Police refuse to chase bike thieves

Extracts from local Basingstoke newspaper report:

********
POLICE REFUSE TO CHASE BIKE THIEVES

When two heartbroken teenagers asked five Basingstoke bobbies to help
them chase thieves who had stolen their treasured bikes the policemen
said they were too busy on another call.
Police have since explained to the boys angry parents that they are not
allowed to chase bike thieves in case they fall off and are injured.

Giving chase into the street, the boys appealed to a group fof five
police officers to help...

Fuming mum, Vivian, said "It is absolutely disgraceful. Two girls, total
strangers in the street, ran after the thieves who rode straight past
the police but they just stood there and did nothing!"

And she was left gobsmacked when police came to her house on Monday and
told her they couldn't have chased the robbers, because the youths could
have sued the police had they fallen off their bikes - allegedly blaming
the media for changing the way the police work.

A police spokesperson said: "We are currently investigating this
complaint. Officers have to carry out a dynamic risk assessment at every
incident to assess the danger to themselves and anyone else."

********

John B

On 1 Mar, 13:34, John B wrote:

Police have since explained to the boys angry parents that they are not
allowed to chase bike thieves in case they fall off and are injured.

Hooray! I'm taking up thievery for a living now that I'm safe from
being caught!
Robert

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:34:01 +0000 someone who may be John B
wrote this:-

A police spokesperson said: "We are currently investigating this
complaint. Officers have to carry out a dynamic risk assessment at every
incident to assess the danger to themselves and anyone else."

That will be why the police shot a passenger on a train many times
in the head.


--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

John B said the following on 01/03/2007 13:34:

A police spokesperson said: "We are currently investigating this
complaint. Officers have to carry out a dynamic risk assessment at every
incident to assess the danger to themselves and anyone else."

So even on the rare occasion when you do see police on the street they
do bugger all when a crime is committed right under their noses.
Disgraceful.

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

In ,
John B tweaked the Babbage-Engine to tell us:

Police have since explained to the boys angry parents that they are
not allowed to chase bike thieves in case they fall off and are
injured.

Some thieving scrote falls off and gets injured?

Where's the problem?
/Daily_Mail

--
Dave Larrington
http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk
Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger
Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger
Badger Badger

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:34:01 +0000 someone who may be John B
wrote this:-

And she was left gobsmacked when police came to her house on Monday and
told her they couldn't have chased the robbers, because the youths could
have sued the police had they fallen off their bikes - allegedly blaming
the media for changing the way the police work.

Didn't stop a police officer using a car to assault a teenager on a
bike some years ago
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/s...re/4254408.stm

If they are being less arrogant now then there are advantages to
this, as well as disadvantages.




--
David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/00023--e.htm#54

David Hansen wrote:

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:34:01 +0000 someone who may be John B
wrote this:-

And she was left gobsmacked when police came to her house on Monday and
told her they couldn't have chased the robbers, because the youths could
have sued the police had they fallen off their bikes - allegedly blaming
the media for changing the way the police work.

If they are being less arrogant now then there are advantages to
this, as well as disadvantages.


It will make enforcement of a MHL pretty impossible :-)

John B

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:34:01 +0000
John B wrote:

Extracts from local Basingstoke newspaper report:

Time for a public rendition of the Gendarmes duet in Basingstoke?

This could even have a good side to it: it's reached the local
paper and here. A little bit of pressure against the excesses
of political correctness in our times?

Presumably police could never, ever chase a car thief?

--
not me guv

We, the undersigned, call on the Prime Minister to ban Dihydrogen Monoxide

On 2007-03-01 13:42:52 +0000, David Hansen
said:

On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:34:01 +0000 someone who may be John B
wrote this:-

A police spokesperson said: "We are currently investigating this
complaint. Officers have to carry out a dynamic risk assessment at every
incident to assess the danger to themselves and anyone else."

That will be why the police shot a passenger on a train many times
in the head.

You mean murdered a teenager on a train in front of witnesses and it
was deemed ok.

Britain is no longer great.
--
Three wheels good, two wheels ok

www.catrike.co.uk

"John B" wrote in message
...
Extracts from local Basingstoke newspaper report:

********
POLICE REFUSE TO CHASE BIKE THIEVES

When two heartbroken teenagers asked five Basingstoke bobbies to help
them chase thieves who had stolen their treasured bikes the policemen
said they were too busy on another call.

Parking enforcement has recently been handed over to the local council here
and there was a big photograph in the paper of the new wardens in their
distinctive uniforms so we knew who they were.

Two said wardens passed me on Tuesday after walking past a van parked in the
footpath completely blocking it off - the way they were alowly strolling
along chatting happily gave me the impression they weren't busy attending to
another call....

--
peter

Cheap train tickets database
http://www.petereverett.co.uk/tickets/

Email sent to this address is generally deleted upon arrival
Visit website if you want to contact me