A two-week police operation aimed at cutting smash-and-grab thefts from cars and vans in Bradford city centre uncovered almost 60 owners who were “asking for trouble.”
Operation Sawnhaven, which was backed by the Bradford Business Improvement District (BID) and City Centre Beat (CCB) – the city’s business crime reduction partnership – leafleted 2,140 vehicles warning the owners of the dangers of leaving valuables in sight.
PC Dan Stocks, who led the City Neighbourhood Police Team in the operation, said: “We found 59 vehicles with property left on display – that’s 59 potential crimes just waiting to happen.
“Vehicle owners who behave in this careless manner are just asking for trouble and they have only themselves to blame if they suffer loss and damage as a result of their inaction.”
"...I mean, there you were, in your low-cut top and short skirt. Just asking for it, weren't you? Run along now."
If any police force wonders why Britons increasingly distrust them or in some cases have grown to hate them, then you only need to look at stories like these for an answer. Isn't there more important things for this force to undertake, such as cracking down on the ongoing scandal of Islamic Rape Gangs, burglary and street violence?
ReplyDeleteWomen know that they are making a statement by what they wear. The problem is that when they make a statement to their female peers that 'I'm more desirable to men than you are, chum', it is interpreted by men as 'I'm making myself desirable to you'. Women being what they are, they don't recognise that. So sometimes, I'm afraid, the woman has brought her fate on herself - exactly as car owners leaving desirables in sight in their cars, do provide a temptation for thieves already on the lookout for easy pickings.
ReplyDeleteAs an elderly man, I do find scantily clad young women somewhat more than decorative. And yes, I do interpret the message as 'I'm looking for sex'. However, I can read the subtext, which is 'and not with you, and not now', because young women who target older men (such as me) either believe I have more money than I actually do have, or have problems with their relationship with their father!
"No, we are not investigating your latest mower theft. We've told you before about keeping your garden shed unlocked. A padlock on a shed door only attracts criminals and it is a serious challenge to any decent lawn mower thief. What we won't tolerate is a householder who abets crime."
ReplyDeleteIt's not like they would track down any thief anyway. Someone had a laptop stolen, located it by a tracker, told the cops where it was and they did nothing about it.(Reported by Guido F a week or two ago, one of his guys)
ReplyDelete@Dr Evil,
ReplyDeleteDo you have electricity in your shed? Switched from the house? It's easy to make the lock live.
As a Bradfordian who has the the misfortune to pass through the City Centre, its not like the smell of weed, open drug dealing, drunken Eastern Europeans etc at 7.30am should trouble the tiny little minds of Plod
ReplyDelete#lawnmowergate still a festering open wound?
ReplyDeleteJaded
'Lawnmowergate'
ReplyDeleteNow that you mention it, there was something Nixonish about this break-in, Jaded. Alarm bells rang when the Chief Superintendent called to ask where he should get it serviced.
So if I work hard to earn money and then buy something nice it's my fault if it's stollen. Well pardon me for not taking up a life of crime and I am so sorry for tempting the scum bags to rob me.
ReplyDelete"If any police force wonders why Britons increasingly distrust them or in some cases have grown to hate them..."
ReplyDeleteThe trouble is, I don't think they do wonder. Or, it seems, care much. It's pretty obvious they no longer feel they serve.
"However, I can read the subtext, which is 'and not with you, and not now'..."
It's OK, we imported lots of people to take up that slack!
"It's not like they would track down any thief anyway. "
Sadly, you're almost certainly right!
"So if I work hard to earn money and then buy something nice it's my fault..."
That does indeed appear to be the attitude, doesn't it?