[release][B]Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of equipment and personal belongings have been stolen from police stations across Britain, it has been revealed.[/B]
Thefts in the past five years include handcuffs, uniforms, speed guns, dogs, riot shields, and even patrol cars. The eclectic list was revealed as a result of freedom of information requests by the Press Association. Greater Manchester Police was the worst hit, with thieves taking a £10,000 patrol car and £30,000 private vehicle. The force's assistant chief officer, Lynne Potts, said it took all such reports seriously and measures were in place to secure property, equipment and vehicles.
The request to every force in the UK revealed thieves had taken warrant cards, bikes, riot shields, a battering ram and breathalysers. Among the more unusual stolen items were a small fridge from Dunstable, CCTV footage and a TV from West Oxfordshire, a packet of crumpets from Priory Road police station in Hull and a fern and plastic plant pot from Lancashire Police. A £20 mannequin was stolen from Essex Police's kennels at Epping, a 20-pack of toilet rolls vanished from West Mercia, while at Pontefract police station, in West Yorkshire, a thief made off with a £48 tea float.
The Taxpayers' Alliance, which campaigns for greater efficiency within publicly-funded organisations, said security seemed to have been compromised at some stations and called for an investigation. "The list of stolen items is truly astonishing and taxpayers will worry that police giving out crime prevention advice can't seem to avoid being robbed themselves," said director Emma Boon.
"Thefts from forces cost taxpayers money and all this equipment adds up to a big bill that could be reduced."
Opportunist thieves took advantage of police equipment, mobile phones and unattended computers, the information also revealed. A police patrol car was taken from outside the station at Morpeth, Northumberland in May 2008. A Ford Galaxy patrol car went from a station in Carnforth, Lancashire, after the keys were left briefly unattended. It was later recovered. Other forces to be relieved of vehicles included Warwickshire, Strathclyde, Lancashire and Essex.
A terrier and a lurcher were taken from a police station in Blackburn in Lancashire and on Merseyside seized pitbulls were taken. Amongst the low-value items were coffee worth £2.50 from Byker police station in Newcastle, a cap badge from an officer's hat in Widnes and a copy of an antiques guide worth £5 from Basildon in Essex. Six pints of semi-skimmed milk were stolen from Cambridgeshire Police HQ in Huntington, and a £1 cereal bowl and empty lunchbox worth £3 from Hucknall police station in Nottinghamshire. In Devon and Cornwall, items included a betting slip, bail sheet, unwritten parking ticket and a Peter Storm fleece jacket worth £60. [/release]
[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16380862"]Source is BBC News[/URL]
Why would you nick toilet paper from a police station?
How do you steal a [I]dog[/I] from a police station?
I can't wait for the main police cuts to hit, surely that will help increase security at police stations, among other things.
No wonder they couldn't stop the looting, they can't even prevent people stealing police property.
Oh man, irony hits so hard.
How the fuck does someone steal a police dog and [i]why[/i]?
And this is why our police are shite.
[QUOTE=Camundongo;34014860]
How do you steal a [I]dog[/I] from a police station?[/QUOTE]
[i]Here boy! ksst! here boy![/i]
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;34015263]And this is why our police are shite.[/QUOTE]
Not really, where else is a reliable place to find dozens of thieves?
10$ says it was a policeman(men).
[QUOTE=Jack Trades;34015659]10$ says it was a policeman(men).[/QUOTE]
Well yeah, most people in a job take a dip here and there. My old man steals so many toilet rolls from his job we don't actually need to buy our own.
[quote]a 20-pack of toilet rolls vanished from West Mercia, while at Pontefract police station, in West Yorkshire, a thief made off with a £48 tea float.[/quote]
oh you, British thieves :v:
[quote]A £20 mannequin was stolen from Essex[/quote]
Why?
I mean, seriously, why the fuck do you need a mannequin for so desparately that you have to rob one?
[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;34015731]The correct term is Police Officer.
[sub][sub]I'm a perfectionist, sorry if I sound rude[/sub][/sub][/QUOTE]
But what made you want to become a policeman officer?
[QUOTE=Terminutter;34015804]Why?
I mean, seriously, why the fuck do you need a mannequin for so desparately that you have to rob one?[/QUOTE]
Probably just because they can, most people in Britain think the police are a joke, hell watch some of the videos of the riots, a lot of the people pretty much said they were doing it because they felt police couldn't do anything to stop them.
how the fuck did someone manage to rob a fucking patrol car
They're selling it on ebay to make up for the budget cuts.
Next thing you know they'll run off with the actual Police Officers.
[QUOTE=timmyvos;34015822]But what made you want to become a policeman officer?[/QUOTE]
'I don't remember a time when I didn't want to be a police officer... apart from the summer of 1979 when I wanted to be Kermit the Frog. It all started with my Uncle Derek. He was a Sergeant in the Met. He bought me a police pedal car when I was five. I rode around in it every second I was awake - arresting kids twice my size for littering and spitting. I got beaten up a lot when I was young, but it didn't stop me. I wanted to be like Uncle Derek. '
Hot Fuzz Hehe.
This is still better than police brutality I guess
this will be entirely the police themselves
a friend of mine's dad, i can't go into too much detail about his position, is a very high ranking officer and he keeps all the riot gear in his wardrobe at home for some reason despite the fact it's never supposed to leave the station. that's probably somewhere in the records as having been stolen
Are people just going to rise up in Britain using their own constabulary equipment?
"Today shocked the world as droves of people in stolen police equipment went stir fucking crazy."
[QUOTE=Jasun;34016098]This is still better than police brutality I guess[/QUOTE]
You say it as if it's one or the other.
[QUOTE=purvisdavid1;34016188]Are people just going to rise up in Britain using their own constabulary equipment?
"Today shocked the world as droves of people in stolen police equipment went stir fucking crazy."[/QUOTE]
Hackers making their own satellites, people stealing police equipment. They are progressing..
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;34016107]this will be entirely the police themselves
a friend of mine's dad, i can't go into too much detail about his position, is a very high ranking officer and he keeps all the riot gear in his wardrobe at home for some reason despite the fact it's never supposed to leave the station. that's probably somewhere in the records as having been stolen[/QUOTE]
Maybe he watched 28 days later and got paranoid.
[QUOTE=markg06;34016291]Maybe he watched 28 days later and got paranoid.[/QUOTE]
Riot armor is great for all situations, from angry mobs of people to stupid angry mobs of infected people.
It's what happens when you take away too many police powers.
[QUOTE=Camundongo;34014860][release][b]and a £1 cereal bowl[/b][/release][/QUOTE]
Wat.
[QUOTE=UberMunchkin;34015731]The correct term is Police Officer.
[sub][sub]I'm a perfectionist, sorry if I sound rude[/sub][/sub][/QUOTE]
The correct (and title ) is Peace Officer (in the US)
Crumpets? Haha what.
How do you steal Riot Shields and a fucking Battering Ram? Do you just walk out the front door and tell everyone you're on your way to a raid? And why? Too much MW2-3, maybe wanting a more "realistic" paintballing experience? This is just really strange. Not to mention everything else that was stolen.
[QUOTE=Dysgalt;34016050]Next thing you know they'll run off with the actual Police Officers.[/QUOTE]
Then the remaining officers will show up to work only to see that the building is gone
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