Letter from Police
Discussion
Had a letter with a West Midlands Police franking mark today.
Sent the heart racing as I stick to the speed limits.
"Your vehicle XXXXXX was recently observed by one of our officers, parked in XXXXX on XXX with the following property on display:
Sat nav holder
As you are aware, this is an open invitation for theives to break into your car and steal your property. In future do not leave any valuables or items on display. Ideally, all items of value should be removed.
We want to reduce the chance of you becoming a victim of crime and assure you that we are patrolling the area reguarly and targeting offenders."
Not heard of this sort of thing before, seems a bit OTT.
On the "fear of crime" statistics that they're always going on about I now feel less safe.
They'd have had kittens if they'd seen my spitfire parked with the roof down, doors unlocked and cds in the passenger footwell.
Still, at least it wasn't a fine.
Sent the heart racing as I stick to the speed limits.
"Your vehicle XXXXXX was recently observed by one of our officers, parked in XXXXX on XXX with the following property on display:
Sat nav holder
As you are aware, this is an open invitation for theives to break into your car and steal your property. In future do not leave any valuables or items on display. Ideally, all items of value should be removed.
We want to reduce the chance of you becoming a victim of crime and assure you that we are patrolling the area reguarly and targeting offenders."
Not heard of this sort of thing before, seems a bit OTT.
On the "fear of crime" statistics that they're always going on about I now feel less safe.
They'd have had kittens if they'd seen my spitfire parked with the roof down, doors unlocked and cds in the passenger footwell.
Still, at least it wasn't a fine.
Amused2death said:
Nothing specific mentioned in the letter that it was a pc who observed the sat-nav.
Letter was from PC 5351 and PS 1704Thing is, I didn't do anything wrong yet I feel guilty and more worried about crime than before.
I had a laptop in the boot and nothing else on show. I was parking in a well used car park in the middle of the day. To be honest, I usually move the sat nav holder when I park on a street or in a dodgey area of town.
Gone to a lot of bother to find out my address, presumably there is now a record of the letter on file somewhere. Sure they won't, but what if they were to notify my insurance company.... all of a sudden I'm a higher risk.
I totally agree with comments about a visible police force and crime prevention, just a bit unexpected and OTT.
Edited by sploosh on Saturday 20th November 21:47
Edited by sploosh on Saturday 20th November 21:47
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