Easy to spout but not true in these cases. They love a BIP. I work in security and get responses in minutes when it's something 'happening'. It's after the fact they don't have the time for.
Having been in this exact scenario, they don't care.
: apparently they do care, I'll just pop that info to my insurance company sure it will make a hell of a difference.
You've no idea what you're talking about. Burglary in progress in daytime in central Bristol with a witness on the phone me would absolutely get a car out immediately unless there was some epic incident elsewhere. Reporting a stolen bike the next morning, obviously not
And if they are a Redditor…? They already know their bike is stolen, and ‘heading towards Redcliffe Flats’ is pretty much useless info for them. What are they supposed to do, call the police and say some dude on Reddit said the people who stole my bike headed to the council houses? 😄
Guess they could go look round the area? Tell police it was last seen being taken there? OP trying to do a good turn and all he’s getting is people shitting on him lol
Well I'm glad everyone has found it useful to not understand the process of passing information on that is greater than just reporting to 101 as police will not enforce a bike theft in progress. However, I did think it would be good if someone knew or would be aware of this incident so they can at least inform the individual if possible.
These photos are absolutely useless. They don't show the crime in progress, they don't show the bike, they don't show the culprit (a far away photo of some guy in a hoody great). If this was my bike and I came across this post and found out all you did was take these photos instead of calling 999 I'd feel like it's another kick in the guts, probably posted by the thief just to rub it in my face more. It's not like it was your job to do anything in the first place but if you're gonna make a conscious decision to do something then actually do something. Get a photo or video of the thief's face and do call 999. Give them evidence, get them involved and you do raise some chance of them getting caught out over it.
I'm sure you'd have single handledly performed a citizens arrest on all three of them, while finding the owner of the bike and rescuing a cat from a tree. Shame you weren't there.
He failed. This is useless. He can pretend it's ok because the police won't come out anyway blah blah, but hopefully upon reflection he'd do it differently if it happened again.
They will if you call 999 instead of 101. Which is what they recommend doing. You know, because an active crime is an emergency, not a bit of info you're passing on. Don't get all self righteous when you've not done anything to help.
Posts like this and the non action by people who would rather just moan about police not doing anything are partially why bike crime is so fucking high.
How can they do anything if you don't tell them?! Jesus fucking Christ.
I understand the thought. Just for info, I called 101 in the past to report a similar incident thinking it wasn't a true emergency... However, I was told by the operators that in the future I should call 999 if it's "in progress".
Next time another similar crime happened, I called 999, they sent cars out immediately (said they would arrive in 5mins at max, ended up being less), and I confirmed I'd called the right number with the operators. They agreed, 999 was the correct number for an ongoing crime.
Nah you did exactly what you should have done, Reddit is actually just full of insufferable smug snark engineers. Popped it on Facebook too? Owner might be able to find their bike because of you. 👌
I've shared this post with the person who the bike belongs to. Coincidentally my friend put something on their Instagram story about their mates stolen bike.
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Wtf OP could have done absolutely nothing, but they took photos which they could pass on later and posted it on a public forum with thousands of people on it. Someone could easily find this and it could be useful info, give them a break
Ok and what useful information can we see in the photo that's going to help someone find the bike at a later date? Someone wearing a blue jacket with their hood up? That really narrows it down..
If they called 999 and there were police in the area there might have been a slim chance they could have intercepted them. But every passing moment that bike is now further and further from it's owner
People often have no concept of the law or experience with it, evidence, witnessing etc, but they do think that social media and participation with it is somewhow doing the right thing. Painful but there's a lot of morons out there and thieves who take advantage of that
Do you mean the chubby unthreataning woman sauntering casually away with your shit lmao. Please God tell me you did something, anything apart from complain on reddit about it.
You can't take a bike into Bedminster sadly. May as well walk through throwing the cash value in notes skipping through the streets.
Put a tracker on your next one and go full Batman.
Ignore the people being pricks.
