Frustrated with police due to cuts

[PhilDawson8270]

The police station was four miles away I rang them as soon as I got home or rather I rang a number and got a parrot machine and had to go through several numbers before finding a human. I had hoped the wallet would have been reported as lost. Apparently the police do not handle lost and found now and the emphasis is on the finder to return the property to the ownner

So you wanted the police to actually come out to your house, to collect the wallet?

 

[Drago]

And clean his car and cut the grass while they're at it by the sound of things.

 

[Cush]

???

Public Right of way

 

[Cush]

And clean his car and cut the grass while they're at it by the sound of things.

Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise. I stick by the points that I was trying to make earlier on. There were documents in the wallet with a value to criminals. Therefore, the police should handle it. The matter is now closed as I handed the wallet into a place where the owner can safely collect it.

 

[Drago]

What the heck does your first sentence actually mean? Less wisecracking the sort of codswallop my Gran wouldve been ashamed to trot out, more common sense.

The police will quite happily handle it if you hand into at a police station. What's so difficult about that? Surely you have some send of civic responsibility, at least sufficient to swing by a cop shop and hand it over the counter.

You expended more calories complaining about it than you would have expended simply doing the sensible thing in the first place.

 

[jefmcg]

Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise. I stick by the points that I was trying to make earlier on. There were documents in the wallet with a value to criminals. Therefore, the police should handle it. The matter is now closed as I handed the wallet into a place where the owner can safely collect it.

Serious question: where would you have made cuts to police activities to preserve the lost property function?

(let's assume that the funding cuts are inevitable, and not get into an austerity vs debt discussion)

 

[Fnaar]

h'Evenin all

 

[Cush]

Serious question: where would you have made cuts to police activities to preserve the lost property function?

(let's assume that the funding cuts are inevitable, and not get into an austerity vs debt discussion)

I appreciate what you are saying and to be honest I have no answer, without opening a whole can of worms.

 

[Cush]

What the heck does your first sentence actually mean? Less wisecracking the sort of codswallop my Gran wouldve been ashamed to trot out, more common sense.

The police will quite happily handle it if you hand into at a police station. What's so difficult about that? Surely you have some send of civic responsibility, at least sufficient to swing by a cop shop and hand it over the counter.

You expended more calories complaining about it than you would have expended simply doing the sensible thing in the first place.

Yes I can now understand why you refer to yourself as "Stressed member"

 

[Markymark]

Ok ok ok. I think the point has been made.
@Drago please drive around and pick up the wallet. Today would be nice. Then pick up a couple of colleagues and drop it around to the owner in case they get lairy.

I'd then organise a community support officer to visit both parties in the coming days to make sure everyone is ok with this. Probably best report it to the ipcc to make sure it was all handled properly too.

I'd definitely not travel 4 miles. That's outrageous.

 

[Drago]

Yes I can now understand why you refer to yourself as "Stressed member"

Au contrare, I rather suspect you can't.

 

[jefmcg]

someone lifted my bag off my chair in a pub in Knightsbridge, about 8 years ago, which had my smart phone (yup, windows mobile), my canon S2, my wallet, lots of cash etc etc. I reported it stolen by filling in a web form. I had a phone call from victims support. That was it. Probably the thieves were professional - my SIM was used to make hundreds of pounds of calls to Algeria after I reported it stolen, so I assume it was bought by someone who wanted untraceable calls. But it would have been nice to get the feeling that someone had at least glanced at CCTV footage from the cameras that are all over London, and must cost millions of pounds a year to maintain.

<light bulb!> Turn of CCTV and keep the lost and found going. Yup. That's a good idea.

(like a Government would voluntarily reduce surveillance on a population)

 

[TVC]

It's almost as if @Drago had some kind of insight into the Police policy on this kind of thing

 

[Drago]

I know, it's uncanny!

 

[PK99]

Tell the plod you think a "hate crime" has taken place. They'll soon come running!

And hopfully charge you with wasting police time.