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Because they don't have a legs to stand, they're pretty much powerless to act because there's no way to prove that the bike the theft are selling is stolen most of the time, how can they when people rarely report their bike to the police let alone register it?
while they appear to not care about bike theft (which is true), they're also powerless sometime, they need a warrant and evidence before they act.
secondly, they do arrest bike theft, but because of the natural of their crime they're usually fined, held for a couple night and/or do community service etc. before they're release and start stealing bike, after all it is just a bike.
try not to be too daily mail.