got had AGAIN!!!

[lyons e]

Were based in london , near brent cross. We got had in hemel hempstead, that place is full of theiving a**holes. Thing is we were trying to be carefull as we knew what the area is like. My boss put the blower down, turned his back to it, walked 5 metres and it was gone!! The clients we were working for saw them do it from across the car park but by the time they had got the message across to us the guy had jumped into a white transit down the road and was long gone!!

 

We just up the road from Hemel . we ran two lads of last week in transit , we working on the road side on air field at long marathon they could see us and they stil pulled up and tried it , but they didn't get anything there is a lot of it around here if u here a transit u got to be on your toes

 

 

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[normandylumberjack]

Makes me sick when I read all these stories, it seems there is a common factor in that most involve transit vans and I'm guessing nomadic folk. Surely something can be done by government and the police to put a stop to this. I dont understand why they seem so spineless on this issue.

[coleman]

The police dont seem to be remotely interested. They just give you a crime number and dont even ask many questions. We have found this every time we report summat, so now we don't bother as it just seems a waste of time.

[normandylumberjack]

Too much effort i suppose? what about your mp?

[KnotSure]

Sorry to hear you got gear stolen again.

 

The police dont seem to be remotely interested. They just give you a crime number and dont even ask many questions. We have found this every time we report summat, so now we don't bother as it just seems a waste of time.

 

What can the police do though? You have no real informaion for them, even with a decent description of the perpetrator it would be tough to track him down. Maybe if you had managed to get a license plate off the van then they would have been able to act. It must be tough for them to do anything if their is no actionable information to work on. Sounds like an opportunist who happened to be passing, so probably someone local. Keep an eye on the local second hand shops, cash converors etc as it might turn up.

 

Don't you need an incident number to put in the claim wih your insurance? Best form of security in my opinion is decent insurance.

[Ty Korrigan]

Makes me sick when I read all these stories, it seems there is a common factor in that most involve transit vans and I'm guessing nomadic folk. Surely something can be done by government and the police to put a stop to this. I dont understand why they seem so spineless on this issue.

 

No, they are untouchable.

If no-one believes me then just try touching them...

I'm all for honey traps.

Exploding articles full of indelible dye and hidden cameras.

Draw them like a pus filled thorn in finger...

Thing is...you WILL get done for using unreasonable force or because you already have record or cannot prove it was this guy who took it despite a dozen witnesses and don't forget he is an ethnic minority...

 

He will get off because he is being filmed as part of 'My Disgusting Gypsy Lifestyle' for Channel 4 in which teenage virgins get married to ex-cons in their early twenties then live in chintzy caravans between the railway, motorway and Lidls (their larder)

 

Or am I wrong...?

Pray tell!

Ty

[log dog]

The police dont seem to be remotely interested. They just give you a crime number and dont even ask many questions. We have found this every time we report summat, so now we don't bother as it just seems a waste of time.

think you should report everything with as much info as possible the police are interested and it does not look good for stats on them by not reporting you have no chance of getting any thing back .

[simonm]

We keep everything locked up in the crew cab. Its got steel mesh over the windows so no smash and grab! And I've bolted a chain to cab floor which runs through handle of every machine and rope bag. Its a pain in the arse and the lock and chain aren't indestructable but its enough to make em think twice.

[Andy Collins]

I think we have to stop thinking that it's the thieves fault for liberating our kit. It's a job to them, nothing personal. They have to earn a living, the same as everyone else. If you will leave something laying around on site, even for a second, unguarded and unlocked, then it is their job to put it somewhere safer like their truck. If you don't want kit nicked, lock it down, even if you only use an alarm cable. Lock it to an immovable object. Opportunist thieves will not be able to just walk off with it at will. Thieves home in on the sound of power tools, especially chainsaws, like wasps to a beer, make it hard work for them, and increase the risk of being caught. They don't like that. Tbh, we have to help ourselves, or they will help themselves.

FTR I've been robbed in the past, so I know exactly how it feels.

[geoff]

I generaly keep all tools in one location on site in clear view of us,& preferably in an area aproachable from a direction not benefiting potential thieves,a light chain with a combination padlock through the handles,so all staff can access the tools without a key.

These thieves know that they can grab a saw & still outrun us,we wear boots not designed for speed,but three or four saws + fuel can & blower chained together disadvantages them to some extent.

I was hit a few years back,my lockup was compromised & they took all my saws,(including 3 nice sachs dolmars),its no fun turning up at the yard to find everything gone.