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landy4x4xfar:
found this on the bbc about the police and hitting target but this is what your council tax money pays for and looks good on paper at the home office but the truth is stranger than you think some terrible crimes here you will be shocked at what the police have to put up


The federation, which represents 130,000 rank-and-file officers, has published a dossier of "ludicrous" cases it claims are the result of Home Office targets.

The cases include:

# A man from Cheshire who was cautioned for being "found in possession of an egg with intent to throw"

# A child in Kent who was arrested after removing a slice of cucumber from a sandwich and throwing it at another youngster

# A West Midlands woman arrested on her wedding day for criminal damage after her foot slipped on her accelerator pedal and her vehicle damaged a car park barrier
   
Understandably, when the public hears about this they ask 'What the hell is going on?'
Police Federation spokesman

# A child from Kent who was arrested for throwing cream buns at a bus

# A 70-year-old Cheshire pensioner who was arrested for criminal damage after cutting back a neighbour's conifer trees

# An officer in the West Midlands who was told to caution a man for throwing a glass of water over his girlfriend

# Two children from Manchester who were arrested for being in possession of a plastic toy pistol

A spokesman for the federation said such cases were a result of officers being "so busy chasing targets and securing ticks in boxes".

Drift:
A guy I know found his car after it was nicked, police told him not to touch it, they are sending out the forensic team.
They then called to say they couldnt find the car, It had been nicked, Again  :shock:
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buttonmonkey:

--- Quote from: "TRUG2" ---Police are requesting vehicle crime victims not to go near the vehicle so that they can send  forensics teams to collect evidence :roll:  Yeah-Right, there aint enough of them to police major towns as it is.... how are they gonna manage to attend the vast amounts of vehicle crimes in major cities? :roll:  :roll:
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In the Met the forensic team have to attend all car crimes.

They try to attend most car crime within a few hours of it being reported but in some cases it may take up to 24hrs. It all depends on which borough, what other crimes they have that shift etc, etc.

Bush Tucker Man:

--- Quote from: "Evilgoat" ---Reported the Chavs using the Industrial Estate as a racetrack on Monday, no helmets/underage caning it round here while some guy in another unit acted as a pitstop.

Phoned 101, was told they take this very seriously and someone would be round in an hour or two. They turned up on Sat when no-one was here :S

I know they try but its just seems like one big joke to people trying to get help. As for not going near veichles till SOCO arrive, they took about 3 days to come and look at the last car I had done over :(
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Should have told them you thought you heard a gun-shot, they'd attend a lot quicker then.
After all, you could always realise afterwards that it was one of the cars back-firing.
If a few chavs wet themselves after being surrounded by an Armed Response Squad.. . so be it  :lol:

jasonslaphead:
The local chavs tried to steal my fathers car from outside my house one morning in the early hours. I chased them but I only managed to get hold of one of their shoes. the police were here within minuites and they took the shoe for forensic testing and the forensic people were here first thing in the morning to take prints from the car so they do get on the case quickly sometimes.  
 I think the problem is that sometimes there is not enough police free to actually deal with the amount of crime rather than doing paperwork about it

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