Car broken into on the drive
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Last night around 3am the young lad came into the bedroom as there were voices outside and four lads ransacking the girlfriends car. By the time I was outside they'd legged it. Lost a couple of Sat Navs and a pair of sunglasses but they left the broken laptop in the boot as they saw the lights go on. I was the last to drive the car and I forgot to lock it.
As per complaints on here frequently about a lack of police interest I am very happy to report in this case the response from GMP has been excellent. Put a 999 call in once I was back in side and the nipper was calm. The call handler was excellent took basic descriptions, location and details of goods stolen and assured me the response team would be informed.
The response team were outside within minutes, the kettle hadn't even boiled! They took a detailed statement and said that one of the crime scene investigators would be back later that morning. CSI duly arrived at 10.30 this morning and went over the car with a fine tooth comb and successfully lifted prints from both the body of the car and items that had been disturbed.
Obviously I am a dick for not locking the car and as a result this was probably an opportunist theft but the BIB get so much grief on here for not bothering I felt compelled to post. Excellent response and I feel like I am being looked after buy a well oiled machine. Kept well informed of the process and when to expect updates.
Quite a dull post as there is no swingeing criticism of the police, just a job well done by Greater Manchester's Finest.
As per complaints on here frequently about a lack of police interest I am very happy to report in this case the response from GMP has been excellent. Put a 999 call in once I was back in side and the nipper was calm. The call handler was excellent took basic descriptions, location and details of goods stolen and assured me the response team would be informed.
The response team were outside within minutes, the kettle hadn't even boiled! They took a detailed statement and said that one of the crime scene investigators would be back later that morning. CSI duly arrived at 10.30 this morning and went over the car with a fine tooth comb and successfully lifted prints from both the body of the car and items that had been disturbed.
Obviously I am a dick for not locking the car and as a result this was probably an opportunist theft but the BIB get so much grief on here for not bothering I felt compelled to post. Excellent response and I feel like I am being looked after buy a well oiled machine. Kept well informed of the process and when to expect updates.
Quite a dull post as there is no swingeing criticism of the police, just a job well done by Greater Manchester's Finest.
Must admit I had similar experience when some scrote smashed the window of my car and made off with my iPod and a pair of kid's shoes (for a five-year old, not sure what he was going to do with them)
Discovered broken window at 8:20am and phoned Police non-emergency number to report it. By 9.00am had someone searching for fingerprints and blood all over the car. Didn't find any unfortunately but that's not their fault.
Gave me a crime number, plus phone numbers to phone for further information, and a counselling service for victims of crime.
Excellent stuff!
Discovered broken window at 8:20am and phoned Police non-emergency number to report it. By 9.00am had someone searching for fingerprints and blood all over the car. Didn't find any unfortunately but that's not their fault.
Gave me a crime number, plus phone numbers to phone for further information, and a counselling service for victims of crime.
Excellent stuff!
Well done to good police who serve the interest of law abiding citizens and not pandering to criminal elements.
I have recounted a story on here where my sister was mugged under a bridge and just at the time a police van probably on a job drove by. The van stopped and a selfless policeman gave chase. He didnt catch the scrote but the scrote dropped the bag and he retrieved it and gave it back to mys is. Life saver, keys, important documents and all (you know what ladies like to carry about).
The policeman and his colleagues didnt even have time to get any praises and once they determined she was okay and in a safe place, they drove off and told her to report it at the local nick.
The thing is there are too many bad eggs tarnishing the police image.
I have recounted a story on here where my sister was mugged under a bridge and just at the time a police van probably on a job drove by. The van stopped and a selfless policeman gave chase. He didnt catch the scrote but the scrote dropped the bag and he retrieved it and gave it back to mys is. Life saver, keys, important documents and all (you know what ladies like to carry about).
The policeman and his colleagues didnt even have time to get any praises and once they determined she was okay and in a safe place, they drove off and told her to report it at the local nick.
The thing is there are too many bad eggs tarnishing the police image.
Eclassy said:
The thing is there are too many bad eggs tarnishing the police image.
No, there are too many stories focusing on a minority of incidents and officers which create a grossly disproportional image far away from the reality. The reason they stand out is because they are such. What the op describes is pretty standard stuff that occurs hundreds of times on a daily basis. La Liga said:
o, there are too many stories focusing on a minority of incidents and officers which create a grossly disproportional image far away from the reality
Not in my experience. All my interactions with the police have been negative and I have worked all life after going to University. So far from the CRO the bad eggs like to paint everyoneyou who doesnt like the police.Imagine coming back from a long hard shift and finding your home ransacked. The police had visited. I being none the wiser and believing you had nothibg to fear went to the police station to sort things out. I even had a bag of McDonalds in hand. I was shocked when I was told I was under arrest. Long story short, I was released without charge after almost 8hrs. Case of mistaken identity. The police removed a small amount of money from my address and it wasnt declared anywhere. I had to write to my MP to get my money returned which was about 3 months later. The police apologized but was anyone punished? No. It took me 9 years to get the arrest record deleted.
