I dunno, I try not to buy into rumors about how much bike crime police ignore, always someone with a story about police knowing all the bike thieves, I like to think they do what they can it's just hard to get strong evidence and even sometimes when they do(like the time you had) victims aren't as on board as you would think they should be.
I know that and I’m not saying anything about police, today I was impressed by how fast they responded.
Ironically, at the end it’s just a bike and in the most populated city in Europe bike theft must (and should) be a low priority crime.
I’m just glad they showed up so promptly.
Your situation reminded me to post this picture of the scumbag I recently confronted. He was in Shoreditch stripping parts and weirdly was using a Boris bike to get around:
I dunno, I try not to buy into rumors about how much bike crime police ignore, always someone with a story about police knowing all the bike thieves, I like to think they do what they can it's just hard to get strong evidence and even sometimes when they do(like the time you had) victims aren't as on board as you would think they should be.