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I can't remember which section of the Ways and Means Act that is.
(It's bollocks. You get things like that a lot if for whatever reason an officer/officers doesn't/don't want to/can't/aren't allowed (by superiors) to investigate something. Obviously, not all crimes can be investigated and there has to be some triage in prioritising and choosing them, but rigid rules are not credible. Quite often, if for any of the above reasons 'your' crime doesn't make the grade, officers will want to close the case, and then it can be hard to find reasons why they shouldn't. @Constable_Savage can give you a more informed perspective. Bike theft is often a problem because (a) there are just so many, (b) they're really hard to investigate unless, e.g., there's a clear pattern or it's a repeat offender against whom evidence can be gathered, etc., and (c) they're often very hard to bring to conviction in court. It's a long story! Anyway, in a nutshell, it's probably something that someone just made up to get rid of you. Try to find polite and firm ways of not going away.)
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Oliver Schick
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I chased BTP all week and finally got out of them that they don’t investigate bikes stolen that were locked up for more than 2hrs. Is this right? Seems absolutely wild