No chance on that last bit.
Locally, they have problems listing what stolen items they have in the "store" at the police station. Shops do the job better, letting each know.
Cycle thieves in England work to a different 'modus operandi', bikes stolen in one county tend to be either stripped down or transported to another county, very few end up in 'pawn shops'.
We see that over here too, but just with more expensive components and bicycles. But your bicycles, generally, are nicer than what we have over here.
Most of the British Police are far too lazy for that, they even regularly have auctions of 'Recovered Stolen Articles' that they can't be arsed to identify and return to their rightful owners.
See, what I get over here, when I was working police and storage unit auctions, was that people couldn't be arsed to file a police report, then wanted to claim their bike at the auction. The police had a standard reply, asking them if they filed a police report. They invariably hadn't. If they had, the bicycle would have been returned to them.Most of the British Police are far too lazy for that, they even regularly have auctions of 'Recovered Stolen Articles' that they can't be arsed to identify and return to their rightful owners.
Done that once at a police auction. They let him load the bikes he'd bought, mine included, whilst they were checking. Buyer didn't stay to find out.
sounds about right though, where does the cash raised go......................?
