

Posted on 02/03/2025 5:25:20 AM PST by RandFan

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To: 9YearLurker

There are too many to investigate

The way it works is people just get a “crime number” from the police for their insurance company and make a claim.

The days of the copper attending a burglary i.e a house or commercial premises (whatever) and actually doing something about it are gone.

What we need is either private police or a 2nd amendment and let citizens deal with it

I dont see either happening for now!


21 posted on 02/03/2025 6:16:30 AM PST by RandFan
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To: T.B. Yoits
"Nothing. No one's seen him."

Once two strangers climbed ol' Rocky Top
Lookin' for a moonshine still
Strangers ain't come down from Rocky Top
Reckon they never will

22 posted on 02/03/2025 6:18:17 AM PST by FatherofFive (we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor)
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To: RandFan
The police are in a difficult spot. There are assaults and murders to solve ignore so it’s about priorities for them.

There. Fixed it for you.

23 posted on 02/03/2025 6:19:50 AM PST by Noumenon (You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. KTF)
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To: Noumenon

London does have a crime problem. Overpopulated and ‘gangs’ operate easily be it theft , drugs whatever.

What’s strange is how organized it is they will pinch your phone and it’ll be shipped to God knows where the same afternoon


24 posted on 02/03/2025 6:30:28 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

“You would think with all the CCTV now they would catch these thieves but I doubt they even have the manpower”

Dulwich is a fairly affluent suburb that is about five miles south of the center of London.


25 posted on 02/03/2025 6:44:58 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: FatherofFive

The modern version of that is Steve Earle’s Copperhead Road.


26 posted on 02/03/2025 6:47:08 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: RandFan

Tool theft is a big problem.

Tradesmen should probably engrave their first name or business name (and say a four-digit number for tracing) on them to reduce their resale value and to make it easier to see that they are stolen.


27 posted on 02/03/2025 6:49:41 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: RandFan
There are assaults and murders racist/sexist/anti-Islam posters on FaceBook and Twitter to solve hunt down and gaol so it’s about priorities for them

Fixed it for you...

28 posted on 02/03/2025 6:54:59 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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To: RandFan

“You would think with all the CCTV now they would catch these thieves but I doubt they even have the manpower”

More like “available manpower” as pretty much all of their manpower is dedicated with jailing Brits who disagree with government policies, particularly on Population Replacement.


29 posted on 02/03/2025 6:59:29 AM PST by BobL
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To: RandFan
A Kent roofer who had £3,000 ($3.6k) worth of tools stolen

3,000 pounds = $3,600? So, 1 pound = $1.20. When I was stationed in England that would've been a dream come true exchange rate. Back then it was about 1 pound = $2.50, sometimes more.

30 posted on 02/03/2025 7:47:55 AM PST by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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