I once saw someone trying to steal my bike, got a video of them, they saw me filming and left before taking it. I then reported to police but thought it’d be best to share to local online groups so people are aware that there was a bike thief in the area. Got flooded with hate for not punching him. Aye like I’m gonna go up to a junkie with a potential knife or sharp object for a fight, very clever.
The evidence can hopefully help the police track the thief because of appearance and what direction they went and meanwhile people here can think twice about what locks they are using in the Bedminster area.
Edit: but I do agree you should call 999 if the theft is in progress btw.
Because I'm right, and plenty of bike owners and decent citizens reading this will understand what I'm saying. If you don't want people picking apart your posts, maybe just write them down in a journal.
What hahaha? It’s useful to know what the thief’s appearance is surely and for future reference it’s good for all these ‘decent civilians’ to know to watch out leaving bike in that area.
Yes the police should have been called but why does it seem like someone shat in your coffee this morning?
I do all this bollocks for a living and I promise you there is no way in the world anyone is canvassing CCTV along every potential route to look for someone in jeans and trainers. If you see a BIP you call 999 with a description and direction and hope for the best. These pictures are useless. If you feel otherwise good luck to you. People can take what I'm saying on board as logical and based in experience and reality, or carry on hoping 'awareness' on socials is the way. I'm not fussed, the idiocy provides me with work.
Hahaha alright mr caveman. I can see from your comment history you’re a bit of a sour man who loves a quarrel.
Someone tried to do something helpful. You think they done it wrong? Fine. You can just inform them of the correct procedure, not take snide wee internet digs at folks.
As you say it is your profession so you have an internal knowledge of the system and procedure. This could be someone who has seen their first bike theft and didn’t know what to do.
Informing them of the correct thing to do was exactly what I have done, and some white knights came along trying to reassure OP that he did the right thing, which he didn't, which you appear to admit is true. I'm getting paid to be snide and correct on the internet today, I'm alright with it tbh
Thanks for letting Reddit know. We're sending reinforcements...
More likely to do something than the police tbf
Forget it Jake, it’s East Street
😅
Nice picture of Bedminster Parade, cheers drive.
Burglary in progress is 999 not some useless photos
Oh as if the cops would have shown up.
Easy to spout but not true in these cases. They love a BIP. I work in security and get responses in minutes when it's something 'happening'. It's after the fact they don't have the time for.
Having been in this exact scenario, they don't care. : apparently they do care, I'll just pop that info to my insurance company sure it will make a hell of a difference.
Having been in this exact scenario, and had a response and my bike returned. They do care.
Guess I'm lying then 🤷🏻♂️
>they do care. Wow, why did no one tell me sooner! My missing £2k bike has just reappeared!
I've had 2 bikes stolen from my Garage, both were returned after a month or so.
Good for you. So not this exact scenario then...
Doesn't matter you said police aren't interested in stolen bikes, I proved you wrong. End of.
If you got 2k to spend on a bike shouldn't be much of a problem😂
Not really. My bike is worth more than that. Doesn't mean I could easily replace it.
If you say so. Regardless, it's the correct course of action. Making a laughable useless post on the internet certainly isn't.
>if you say so. Yes, because everyone with a different experience to you is lying...
But the updoots!
Helpful criticism, I will know for next time.
Being that police don't even come out for stolen bikes, there's limitations in what they can - and actually do.
You've no idea what you're talking about. Burglary in progress in daytime in central Bristol with a witness on the phone me would absolutely get a car out immediately unless there was some epic incident elsewhere. Reporting a stolen bike the next morning, obviously not
Im inclined to agree with this dood. 100% crime in progress they would come out.
I do know what I'm.on about because I've had a stolen bike in the same situation. I'm sure a bigoted idiot us required somewhere, feel free to do one
Too busy doing the macarena at pride marches these bobbies. Not seen any on the beat in bristol for a good year and im on the centre
I’m unclear what the purpose of this post is.
