Compliments to Cambs BiB

[gilbertd]

I never thought this would happen. My 17 year old daughter works as a waitress in a village pub (the Windmill in Orton Waterville for those locals) and was working yesterday (Sunday) lunchtime. Her car (L plate Peugeot 306) was in the pub carpark the other side of a hedge from the beer garden which, due to the sunshine, was full all afternoon. When she finished at around 4, she found the passenger window had been put in and a rucksack containing a change of clothes had been taken. By the time I got there, her boss had helpfully cleaned most of the broken glass out, effectively getting rid of any evidence there may have been.

As this isn't likely to be a problem, as I figured she wouldn't get any more action than be given a crime number, I vacced the rest of the glass out and put a bit of plastic over the hole in case it rained.

At 9 this morning (Bank Holiday Monday no less), a scenes of crime examiner turned up to have a look and lifted a nice palm print from the door. He had only finished printing the door when along comes a BiB to take a statement! She didn't even get a lecture about leaving stuff on show in the car, even he agreed that it should be pretty safe in broad daylight in a popular pub carpark.

I'm impressed with the amount of interest that was taken. We're just keeping a lookout now for a chav with a pink and purple girlie rucksack, wearing girls embroidered jeans, a black strappy top and makeup! That's all they got away with.

[apache]

I'm gobsamacked, I've had to call on their help on a couple of occasions and to be honest I've seen more life in a tramps vest.

[ledfoot]

I guess if it was a male reporting same incident, the police would not have bothered.

[silverback mike]

ledfoot said:

I guess if it was a male reporting same incident, the police would not have bothered.

Yep that's right, all females to the top of the pile of crimes, males right down the bottom.

give me strength.

[LongQ]

silverback mike said:

ledfoot said: I guess if it was a male reporting same incident, the police would not have bothered. Yep that's right, all females to the top of the pile of crimes, males right down the bottom. give me strength.

I suspect if it was a male reporting the loss of his rucksack contianing a change of clothes which included a strappy top and make-up, etc. they might get quite a bit of attention ...

[Pot Bellied Fool]

silverback mike said:

Yep that's right, all females to the top of the pile

Ok then - off you go..

"Officer! I want to report a crime... I think someone's stolen the human half of my DNA..."

[silverback mike]

[puggit]

silverback mike said:

ledfoot said: I guess if it was a male reporting same incident, the police would not have bothered. Yep that's right, all females to the top of the pile of crimes, males right down the bottom. give me strength.

Not having a go at rank and file, but your PC masters probably deal with it exactly like this

[up-the-dubs]

Not really relevent (different country and all), but after 6 car break-ins last year (none taken) the Cops were round with the crime scene guys every time in no-time.

Although I think it was the tea and biscuits!

[streaky]

LongQ said:

silverback mike said: ledfoot said: I guess if it was a male reporting same incident, the police would not have bothered. Yep that's right, all females to the top of the pile of crimes, males right down the bottom. give me strength. I suspect if it was a male reporting the loss of his rucksack contianing a change of clothes which included a strappy top and make-up, etc. they might get quite a bit of attention ...

But possibly only if the responding officer was one of those seen in this photograph (from The Daily Telegraph, reporting on Gay Pride, 2003):



Streaky

[mondeoman]

I've got one to add to the congrats.

Making, ahem, rapid progress along the A14 late on Sunday evening, I noticed a pair of headlights behind me. They kept pace as I modulted my speed to suit the traffic and weather (very light traffic, clear and dry) and I did consider (for a couple of secs) coming right down to to the limit, but decided not to....

Anyway, after about 5 miles, on came the flashing blues so onto the brakes, indicator on and into the nearest parking bay. The butterflies were flying in formation, I'm thinking here comes a ban... ho hum

Out steps the plod driver and we step over to the kerb, I say good evening, he asks my name and then he asks me if I want to accept 3pts and 60 quid or take my chances in court.... I hesitate for at least a nanosecond and take the points on the chin.

During the few mins that he's writing out the ticket I ask him about my max speed "you were pulling away quickly when we were doing 110" , why he hasn't taken me to court automatically and he says "cos I'm a motorist like you" and then I ask if I was driving dangerously, where he says, "No, just quickly". And his mate showed some interest in my car, which was nice.

So there you have it, plod on the road makes much more of a difference than cameras and in their view 3 figure speeds aren't dangerous! If it'd been a letter in the post two weeks later I'd've fought it with every trick I could, but a quick chat like that slowed me down for the rest of the journey home (and probabaly for a few more weeks as well), something a camera would never have done.

Oh, and this way I don't have to fork out an extra £40 for a new licence

[silverback mike]

streaky said:

LongQ said: silverback mike said: ledfoot said: I guess if it was a male reporting same incident, the police would not have bothered. Yep that's right, all females to the top of the pile of crimes, males right down the bottom. give me strength. I suspect if it was a male reporting the loss of his rucksack contianing a change of clothes which included a strappy top and make-up, etc. they might get quite a bit of attention ... But possibly only if the responding officer was one of those seen in this photograph (from The Daily Telegraph, reporting on Gay Pride, 2003): Streaky

It's funny streaky, but I have an uneasy feeling about that picture.....It's not that I resent in any way anyone being gay or whatever they want to be but it's just that it makes me feel slightly off that I presume the officers that are there are part of the march, and marching in uniform, ie on duty.... Now, if I were say, an active member of a group that were demonstrating, I wouldn't be able to do it in police uniform, whether it was right, wrong or whatever it was.
Gay representation is just what it is, making people aware of members of the community that may have faced persecution in the past, and maybe still do, but to march in uniform as part of the march just doesn't feel right.

Mind you, if they weren't marching 'in' the march then I will wind my neck in.

***** Sorry for thread hi-jack ****** Glad the local lads and lasses sorted the problem out, the system does work sometimes.

[gilbertd]

To continue the story. My daughter called in at the pub later on Monday and one of the regulars mentioned that he had seen a couple of 13-14 year old kids trying to open a post box near the pub on Sunday afternoon. He had told them to clear off but had later seen them hanging around by the pub beer garden. My daughter rang the BiB to tell them about this and was surprised that they seemed very interested.

Last nights local paper then ran a front page story about an arson attack less than a mile away from the pub on Sunday evening ( www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=1129730 )where two 13 year olds had been questioned. As this happened no more than 4 hours after her car was broken into, I'm wondering if they were looking for proof that these kids had been up to no good in the area all day.



>> Edited by gilbertd on Wednesday 31st August 11:02