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I don't know. I guess the answer is find/call a police officer and ask them to intervene.
But then I saw someone about to hacksaw a lock and did nothing. A whole host of thoughts ran through my head and in the end I thought he looked like he could be genuine so I did nothing. As soon as I got back to the office I wished i'd done something. In this case he looked a completely approachable person. But thats the thing isn't it, why no thieves ever get stopped, because no one wants to take the risk of being stabbed or whatever by the thief. You only ever get stories in the paper of some father who stood up to some trouble making youths and got killed for his effort. If there are events of sucess they need to be reported too.
And now to derail the thread. What if some thief were to add a lock to your bike while you we're at work, where do you get something to cut your bike free and how do you prove to the police it is your bike you are freeing. Or perhaps you don't need to prove anything because you'll never be challenged.