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Thanks for the effort by your team and yourself, we much appreciate it.
The cut is unfortunate and I hope things have been sorted out for a new role.
There's nothing much I could do other than to my MP and a letter will be in the box later today.
All the best and yeah, stay on the forum and don't be a stranger!
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Thanks for your and the team's work, Kieran. I thought something like that may have happened. Let's hope the unit becomes reinstated, perhaps when the funding situation changes for the better again.
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Oliver Schick
@Kieran_Ferguson_PC_2224T
Hi all,
Firstly let me apologise for A: my absence and B; not explaining the reason for it sooner.
Unfortunately, the Cycle Crime Taskforce was disbanded formally late last year as the priorities for TFL funded units (like ours) shifted from offences such as pick pocketing and theft of cycles toward serious youth violence and safeguarding of children and vulnerable people.
This was a frustrating development for the team here, many of whom have spent the last few years investigating cycle theft and attempting to assist in its prevention. We spent some time lobbying for our remit to be reverted to cover cycle crime, but it remains with those mentioned above.
As I'm sure you will understand, I have my own opinion which will remain my own.
If your bicycle has been stolen, this will be reported and investigated by one of your local teams.