break in
 

Hello,

got home this afternoon with my son to find the front door open, after a look around noticed that the front window and back door were also open.

Scared the s**t out of me, so I entered the house to find it empty, telling my 3yr son to wait outside. (possibly not a good move)

But get this phoned the police to report the breakin at 3.30 and was told somebody will be with you in the hour.
Phoned again at 6.00 and after they apologised was told somebody would be with you at 8.00 at 9.30 another call to let me know they will be with me in the morning if that suits me as the chances of somebody getting to me tonight are slim.

Go figure . . . what's that all about (why am I paying my council tax?)


Well its my son's birthday tomorrow so we will have a great day.

*******S......

sorry


regards

TopiToo

So sorry to hear that, mate. Enjoy the birthday, nonetheless.

****in' ell Steve...thats bullshit.

Makes you wander what the hells going on:flame:

Problem is, your not unlucky, stuff like that goes on all too often in todays society and its the perpetrator who has all the rights!:flame:

Hope you can sort it out without too much grief.

Hopefully see you at a rideout soon.

Hello,

Thankyou for the comments,

As the police are paying me a visit in the morning, What happens?
They take a report, advise me about security da..da..da.. how I can improve things new locks and all that, is that it?

Or is it a case that they have been seen to report the crime and that's it!
I am now a statistic on the never never ending story of priority/non priority/cases of breakins.

I have no problem with the police and am trying to keep an open mind, BUT as you can appreciate it would be nice to speak to one in the flesh.

a little confused to say the least about the way the law works.

regards

TopiToo

Sorry to hear the news Steve hope it doesn't spoil the weekend for you and your son.

When they do turn up they will give you a crime reference number which can be useful for any insurance claim.
Other than that they will probably tell you that then culprit is unlikely to be caught.

But if they do catch them, the full weight of the law will mean that they suffer......

Oh yes....

They'll suffer community service. A couple of weekends picking up litter from verges or weeding the middle of a roundabout then back out on the nick.

TopiToo,
Sorry to hear about your break-in.I had the same thing happen to me last year when some f*ckpigs stole my 998.I guess I was luckier than you as the local police were at my place half an hour after I reported it.The SOCO also turned up later and got some lovely fingerprints from my daughters bedroom window.The thief is now doing 3 years in prison.The police did'nt catch the "brains" of the outfit and I did'nt get my 998 back,but I feel we got a bit of a result.
Keep your chin up and try to enjoy the nippers birthday.

Steve, that's appalling news mate...........not the way I wanted to start my weekend. I'm glad they weren't there when you got home that would have been far worse.

Dissapointed in the police reaction though...........you're in the Met area aren't you, but at the end of the day its not really their fault. If they had enough bodies to do the job then we'd all be happier.

I'm convinced this sort of thing is on the increase and these work shy thieving b*stards that run the country are to blame. Crime figures are down my a*se. All the money was ploughed into a war no-one wanted and us at home suffer as usual. That **** Blunkett is a joke and the rest of them...............rant over.

Hope you get it sorted Steve and look forward to Rockingham mate.

sorry to here about the breakin not good,
thats part of the reason i keep two big dogs although if they really want somthing they will always find a way.
its the little ****s who need some money for the next fix who need a good beating
bring back the stock for some good public humiliation:flame:

could have been worse mate

Still, son's bithday must make it a better day no matter what has happened! Enjoy

Steve mate, I'm gutted for you.

Seeing as I'm just down the road let me know if there's anything I can do to help out. Not sure what was taken but we have 'some' spare linen and kitcheny type stuff, a mattress. Whatever else you can find. I've got a 4 year old boy and we have toys all over the place, I find myself digging them out of my feet on a regular basis - we were planning on doing a cleanout of these so I'm sure we can find something in there for the little fella too.

Also, not sure if your bike was taken or not or whether you need it to commute buit if you do you can borrow mine as I'm not riding it at the moment.

I'll u2u you my mobile number.

