[modeleng] Re: stolen engines and equipment
- From: "Bob Logan" <boblogan@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:59:27 +1200
Getting more like New Zealands' plods, every day, with a couple of cases,
five days to get there. usual excuse, short of staff or not enough cars.
Bob L.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clif Walker" <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 8:40 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: stolen engines and equipment
> Hi Jeff and All,
>
> Having an Alarm presupposes that the Police will come.
> More and more these days you hear cases where the Police will not come
> unless you have
> 1 caught the burglars. 2 have got their names,addresses and date of
Birth.
> 3 have got signed confessions, 4 have not infringed their Human Rights to
> carry out their profession as burglars.
> I have listened in to the Police Radio and have heard cases where a shop
has
> actually got someone in with a stolen credit card and the Police will not
> attend as they do not have anybody spare and another case of a burglary
> where the scenes of crime squad would not attend as it was past 5pm.
> I actually had a reason a few years ago to phone 999 and it took the
Police
> one hour to arrive and things now seemed to have got worse .
> People now comment if they actually see a Policeman on foot as they have
> become that rare and seem to spend most of their time flying about in cars
> with the blue lights flashing.
> Where I live in Cornwall it is on record that for the entire district at
the
> bottom end there are never more than 12 Policemen available at a time and
> the area includes four towns.On Sunday mornings it drops to about one as
the
> rest are doing paperwork from Saturday night.
> Here in Cornwall a new policy was brought in of once again having a local
> policeman the cost of which was put on to our Council Tax.
> Our guy started one year ago. I live on the main road and as yet I have
> never seen him on patrol.
> The Police stations also close at night.
> Frankly I felt safer walking around New York at night than I do in most
> English Towns.
>
> Regards
>
> Clif
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Dayman" <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 1:02 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: stolen engines and equipment
>
>
> > An old saying here about guys going into the police is "too lazy to
work,
> > too dumb to steal". ( Bit of levity never hurts.)
> >
> > However, thefts such as these are not the police's fault, and it would
> take
> > an army to patrol everyone's street, several times a night, all over the
> > world.
> >
> > If you have something worth protecting (our models sure are) then I
> believe
> > the onus is on the owner to install a monitored security system,
> preferably
> > with a direct call in feature to local police. With a theft such as this
> of
> > heavy items, the thieves were probably on the premises for some time.
With
> a
> > monitored alarm they surely would have been caught if a silent alarm had
> > called police and their response was even as long as 10 minutes.
> Door/window
> > alarms and motion detectors are usually sufficient, video monitoring is
> > great but very much more expensive.
> >
> > A monitored alarm system is a big investment and another monthly cost,
but
> > the alternative is painful indeed as Mr.Palmer found out. Compared to
the
> > time we spend building, the cost is less significant.
> >
> > I have such a system, and sleep better knowing it, at home or when
> > traveling. We may still experience a break in with it, but it is less
> likely
> > due to the warning signs around the property. Even if we do, chances are
> > good the thieves will be caught red handed and our property will be
> > recovered.
> >
> > Cheers, Jeff Dayman Waterloo Ontario Canada
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Logan" <boblogan@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 5:04 PM
> > Subject: [modeleng] Re: stolen engines and equipment
> >
> >
> > > I just don't know why some mothers have those kind of offspring,
> > > do we have enough Mr. Plods about?
> > > Bob L.
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 5:09 AM
> > > Subject: [modeleng] stolen engines and equipment
> > >
> > >
> > > > Many of you will know Mike Palmer of Station Road Steam.
> > > > His workshop was broken into, and the following items stolen.
> > > >
> > > > 2 inch scale Durham & North Yorkshire traction engine
> > > >
> > > > 3 1/2 inch gauge 2-6-0 tender engine to LBSC's "Princess Marina"
> design
> > > >
> > > > 3 1/2 inch gauge 0-4-0 tank engine to LBSC's "Juliet" design
> > > >
> > > > 5 inch gauge LNER 6-wheel tender
> > > >
> > > > Plus other tools and equipment.
> > > >
> > > > details at:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.stationroadsteam.com/stolen%2026-8-2004.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >
> > > > www.alanstepney.info
> > > > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages.
> > > >
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> > >
> > >
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