Police 'steal' valuables from cars in a lesson for drivers

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Quote:Police are removing valuables from unlocked cars to shock motorists into being more careful.

Officers in London are taking everything from handbags to satnavs, and leaving a note telling drivers their property is at a local police station.

The scheme is being tried out in Richmond, south west London, which has a disproportionately high level of thefts from cars - up 40  per cent in a year.

Police from the area's Safer Neighbourhood teams are being told to look out for cars with open windows or doors.

If they find valuables on display they will try to find the owner nearby, but if they cannot they will take the goods to Twickenham police station.

Drivers who leave their car unlocked but with nothing on display will get a letter telling them to be more careful.

The project has the backing of Richmond council, which agreed to it after a surge in thefts to between April and July, a fifth of which were from unlocked cars.

David Williams, the council's cabinet member for community safety, said: 'We have the lowest level of crime per head of any borough.

'However, one problem we have got is too many thefts from motor vehicles. The main reason for this is sheer thoughtlessness and carelessness by car owners.'

He said most people who had their things taken from their cars by police were 'relieved' and found it helpful.

Luke Bosdet, a spokesman for the AA, was cautious about the project.

'Not everyone will react well to having to go to the police station to retrieve their property.

'However, if they are stupid enough to leave items in an unlocked car then a gentle reminder is perhaps what they need,' he said.

Last month, it was revealed that Police and Community Officers - known as Blunkett Bobbies - in Hove, East Sussex, were wandering uninvited into properties during a burglary crackdown.

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Ouch, what a nasty job. Sounds like the perfect opportunity for terrorists to wire up trigger devices on door handles for car bombs.

If I wuz a police I'd be scared of having to pull all those random door handles.

I wonder when they will start burglarising peoples' homes on the same proviso:rolleyes:oh, that's right..they already do.silly me. goons and thugs for the social 'services' and the security 'services'.

None of them seem to have the brains or the balls to openly question who it is they actually serve nowadays. I guess they must be happy doing it.

oath keepers in the UK? as if. UK cops are still just the landowners' tax collectors..only now they don't have pikes they have taser shotguns and MP5's

The police are scum. For going along with all these amendments to their mandate without even the slightest murmur from the ranks. Freemasons and their stooges. They can't expect anyone anymore to believe they are trying to protect communities..if the police were anything except petit dictators by vast majority we would have heard some of them speak out against the roll towards Orwell town. fuck em.

People need to be encouraged to make citizen's arrests when the police try and steal from cars.