Daylight, F#%$in', Robbery!

[Suntan Sid]

Have a look at this thread:-

https://forums.pepipoo.com/lofiversion/index.php/t108971.html

And people wonder why there's no respect for authority anymore!
Typical snidey gobshites hiding behind supposed H&S bollox!
Who's robbing who, these days, FFS?

TL:DR
plod won't release stolen property to victim unless he stumps up £150!
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[Banana_B1]

[arry]

Awesome.

Had a similar but not same horrific experience with my brother in law whose XR125 got pinched. Police wrote to him saying they'd recovered the vehicle and he'd need to pay 150 quid to have it released.

So he turns up with his cash, hands them the letter, and they go off 'out back' for a few minutes before coming back with a box full of disassembled engine

Of course. He remonstrated with them and said he'd not be paying that as they hadn't recovered a vehicle, they'd recovered bits of it, and what would happen the next time a component turned up? That'll be another 150 quid they say and if you don't pay up you'll receive a debt collection letter. Fabulous.

[bugeye_bob]

Why isnt his insurance company sorting it ?

[arry]

[bugeye_bob]

[Rogerborg]

[Suntan Sid]

[M.C]

[Aceslock]

Looks like he has sorted it out now..... Had them back FOC.

I love a happy ending
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[Rogerborg]

[arry]

[Mark_F]

Is it the norm for people to be charged to get their bike (or other bits) back?

I ask as my bike was recovered on Sat, they went over it on sun, then told me to collect when convenient (which happened on Monday when I sorted someone to ride it for me). No money was asked for and none was exchanged... V5 + other riders ins docs, keys handed over and bike rode away.

[Lord Percy]

[Suntan Sid]

[Aceslock]

Totally agree. If i had to pay to get my own STOLEN property back, i would play holy fuck!

They either scam people to line their own pockets, or they are jobsworth cunts
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[G]

[M.C]

[G]

If the police pick them up themselves, it does seem unfair to charge people.

But the majority of the time as far as I know, for road legal motor-vehicles it's a third party contractor - which seems reasonable - the police should be doing police stuff, not acting as a recovery operator.

If we accept we need a third party operator, we then get to the issue that they need to get paid - if the money came from the police budget, any time they had a bit of a lull, they just need to get a friend to report a car 'stolen'.

Recovery companies that service the police do have to be on call 24/7 I believe, they also have to maintain forensics bays for the police to use.

None of this of course, I'd see as an excuse for the case in the link above.

[arry]

[bamt]

I remember there being fairly regular stories in the press about how the police had found a stolen vehicle, told the owner, but by the time the owner got there it had been stolen again/stripped/torched - and the police were vilified for this (not leaving a constable on guard until the owner could arrange recovery).

I guess the optimal would be to call the owner first, tell them where it is and give the option of what should be done.

[G]

[arry]

Not sure where you're going with that.

Point I was making in a roundabout way is that the reason the Rozzers feel they can bill the motorist is because a) they're a soft target and always have been, b) the property they've recovered is leverage to force them to pay if they're not claiming from insurance and c) if they are claiming then the insurers are picking up the tab anyway.

In other words - sod the motorist, there's an insurable solution so police can pass the costs on.

[Rogerborg]

The legislation is primarily aimed at abandoned vehicles, where it's reasonable to bill the driver (or keeper) for collection.

And when the Court of Appeals decided to stitch us up by deciding that collection fees are payable by the owner before release, the case was brought by insurers (thanks, arry) and the attitude from their Lordships seemed to be "you've got deep pockets, quit your bitching."
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