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Saw who did it
Know where they are
Have just hung up the phone to the police after being ‘on hold’ for 17min
These cut backs are ace!
Didn’t you call 999? You should have - it’s a crime in progress...
Edit: Called 101 and was connected pretty quickly
Was connected told them what was going on then put through to Surrey control, gave up after 17mins
The fuzz always used to take bike theft dead seriously until "the cut backs".
I chased two guys who knicked bikes from the shop I was working in, found them loading into a car blocked their car and nearly got run over all while on the phone to the police gave them the reg number and descriptions etc
Apparently the car belonged to a woman in the next town and when they asked her she said she didn't know anything so that was that... Also lost my bonus that month for bikes being stolen as a thanks from my boss... Wouldn't chase anyone again
Saw someone yanking a bike out it's cable lock once, yelled at them and they buggered off. Then approached by two neds demanding to know what was going on. When the woman started fumbling inside her shell suit top I resigned myself to the inevitable, the warrant card that appeared instead somewhat defused the situation.
You don't have to physically intervene to stop these things, often just calling out their brass necks is enough, they rely on folks ignorance, willful or otherwise.
Keep an eye out for the owner. Tell them name and location of the thief. Police unlikely to do anything so let natural justice be restored........