Tuesday, Jan 16, 2007 at 23:21
Ross,
",,,,,,, The centre of attention,,,,,,,at the station,,,,,,,"???
You're joking I'm sure.
I phoned 'em up immediately I knew it was gone. I gave 'em the rego number, date and time etc. I asked 'em should I come down to the station to fill in some more details, Answer? "No thanks, we don't need anymore info"
I then asked 'em, well then,could I expect someone to come down and ask me some further questions. Answer,"No we haven't got the people to do that"
I then asked 'em what sort of thing happens from here. Answer,' Not much, we put it out to all cars and wait"
I asked," Is that all that gets done". Answer,"Yes, unless you want to go look for it yourself,OK?"
Answer," Hmm yep - OK I suppose" Put down phone.
Never heard another thing from 'em. Not a flamin' thing.
As an addition, my son's Nissan 200 SX was stolen from his driveway by a burglar that broke into his house and took his car keys while he was at a soccer match. His car keys were hidden in a bedroom bottom drawer from which the burglar also stole a very expensive gold ring that was a family heirloom. My son phoned the police. Nothing happened. Nobody showed up at his place to check anything. No forensics, no statment, no photos.
2 weeks later the car was found wrapped around a power pole at 3.00 am by police that had been chasing it in a high speed pursuit. It was almost a write-off. One of our "non-reflectives" was driving it.
3 weeks after the break-in, a detective turns up at my son's place to take a statement. When asked why the police didn't show up sooner than this - a week after the car had been found written off, the detective told him," Oh we knew who did it but we just couldn't catch him at his house so we could arrest him,,,,,,,he wasn't home"
This is all practically verbatim.
Not very encouraging is it.
Police are only here to harrass the law abiding taxpayer, they pay up cash in fines,,,,,,,,the rest are at liberty to do as they please, 'cos they're too hard to catch & they also cost money to keep in prison.
Let the insurance companies do the finding of stolen goods. It costs less.
Pathetic.
Bilbo
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