Once I was driving to work at 0400 in winter. I has cleared my windscreen before leaving home but after driving about 300 yards from home I realised I still couldnt see properly so I pulled over safely and got out and started to clean my windscreen. At the time a WPC drives by and barks at me from her car in the most condescending way. This is me in cold winter smartly dressed cleaning my own windscreen. I politely told her I wasnt up for any of her antics and carried on cleaning my window. She goes on ranting about careless driving blah blah blah. I ignored her and when I was done I just got back in my car and drove to work.
Then I have my ongoing issue well documented on here where the police have been completely useless.
The only good experience I have had with the police was when a WPC on foot patrol said Hi to my kids and asked if everything was alright. Another one was the speed at which they responded when some mental chap threatened a group of us playing football. The police were there in like 3 minutes. The knife man escaped but we 'detained' his accomplice. I was very disappointed the police let him go.
Bit of a Unit said:
Last night around 3am the young lad came into the bedroom as there were voices outside and four lads ransacking the girlfriends car. By the time I was outside they'd legged it. Lost a couple of Sat Navs and a pair of sunglasses but they left the broken laptop in the boot as they saw the lights go on. I was the last to drive the car and I forgot to lock it.
As per complaints on here frequently about a lack of police interest I am very happy to report in this case the response from GMP has been excellent. Put a 999 call in once I was back in side and the nipper was calm. The call handler was excellent took basic descriptions, location and details of goods stolen and assured me the response team would be informed.
The response team were outside within minutes, the kettle hadn't even boiled! They took a detailed statement and said that one of the crime scene investigators would be back later that morning. CSI duly arrived at 10.30 this morning and went over the car with a fine tooth comb and successfully lifted prints from both the body of the car and items that had been disturbed.
Obviously I am a dick for not locking the car and as a result this was probably an opportunist theft but the BIB get so much grief on here for not bothering I felt compelled to post. Excellent response and I feel like I am being looked after buy a well oiled machine. Kept well informed of the process and when to expect updates.
Quite a dull post as there is no swingeing criticism of the police, just a job well done by Greater Manchester's Finest.
Isn't that the police doing their job though? It's kinda like being impressed the milkman left bottles of milk on your doorstep.As per complaints on here frequently about a lack of police interest I am very happy to report in this case the response from GMP has been excellent. Put a 999 call in once I was back in side and the nipper was calm. The call handler was excellent took basic descriptions, location and details of goods stolen and assured me the response team would be informed.
The response team were outside within minutes, the kettle hadn't even boiled! They took a detailed statement and said that one of the crime scene investigators would be back later that morning. CSI duly arrived at 10.30 this morning and went over the car with a fine tooth comb and successfully lifted prints from both the body of the car and items that had been disturbed.
Obviously I am a dick for not locking the car and as a result this was probably an opportunist theft but the BIB get so much grief on here for not bothering I felt compelled to post. Excellent response and I feel like I am being looked after buy a well oiled machine. Kept well informed of the process and when to expect updates.
Quite a dull post as there is no swingeing criticism of the police, just a job well done by Greater Manchester's Finest.
Humper said:
Isn't that the police doing their job though? It's kinda like being impressed the milkman left bottles of milk on your doorstep.
Yes if you want to be cynical. My milkman left a split carton this week! Not impressed.My point is the service was excellent. Very swift response to an emergency call and all departments working very well together. Reassuring, when all that is written about are the very rare mistakes that get made.
gus607 said:
Count yourself lucky for forgetting to lock the car, otherwise you would have a broken window to pay for this morning.
What's the deal from an insurance point of view with the car being left unlocked. I was under the impression that the car insurance wouldn't cover you. What about the home insurance?g3org3y said:
What's the deal from an insurance point of view with the car being left unlocked. I was under the impression that the car insurance wouldn't cover you. What about the home insurance?
Not sure but I doubt we will bother with a claim. One of the sat navs was knackered and as it was my fault I'm to replace the shades! It won't add up to the excess. Slightly O/T ,but might explain why we see so many break ins. Good few years ago we had a Residents Association with a lot of contact with the police . But we had one little pest who was a one man crime wave. He'd commit crime after crime and if as sometimes happened he'd get lifted was back home before the attending officer had started do the paperwork . One day our local beat lad collared this pest and took him in. Again, no remand,despite a string of collars. So we asked our County man (on the police committee to investigate). The police wanted this one in remand, but beak said no. So next step ,on to the head magistrate asking WHY ,supported by our County Man. We got stacks of waffle in reply ,but we heard that pest had been collared again and on appearance he'd been sent to remand. So perhaps we should not blame police for crime wave ,as in our case the crime wave was down to poor decisions. Then we ask WHY so any BIB are fed up.
[quote=Who me ?]Slightly O/T ,but might explain why we see so many break ins. Good few years ago we had a Residents Association with a lot of contact with the police . But we had one little pest who was a one man crime wave. He'd commit crime after crime and if as sometimes happened he'd get lifted was back home before the attending officer had started do the paperwork . One day our local beat lad collared this pest and took him in. Again, no remand,despite a string of collars. So we asked our County man (on the police committee to investigate). The police wanted this one in remand, but beak said no. So next step ,on to the head magistrate asking WHY ,supported by our County Man. We got stacks of waffle in reply ,but we heard that pest had been collared again and on appearance he'd been sent to remand. So perhaps we should not blame police for crime wave ,as in our case the crime wave was down to poor decisions. Then we ask WHY so any BIB are fed up.
