Would you call the police?

[Drew]

Got to work at 9am as normal today.

At 11am, i go outside work for the first time to be greeted by this..

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All the wires around ignition ripped out, obviously stolen, and hidden to pick up later.


After some discussion we called police at 11.30


I went down town, and came back to work at 12noon, to see one lad pushing the quad away, another lad in a car, and another lad hiding behind a fence outside of the yard (lookout i guess)


They had returned with petrol (it must have ran out earlier) but still wouldn't start i guess, and was now leaving a nice trail of petrol



Police came 12.20pm, asking where the quad was, we said it had gone, but they could just follow the petrol


Quad found in a nearby streets back yard (owner of quad was a farmer who had reported it stolen earlier)



Now the only thing is, will my work now be burnt down tomorrow by these lads? Will our cars now get damaged?

Maybe calling police wasn't the best idea, or was it?
What would you have done?

[G]

Presumably they won't know it was you who called specifically.
Especially as the police didn't turn up to your work.

Were it me, I would have tried to (subtly) tried to get pictures of them if possible while pushing it.

[Teaman]

[faithless75]

Definately I think you did the right thing.

As for the police, well it was reported stolen already, so it'll just look as if they were following an enquiry.

And the numpty's that stole it, they probably aren't clever enough to put two & two together and figure out that you had possibly rang the old bill.

IMO you've no worries Just hope I'm right
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[Paivi]

Of course I would have, what kind of person wouldn't?
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[st3v3]

Definitely, well done

as for you worrying, i wouldn't of thought so, they will probably focusing on getting something else to razz around on..
at least that's what they do around here

carry on as normal, should be ok.(i'd hope )
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[Drew]

[Drew]

[scoota bk]

You did the right thing, you weren't "grassing" on them you were mearly reporting a veichle that had been dumped.

"my dumb boss thought it was wise to tell them the cops were on there way"

Any theif with more than 2 brain cells on hearing this would've ditched the quad and done a runner

[Shaun]

Should've gone after them with a lump hammer and spade, next time it could be your bike getting stolen, tool.

[Nath]

[Drew]

The thing about the cars, we work in a unit, with no windows, just sky lights, and loud machines running most of the time. They could easily put a few car windows out or slash a few tyres if they wanted.
They managed to park a quad beside the door without anyone noticing

Just see what happens today

[techierob]

[dew]

[ken]

NO I wouldn't
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[Johnny GSX-R]

Techierob,
Trust me, they aint all bad, a few spoil it for the rest.
As previously mentioned, it could have been your bike next.

Of course the right thing to do was to call, FFS, people think the Police are super human.........we need the publics help to sort things out, we are only information gatherers, we work with the information gleaned from others.
Call it grassing if you like but those of you against the cops, are you prepared to say that you'll never need them?????
NO! so don't make our job more difficult by being obstructive, if more people did the right thing then crime reduction would be significant and the cops wouldn't be tied up 24/7 and so would be able to respond faster.............its not brain surgery is it.

[angryjonny]

[Dan 4RR]

Lol. They call that hidden.
I've done my good deed once. Found a dumped scooter in a farmers field I take my dog for walkies (common for chavers with stolen bikes ) So wheeled it to my house, phoned up police, told them the reg plate and stuff. Confirmed it was stolen (no shit ) Took it to the police station for the rightful owner to come pick it up.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

That is very badly hidden.

Yeah i would probably report it......
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[GodzGift]

this is so funny
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[steveh]

id put fuel in it and have a blast round the carpark.

then phone the police.

was it a road legal jobbie or off road?


Steve.
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