Question for the police - post burglary?

[milkround]

No one has time to read that essay so I’ll condense it.

I was burgled.
I saw some stuff for sale online which was mine.
I went to the house to ‘buy’ it and checked serial numbers.
Police arrested the bloke.
But I’ve not heard much since.

I wondered what the usual situation is and what I could expect to happen etc?

Cheers

Edited by milkround on Monday 27th March 22:59

[NikBartlett]

How sure are you it was the Police who called you back and then rocked up to arrest people ? A more plausible alternative is that they are more interested in finding the ringleaders than the small fry at the bottom of the ladder.

Edited by NikBartlett on Monday 27th March 21:22

[milkround]

NikBartlett said:

How sure are you it was the Police who called you back and then rocked up to arrest people ?

Well the police vans. The vests. The tasers and gas on the vests. And the radios - gave me good idea. Plus the handcuffs they put on the bloke. I also got an email address texted to me with an official police email address so send some information. Plus the fact that they knew I was going to his house and I’d only told the police and about 3 people.

I’m no rocket scientist. But I’m not so thick that I’d get conned by the local scallies into thinking they were the police in that situation.

This is purely a guess. But I think those guys are just some sort of reactionary force as I live in a big city and they can take the vest off and search without standing out if they need. But that might ge absolute rubbish. All I was told is they were more of an arrest team and would hand it over to the local police now.

[NikBartlett]

milkround said:

NikBartlett said:

How sure are you it was the Police who called you back and then rocked up to arrest people ?

Well the police vans. The vests. The tasers and gas on the vests. And the radios - gave me good idea. Plus the handcuffs they put on the bloke. I also got an email address texted to me with an official police email address so send some information. Plus the fact that they knew I was going to his house and I’d only told the police and about 3 people.

I’m no rocket scientist. But I’m not so thick that I’d get conned by the local scallies into thinking they were the police in that situation.

This is purely a guess. But I think those guys are just some sort of reactionary force as I live in a big city and they can take the vest off and search without standing out if they need. But that might ge absolute rubbish. All I was told is they were more of an arrest team and would hand it over to the local police now.

Defo the plod then ( note to self, stop posting garbage when drunk ).

[anonymous-user]

milkround said:

NikBartlett said:

How sure are you it was the Police who called you back and then rocked up to arrest people ?

Well the police vans. The vests. The tasers and gas on the vests. And the radios - gave me good idea. Plus the handcuffs they put on the bloke. I also got an email address texted to me with an official police email address so send some information. Plus the fact that they knew I was going to his house and I’d only told the police and about 3 people.

I dunno, still sounds a bit suss to me....

[0ddball]

pocketspring said:

milkround said:

NikBartlett said:

How sure are you it was the Police who called you back and then rocked up to arrest people ?

Well the police vans. The vests. The tasers and gas on the vests. And the radios - gave me good idea. Plus the handcuffs they put on the bloke. I also got an email address texted to me with an official police email address so send some information. Plus the fact that they knew I was going to his house and I’d only told the police and about 3 people.

I dunno, still sounds a bit suss to me....

Me too. You called the police and they actually turned up? . That doesn't sound likely.

[P0PC0RN]

I'm one of those Police types

How long ago did this happen - they may have bailed the offenders for phone work if he or she are selling items from burglaries on the interwebs.

The cops will have had a power to search without warrant If they nicked the guy at his home address - if the address turned into abit of an Aladdins Cave the process will have been elongated with further crimes to be investigated/ statements to be collected etc.

If it's been weeks it might be worth a call or web message (most forces have this via their websites) to ask for an update.

[Jonmx]

P0PC0RN said:

I'm one of those Police types

How long ago did this happen - they may have bailed the offenders for phone work if he or she are selling items from burglaries on the interwebs.

The cops will have had a power to search without warrant If they nicked the guy at his home address - if the address turned into abit of an Aladdins Cave the process will have been elongated with further crimes to be investigated/ statements to be collected etc.

If it's been weeks it might be worth a call or web message (most forces have this via their websites) to ask for an update.

This. It'll be sitting in some overworked DC's case load. He/she/they should have been in contact even if it's a nothing update, just to keep you in the loop. Drop them a friendly email and they'll be in touch.