TP

[Edited on 7-8-2004 by tp-996]

really sorry to hear that, hope you havnt been to affected by it and dont let some scumbag ruin your outlook on life even for a second.

maybe the police that are pulling people like me for trivial traffic offences could better use their time dealing with real crimes like yours. just a thought.

Gutted to hear of your break in!!!!

I hope you are luckly like me and find out through the grape vine who did it, just don't have any witnesses when you break his fingers one at a time like i did....it can get complicated!!!!! Not that i am in anyway suggesting violence is the way forward ;)

I hope your wee man enjoys his day.

A quick thought to hopefully get the police out quicker. Phone them again and explain that your property is not secure and that your insurance company will not authorise repairs to make it secure until you have a crime reference number.

Ask them if they are going to be responsible should the scum return to finish off the job, seeing as it has been X amount of days since you reported it? Most forces are covered by Key performance indicators for response times, enquire about a complaints form to highlight their poor efforts on this occasion and they should sit up and take notice.

Sadly the chance of getting any forensics are fading as time goes on.....Insist on SOCO visiting to at least try and find something.

Good luck

Regards

ScottyB

Sorry to hear about your burglary mate. Unfortunately I visit people every day that have been broken in to so I know how you feel. Not sure why the Met have dealt with your case like this, whether it's there policy or what. But most forces deal with burglaries as a matter of priority as these are the crimes that the government want police forces to reduce along with vehicle crime. They should have at least given you some advice over the phone to preserve any forensic evidence that may be there until the CSI/SOCO arrives.

I know in our force (Merseyside) we have to attend Burglary Dwellings within 24 hours max. Vehicle crime is usually quicker believe it or not! Anyway glad to hear that someone has had a good service from a CSI/SOCO.

If I were you I would ring them up and find out there policy on sending CSI/SOCO's out to Burgalry Dwellings. If they were supposed to send one and haven't then it may be worthwhile complaining. Unfortunately it wont get you your stuff back. Once again sorry to hear bout the break in!

Sorry to hear about this Steve, have a good celebration for your boys birthday tomorrow.

To get them round quicker, just let them hear your Termis down the phone, sure they'll be there in a flash:(

Sorry to hear your bad news...:(

Keep your chin up and I hope the birthday went well...
Lisa x

Real sorry to hear the news, Steve
Hope the lad's birthday went OK tho'
Hope someone runs over the scum, and then reverses to see what the bump was
Rgds
mort:(

Hello,

Police arrived Saturday at 7.30, and had a look around, told me I was lucky could of been worse . . quite possible kids looking for cash/cards.
Somebody would write to me giving me a report number. I listed all that
was taken wife's jewelry some cash/mobile/DVD's etc easy sell items.

I new nothing about CSI/SOCO's and what would be involved with a breakin, but thankyou for the advice and hope that this was indeed a one off.

Everybody enjoyed the birthday party, and now I feel a year older let alone my son.

Regards

TopiToo

TopiToo
Sorry to hear about your bad luck.These scum are the lowest of the low!!

PS I bet the plod would have responded far quicker if there had been a report of someone using a bike with illegal cans,black visor or a small plate!! Then they wonder why the public have no confidence in them!:mad:

Next time anyone gets burgled, tell them there's a bunch of bikers doing wheelies outside your house, or even better, somebodies fallen off. Every crash I ever needed attention, Plod was always first on the scene.

One of my favourite quotes:

Guy gets home to find his house has been burgled so he phones the police. The operator asks if the owner has checked the house to ensure the burglars are no longer there, then informs him that they are too busy to send someone straight away but they will be there within a couple of hours.

Not happy with the situation, he calls the police back 5 minutes later and tells them not to bother coming as when he checked the house again he found the burglars hiding in an upstairs room, but luckily he had his shotgun with him and gunned them both down as they tried to escape with his belongings.

Less than 60 seconds six police cars and two armed response units screeched to a halt outside his house as a police helicopter swooped in and hovered above.

As the owner of the house walked out to meet them, the police officer in charge looked around incredulous at the scene, with no dead burglars to be found.

"I thought you said you'd shot two burglars as they tried to escape?" said the policeman.

"I thought you were too busy to send someone straight away!" replied the owner.