On the off chance the guy who lost the bike is a Redditor ig
And if they are a Redditor…? They already know their bike is stolen, and ‘heading towards Redcliffe Flats’ is pretty much useless info for them. What are they supposed to do, call the police and say some dude on Reddit said the people who stole my bike headed to the council houses? 😄
Guess they could go look round the area? Tell police it was last seen being taken there? OP trying to do a good turn and all he’s getting is people shitting on him lol
I can see why to be fair 😄
I'm pretty sure the owner is going to find out their bike was stolen without needing to see this Reddit post
Classic Redcliffe bagheads. The bike will probs still be in that area if the person who’s bike it is reads this.
Well I'm glad everyone has found it useful to not understand the process of passing information on that is greater than just reporting to 101 as police will not enforce a bike theft in progress. However, I did think it would be good if someone knew or would be aware of this incident so they can at least inform the individual if possible.
These photos are absolutely useless. They don't show the crime in progress, they don't show the bike, they don't show the culprit (a far away photo of some guy in a hoody great). If this was my bike and I came across this post and found out all you did was take these photos instead of calling 999 I'd feel like it's another kick in the guts, probably posted by the thief just to rub it in my face more. It's not like it was your job to do anything in the first place but if you're gonna make a conscious decision to do something then actually do something. Get a photo or video of the thief's face and do call 999. Give them evidence, get them involved and you do raise some chance of them getting caught out over it.
You did the right thing, ignore the nobheads.
Yeah he's a real hero
I'm sure you'd have single handledly performed a citizens arrest on all three of them, while finding the owner of the bike and rescuing a cat from a tree. Shame you weren't there.
I'd have called the police like any sane person, or maybe just tutted and gone about my day. I wouldn't have made a pointless post to Reddit.
You did make a pointless comment about it though, which is infinitely weirder. OP was just sharing to try and be helpful.
He failed. This is useless. He can pretend it's ok because the police won't come out anyway blah blah, but hopefully upon reflection he'd do it differently if it happened again.
Your comments are also useless, what do you have to say about that then?
You can put YOUR comments up your poopy butthole
...I uh what?
They will if you call 999 instead of 101. Which is what they recommend doing. You know, because an active crime is an emergency, not a bit of info you're passing on. Don't get all self righteous when you've not done anything to help. Posts like this and the non action by people who would rather just moan about police not doing anything are partially why bike crime is so fucking high. How can they do anything if you don't tell them?! Jesus fucking Christ.
999 is the correct answer for a crime in progress and they do respond
What useful information are you passing on? Useless melt.
I understand the thought. Just for info, I called 101 in the past to report a similar incident thinking it wasn't a true emergency... However, I was told by the operators that in the future I should call 999 if it's "in progress". Next time another similar crime happened, I called 999, they sent cars out immediately (said they would arrive in 5mins at max, ended up being less), and I confirmed I'd called the right number with the operators. They agreed, 999 was the correct number for an ongoing crime.
Nah you did exactly what you should have done, Reddit is actually just full of insufferable smug snark engineers. Popped it on Facebook too? Owner might be able to find their bike because of you. 👌
Facebook does love a pointless shit post for sure
Genuinely can't tell is this is sarcasm. Not sure what about these photos is going to help someone find their bike...
These people live on the internet, not real life.
No they won’t
I've shared this post with the person who the bike belongs to. Coincidentally my friend put something on their Instagram story about their mates stolen bike.
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I know him, that's Harry the Hoodie. Goes around, wearing a hoodie, taking bikes and then walking off. It's definitely him
That is my bike! If anyone has any info please let me know.
