Coppers and traffic enforcment

[PuppetMaster]

On the Saturday just gone, my inlaws had a visit to their home from some undesirables, ie. burglars/theieves. They were out thankfully. They stole 4x firearms, guns, that is all they took. The inlaws were only out for 2 hours, so the mongrels were probably watching and waiting.
The police were rung immediately the theft was discovered, they were told that no police were available at this time, they were all out doing fucken traffic duty. Apparently someone will visit this morning.
Now, you would think that the theft of guns would ring little alarm bells and the cops would be onto it as quick as possible. Its a reasonable asumption that the theives arent members of the local gun club, and are going to use the guns for unlawful activities.
But on the other side of the coin, the cops apprehended joe public doing 4 km's over the speed limit down the road, and saved hundreds of lives.

[Paul in NZ]

I'm amazed that a theft of guns didn't bring a speedy result. btw - it may not be traffic duties. Police have a finite resource. Criminals don't seem to suffer the same shortages.

Have they been yet?

Paul N

ps - were the guns in a gun safe?

[MSTRS:Me]

Another sterling job done by those fine public servants

[Clockwork]

My feelings are that racing to a crime scene probably isn't going to help them solve the crime any quicker.

[eager]

maybe you could of said people where speeding in your street and pointing guns at each other, or maybe even say theres over 100 "boyracers" dragging down the street cops always have time for boyracers lol can you tell ive been to the drags the other night

[Mongoose]

My feelings are that racing to a crime scene probably isn't going to help them solve the crime any quicker.

Yes, rather tend to agree, burg in progress would have had a different result in response I suspect.

[crashe]

Sometimes the police come out quicker if you said there was a violent domestic...

This is a shame that there was not enough police resources to attend when firearms were at stake.... They need to get in quick to fingerprint the house.... to then hopefully have the culprits already on file.

Were the guns safely secured under lock and key?
Is the ammuniton in another secure and locked up cupboard?
Did they get the amunition?

Strange that they only took the guns....
That means they knew the guns were there and where to look for them.
Hmmm maybe an inside job.... not you, but someone who knew where they were kept and told someone who told someone... you get my meaning.

I personally HATE guns.... and dont like guns in a house even secured and locked up.. but that is my own opinion.

[bugjuice]

My feelings are that racing to a crime scene probably isn't going to help them solve the crime any quicker.

Not too sure on that. The sooner they are onto it, the sooner they know what type of firearms there are, any evidence at the scene that might give some clues, any other known activity in the area etc.. also, they would then know that any hold-ups in the area might be related etc.. The longer they wait on it, the further the theivin little shits get away.
Surprised they didn't send you a taxi. And is it just me, or do the cops seem to be a little distracted from where they're really needed?

[Jonty]

Tell the operator that you saw the offenders "speeding" from the scene, that may get their attention

[spudchucka]

My feelings are that racing to a crime scene probably isn't going to help them solve the crime any quicker.

Some people figure that out heaps quicker than others.

However, in my experience every occasion where firearms have been stolen in a burglary the scene has been attended immediately. On a couple of occasions I have recovered some of the weapons hidden in bushes not far from the scene.

I simply do not believe that they were told no police were available because they were all tied up in traffic duties. They were very likely told no police were available but that doesn't mean anyone should automatically assume its because they are on traffic duties. It simply BS.

[scumdog]

Sometimes the police come out quicker if you said there was a violent domestic...

This is a shame that there was not enough police resources to attend when firearms were at stake.... They need to get in quick to fingerprint the house.... to then hopefully have the culprits already on file.

Were the guns safely secured under lock and key?
Is the ammuniton in another secure and locked up cupboard?
Did they get the amunition?

Strange that they only took the guns....
That means they knew the guns were there and where to look for them.
Hmmm maybe an inside job.... not you, but someone who knew where they were kept and told someone who told someone... you get my meaning.

I personally HATE guns.... and dont like guns in a house even secured and locked up.. but that is my own opinion.

Haven't met a gun I didn't like.

For a killing device they kill a whole lot less people than motorbikes fr'xample.

And yeah, arriving int 12 minutes with blue and red lights flashing everywhere would not make much difference to the outcome.

[PuppetMaster]

I simply do not believe that they were told no police were available because they were all tied up in traffic duties. They were very likely told no police were available but that doesn't mean anyone should automatically assume its because they are on traffic duties. It simply BS.

Actually no. They were told exactly what I said, no one is available because they are busy with traffic duty".
There wasnt even a senior officer in the station. The most senior person we could find to talk to was a civilian.

The guns were all in seperate parts of the house and shed out back. the bolts were all hidden in different places as was the ammunition. All were taken. Either, like someone said it was an inside job, which is highly unlikely, or they cased the place and searched more than once.

[spudchucka]

Actually no. They were told exactly what I said, no one is available because they are busy with traffic duty".
There wasnt even a senior officer in the station. The most senior person we could find to talk to was a civilian.

Why didn't you ring 111? Wasn't it an emergency? Didn't you want immediate response?

Regardless of the crap in the news 111 is still the best way to get response from police.

The civilian you spoke to was probably in charge of lost property and wouldn't even have had a clue about what the local police units were doing at the time.

[Drunken Monkey]

...can you tell ive been to the drags the other night

Haven't been for yonks, used to drive through Neilson St, Wiri Station Rd and Te Irirangi until 1 or 2 am looking for the convoys, but haven't seen squat for ages. Is it starting to pick up again??

[trev]

[QUOTE=The guns were all in seperate parts of the house and shed out back. the bolts were all hidden in different places as was the ammunition. [/QUOTE]

You might be onto something here.
I might try this with my bike - wheels in the wardrobe, fuel tank in the bath, handle bars in the cutlery drawer etc. etc. & see if my insurance premium goes down.