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Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
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Thats fairly appalling, what are your opinions on the matter? Please refrain from cop bashing. You'd think they would allocate their limited resources a little better. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 28-08-2011 at 12:39 PM. Reason: screwed up the article |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: W.A.
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Sometimes I think a different approach is needed. The cops are fighting a losing battle, because they are trying to do more with less, against criminals who are doing more with more.
How about something radical. What if insurance companies "sponsored" a cop. They could put some of the money they spend on their own investigations into effectively putting cops on the street. There would need to be guarantees that the cop was autonomous and not controlled by the insurance company, but he/she could be dedicated to investigating insurance-related crimes. I dunno. Dumb idea probably. ![]()
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Redbank Plains
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Government wants money. People that own a car can afford to pay their parking tickets. Car thieves don't have money, therefore the government can't get money out of them.
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Location: Was Central Coast, Now Sydney NSW
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It doesn't surprise me though, because when some homeless youth's tried to knock the EF Wagon off and say to the police "they wanted it for money", you know they're getting desperate... It's rather stupid, but all that stopped them from knocking my EF Wagon off from the RTA Carpark at Redfern, was the Channel7 Studio Security Guard noticing some teens throwing rocks at the P/S front window.... Clearly they didn't care about the boom gates, security guards or camera's that surrounded the place........
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Pity the fool
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wait Awhile
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Its not just NSW, it's all over Australia.
See this is the thing: every year less and less people step up to the blue line to be Police officers. Compounding that of course is a higher exit rate from Police Forces than was traditionally. Suddenly, you have less people to do more work. Concurrent with the increase in 'petty' crimes such as car theft, are crimes against the person, in particular violent offences like stabbings, shootings, bashings, glassings, one-punch-kill events, and other equally obnoxious criminal acts. I think the community has made it quite clear that these sorts of offences take priority over everything else and henceforth it is no surprise that the Police prioritise these over car stealing. That said, if a car of mine was stolen, I would expect the Police to do everything in their power to recover it and make the thief accountable. It is what we pay our taxes for after all.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Oct 2010
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If I drove around with bald tyres, I would be pulled over within a heartbeat with my face appearing on the tv show, Highway Patrol. But if I was pulled over in a stolen car filmed by the same tv show, my face would be blurred out and at the end of the show the viewers would be informed that I didn't turn up to court and i'm on the run!
The Police pull over a truckload of cars every year and make the government a lot of money in collecting fines. They could spot a bald tyre over 100 metres away, as for solving car theft crimes? |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sydney
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You see they are getting tired of being slapped in the face every time they bring a crook in before a magistrate. They are tired of thugs being let off and a judge ruling that is perfectly acceptable and ok to call a cop an f**ing c***t (sorry swear filter, just trying to quote here). They are tired of putting in long hard hours to apprehend someone for them to be immediately released without so much as a slap on the wrist. And they are tired of having their arms tied behind them and having the automatic assumption that they (the police) have done something criminal unless they can prove otherwise, like the case of Carnita Matthews last year. It's no wonder that the police turn to something like spotting a bald tire at 1000 meters, and issuing a speeding ticket for 0.005km over the limit. It's the only things they *can* do and not get slapped down for it. edit: forgot to add, It's the judiciary you should be blaming not the police.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Sun City, North Australis
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Sadly the judicial system lets us all down continually. Not the cops fault.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
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Ich bin ein auslander
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Loving the Endorphine Machine
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I see nothing positive coming out of this thread. I am also sure the people that truly know the reasons will not post. If I am wrong and some cops or magistrates would like to comment, PM me and I will reopen.
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