I demand that there be a cycle specific branch of the police force dedicated entirely to bike theft

[Gary E]

In defence of the poster (can't remember who it was because you've deleted it) it was hardly post-water shed. It was the sort of thing most teenage boys have on their walls.
However in deference to your decision I've deleted my post showing my appreciation for said image

 

[subaqua]

or brompton bobbies

Pashley plod?

 

[Night Train]

Well, the Met Police managed to recover 11 stolen Bromptons....

 

[neil earley]

Cant get a copper to visit you when you have been burgled in Wales, just a crime ref no after they have finished eating theit doughnuts lol !! on a serious note underfunded, overstreched and need more plods on the beat as a police prescense is scarce here. unless you speeding !

 

[glasgowcyclist]

I posted it and it was a promotional shot of a cyclist cop, Officer Monica Harper, from a '90s US TV show called Pacific Blue (photo readily seen on Google - with strict SafeSearch on), and it was posted in the same tongue-in-cheek vein as the first two posts.

Oh well...

GC

 

[Beebo]

How, or why, does a thread on bike theft generate a gratuitous image like the one I've just deleted?

Please, guys (because it always is!), keep it relevant.

Norm, I'm sure I can find a picture of a male police officer in hot pants if you want the board to retain some impartiality between the sexes.

 

[dellzeqq]

Norm, I'm sure I can find a picture of a male police officer in hot pants if you want the board to retain some impartiality between the sexes.

from your private collection?

 

[gary in derby]

have to say, not sure if i could take a police officer in lycra seriously though. especially if they have blue flashing lights on there helmets?

 

[Cyclopathic]

or brompton bobbies

Well, the Met Police managed to recover 11 stolen Bromptons....

Not content with having to have exclusively Brompton add ons and accessories Brompton mow have an exclusive bike crime unit probably incompatible with all other sorts of bike. Harrumph.

 

[Cyclopathic]

+1
I'm against capital punishment for murder and such like, but I'd happily see bike thieves and vandals burnt at the stake!

I was thinking that along with the special bike branch (or spoke if you will) that a whole new and specific punishments should be introduced for bike offenders. I'd consider various forms of corporal punishment right up to capital punishment for the worst offenders but with lots of specially tailored punishments as well that could be down to the specially appointed cycle punishment judge based on the particulars of a case. (I've thought about this quite a lot)

 

[Cyclopathic]

have to say, not sure if i could take a police officer in lycra seriously though. especially if they have blue flashing lights on there helmets?

Somebody get Fnarr, quickly.

 

[ComedyPilot]

A mobile squad of cycle-loving ex-special forces men in a van with a tazer and a pair of bolt cutters.

Suspected bike thief is followed, observed to interfere with someone else's bike, van pulls alongside silently, side door slides open, balaclava-wearing ex-special forces dude (that really likes cycling) steps out switfly and silently and applies the tazer to the victim thief.

zzzzrrrttttpppp

Van takes would-be thief for a little ride, and they get dropped off a couple of weeks later at A&E with one of their little fingers in a zip-lock bag, and a bill for cleaning the blood out of the van.

Matron............

 

[Kestevan]

zzzzrrrttttpppp

Van takes would-be thief for a little ride, and they get dropped off a couple of weeks later at A&E with one of their little fingers in a zip-lock bag, and a bill for cleaning the blood out of the van.

Matron............

It wouldnt be a finger..........