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Have heard the same many times. Interestingly the two attending response officers mentioned it had been ages since they'd been called to our little estate. The last time a tea leaf had been caught red handed trying to exit next door but two. That was 2 years ago, perhaps he's out!
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Have heard the same many times. Interestingly the two attending response officers mentioned it had been ages since they'd been called to our little estate. The last time a tea leaf had been caught red handed trying to exit next door but two. That was 2 years ago, perhaps he's out!
[quote=Who me ?]Slightly O/T ,but might explain why we see so many break ins. Good few years ago we had a Residents Association with a lot of contact with the police . But we had one little pest who was a one man crime wave. He'd commit crime after crime and if as sometimes happened he'd get lifted was back home before the attending officer had started do the paperwork . One day our local beat lad collared this pest and took him in. Again, no remand,despite a string of collars. So we asked our County man (on the police committee to investigate). The police wanted this one in remand, but beak said no. So next step ,on to the head magistrate asking WHY ,supported by our County Man. We got stacks of waffle in reply ,but we heard that pest had been collared again and on appearance he'd been sent to remand. So perhaps we should not blame police for crime wave ,as in our case the crime wave was down to poor decisions. Then we ask WHY so any BIB are fed up.
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On a similar theme I'm amazed and the programmes on TV where a car chase happens or someone stopped with no tax insurance or a care in the world and ends with either a trivial fine or no conviction. I remember seeing a drugs stop, found a fair bit in the car but decided insufficient evidence. I can understand if it's a tactic as part of a bigger investigation but why put it on tv? The police/cps system just looked inept and I thing most people classify them as one and the same
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On a similar theme I'm amazed and the programmes on TV where a car chase happens or someone stopped with no tax insurance or a care in the world and ends with either a trivial fine or no conviction. I remember seeing a drugs stop, found a fair bit in the car but decided insufficient evidence. I can understand if it's a tactic as part of a bigger investigation but why put it on tv? The police/cps system just looked inept and I thing most people classify them as one and the same
Good stuff, more realistic account of the good work done on a daily basis
Bad stuff, Eclassy who appears to be the most unlucky person ever turning up and using a positive thread to tell all about how rubbish the police are. I'd be afraid to leave the house if I was him based on all the trauma he's experienced.
Bad stuff, Eclassy who appears to be the most unlucky person ever turning up and using a positive thread to tell all about how rubbish the police are. I'd be afraid to leave the house if I was him based on all the trauma he's experienced.
I have to second the thoughts of Bit of a Unit - I've had nothing but good experiences with GMP's finest.
First time I ever had any dealing with them, was being stopped for speeding when I was 18 - First car, road through an industrial estate near where I lived. Got collared doing quite a bit above the speed limit. Copper was all very nice about it, and could clearly see I was bricking it! Said it was just the luck of the draw, as I was the last car of a few that were all doing similar speeds. Fixed penalty, 3 points and £60 fine.
Then there was the time my car got broken into outside my house, sat nav gone from the glove box, and more importantly, my mint imperials!!! Reported on the none emergency number, just for their information really. Got a nice visit off the local bobby a couple of days later, asking how I was, and if I'd found anything else missing.
Since then I have had my house broken into twice, and they were fantastic on both occasions. The copper that came the second time was even suggesting places to get my car locks changed without incurring dealer prices, as he had his changed there when he broke his car key in the lock.
I realise this does not paint a particularly good picture of Manchester but 4 instances in 40 years, isn't a bad record.
First time I ever had any dealing with them, was being stopped for speeding when I was 18 - First car, road through an industrial estate near where I lived. Got collared doing quite a bit above the speed limit. Copper was all very nice about it, and could clearly see I was bricking it! Said it was just the luck of the draw, as I was the last car of a few that were all doing similar speeds. Fixed penalty, 3 points and £60 fine.
Then there was the time my car got broken into outside my house, sat nav gone from the glove box, and more importantly, my mint imperials!!! Reported on the none emergency number, just for their information really. Got a nice visit off the local bobby a couple of days later, asking how I was, and if I'd found anything else missing.
Since then I have had my house broken into twice, and they were fantastic on both occasions. The copper that came the second time was even suggesting places to get my car locks changed without incurring dealer prices, as he had his changed there when he broke his car key in the lock.
I realise this does not paint a particularly good picture of Manchester but 4 instances in 40 years, isn't a bad record.
30 miles obviously makes a lot of difference then
My car was done over on the other side of the Pennines in the autumn with entry gained via a smashed side window
I phoned 999 and a handler logged my details but I was never called back by a "real" police man/woman let alone had my motor dusted for prints
TBH I wondered why I bothered phoning and am curious to see which of our experiences is the more representative
Cheers
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