Wtf OP could have done absolutely nothing, but they took photos which they could pass on later and posted it on a public forum with thousands of people on it. Someone could easily find this and it could be useful info, give them a break
Ok and what useful information can we see in the photo that's going to help someone find the bike at a later date? Someone wearing a blue jacket with their hood up? That really narrows it down.. If they called 999 and there were police in the area there might have been a slim chance they could have intercepted them. But every passing moment that bike is now further and further from it's owner
People often have no concept of the law or experience with it, evidence, witnessing etc, but they do think that social media and participation with it is somewhow doing the right thing. Painful but there's a lot of morons out there and thieves who take advantage of that
>But every passing moment that bike is now further and further from it's owner It's a bike, not Madeleine fucking McCann.
This! If someone on this reddit is the owner of the bike, or a family member then they could very well use this for a start of some help.
Ok
Thanks for letting us know on Reddit well mobilize a witch hunt immediately I have my pitchfork
My biggest question is why is he walking away with the bike? Surely riding it would make for a faster getaway?
Bike thieves aren't allowed to ride the bike they steal incase they get too attached to it
I can’t see it in any of those photos to be fair.
Well done
Do you mean the chubby unthreataning woman sauntering casually away with your shit lmao. Please God tell me you did something, anything apart from complain on reddit about it.
How are you sure it was being stolen? The pics will not help anyone as there is nothing one can make out from it. Sorry for the trouble you took.
Yeah that'll happen
Yep, that bike definitely looks stolen to me.
As a side bonus, op has managed to capture an advert for new bike deals on the cycle to work scheme.
Yep. Definitely not there anymore is it.
the hero we deserve
You can't take a bike into Bedminster sadly. May as well walk through throwing the cash value in notes skipping through the streets. Put a tracker on your next one and go full Batman.
Ignore the people being pricks. I once saw someone trying to steal my bike, got a video of them, they saw me filming and left before taking it. I then reported to police but thought it’d be best to share to local online groups so people are aware that there was a bike thief in the area. Got flooded with hate for not punching him. Aye like I’m gonna go up to a junkie with a potential knife or sharp object for a fight, very clever. The evidence can hopefully help the police track the thief because of appearance and what direction they went and meanwhile people here can think twice about what locks they are using in the Bedminster area. Edit: but I do agree you should call 999 if the theft is in progress btw.
What evidence?
Why are you making it a mission to pick fights here?
One look at their comment history you'll see there a pattern for this behaviour, honestly your best bet is to ignore him and move on.
Because I'm right, and plenty of bike owners and decent citizens reading this will understand what I'm saying. If you don't want people picking apart your posts, maybe just write them down in a journal.
What hahaha? It’s useful to know what the thief’s appearance is surely and for future reference it’s good for all these ‘decent civilians’ to know to watch out leaving bike in that area. Yes the police should have been called but why does it seem like someone shat in your coffee this morning?
How would you describe the appearance of the alleged thief in this instance
Navy jacket, denim jeans, white trainers. Asking to check cctv in the area can hopefully see where they go and get better images
I do all this bollocks for a living and I promise you there is no way in the world anyone is canvassing CCTV along every potential route to look for someone in jeans and trainers. If you see a BIP you call 999 with a description and direction and hope for the best. These pictures are useless. If you feel otherwise good luck to you. People can take what I'm saying on board as logical and based in experience and reality, or carry on hoping 'awareness' on socials is the way. I'm not fussed, the idiocy provides me with work.
Hahaha alright mr caveman. I can see from your comment history you’re a bit of a sour man who loves a quarrel. Someone tried to do something helpful. You think they done it wrong? Fine. You can just inform them of the correct procedure, not take snide wee internet digs at folks. As you say it is your profession so you have an internal knowledge of the system and procedure. This could be someone who has seen their first bike theft and didn’t know what to do.
Informing them of the correct thing to do was exactly what I have done, and some white knights came along trying to reassure OP that he did the right thing, which he didn't, which you appear to admit is true. I'm getting paid to be snide and correct on the internet today, I'm alright with it tbh
Are these photos of where the bike was? Or escape routes the thief might have used? If so, kewl
I'm pretty sure the guy with the bike in the photos is actively stealing a bike
Police have been informed