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I understand your difficulties in telling it as it is, as opposed to what you are allowed to say.....I have the same worries sometimes!
The fact remains though, that stealing a bike is against the law, yet time after time, no action is taken by the people who are responsible for upholding the law. I know it's not the rank and file who make these decisions, and I know it's not the senior officer's fault, for having to make cuts, due to the Tories insistance on creating permanent solutions for temporary problems.
At the same time, I can absolutely understand how people take the matter (law) into their own hands.
If it's yellow, has a bill and goes quack, it's probably a duck. If that duck nicks my bike, and I can have a go at getting it back, it better be a double hard duck.
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Bit of a corporate answer but:
I often read stories where the victims of theft/fraud confront the suspects and sometimes manage to retrieve their possessions. I would urge people to think twice before contacting/confronting these people as it can have tragic consequences but to contact the police with the information.
That said, I do recognise the strain the Police service are under and can only apologise that the service which is needed cannot always be provided but no bike is worth serious injury or death.