hey mate i just reported my wallet stolen to the cops there must of been some prick doing the rounds today at woodies.

F**king pricks! I can't stand thieves. It's such a dog act.

I hope your gear turns up.

I don't understand .. what are they gonna do with the kites? Wouldn't it be impossible to sell them? Monitor ebay, gumtree and quokka mate and hopefully the dumb **** will try and sell them so we can bust the bastard

Ya, i really don't understand the Police in this country. They would rather spend all their resources handing out fines for doing 3km over the limit to good people rather than actually do some work and catch bad people.

Back where i'm from the Police put a lot of effort into using bait cars to catch thieves....they setup a car with cameras, place lots of valuables in plain sight and sit in a van nearby. Its worked really well to cut down on the number of thefts because even though there isn't much for jail time, the crooks get smacked with $1000-$10,000 fines.

If the police were smart here they would use bait cars and massive fines to make their money, rather then issue hundreds of tiny speeding fines.

Ouch, that sucks big time.Maybe try ringing the local cashies to see if anything has been sold to them aswell.
So angerfying that people do this sorta crap.
Sure the police target driving stuff more, but what kills more people every year. Cars do. It is more productive for them to bust people putting other people lives in danger, than it is to bust someone stealing.
It is a shame more cant be done, but it isnt going to happen. To prevent it never leave anything in your car you wouldnt care about if it was gone when you came back.
Also, why does it come down to police money making schemes. If speed cameras are used as majr revenue raisors, why do we have like 10 in the whole of WA. Do the police men and women get commision for how many fines they give out? They are doing their job-busting people breaking the law (speeding).

derwood said...

I like the idea, but it's entrapment.
Never mind the cops, this sort of thing calls for vigilante justice (not that I condone that sort of thing )

It ain't entrapment

wikipedia said..
Entrapment is the act of a law enforcement agent in inducing a person to commit an offence which the person would not have, or was unlikely to have, otherwise committed.

The police would not be inducing any particular individual.
And wouldn't be inducing anyone that is not already a thief

I reckon honey pots are great ideas!

I understand wiki ain't always accurate, but close enough for me

peharps this might be a little more accurate

Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Ed
"a law-enforcement officer's or government agent's inducement of a person to commit a crime, by means of fraud or undue persuasion, in an attempt to later bring a criminal prosecution against that person."

For a lawyer to claim entrapment he would need to prove that the police induced him into commiting a crime he would not normaly commit.

How would the lawyer go about proving that leaving valuables in a car was unduely persuading an innocent person into becoming a thief?

Has the thief broken into the car on his own initiative?

Did the police persuede him to break into the car and steal the valuables?

It would only be entrapment if say the window was down or the door was open. But if the guy smashes a window with a brick and gets the Ipod that is sorta hidden, sorta not, between the seats, that is theft. They use this system all the time back home and plaster all the videos of the crooks getting caught on the news to deter people. It has worked really well so far because half the time, the people stealing things this way are doing it for the rush, not major financial gain.

I must agree that somebody getting killed by an bad driver is more serious that getting a kite stolen, but it still comes down to money. The cost to the government, insurance companies and police to investigate a crash, prosecute the accused and payout the victim's family is what is pushing the police to crack down on bad drivers.

But all it would take is a team of 2-3 officers, some cameras, a few older car and a few months to smarten up enough of these little punks so that we could all enjoy the beach with a little more peace of mind.

I had my window smashed on my ford ute last friday night (unkitesurfing related).

They took my wallet and my cheap crappy work pants.

Next to my wallet they left behind:
My Mobile phone.
My Ipod nano.
My Car Key (and hence my entire car)
My work laptop.

By the time i got back to my car, they had already used my credit card to buy a carton of beer at the local bottleshop. I could have saved them the effort, as i already had a full esky full of ice cold beer on the back of the ute, but they left this as well. Maybe they didn't like carlton dry...

Weird.

mattyjee

They took my wallet and my cheap crappy work pants.

Do you work in canningvale? Jail bird prioritys - clothes, money and beer.


As Cockburn Rate payers we get charged $55.50 security service levi for every property (vacant blocks included), for regular patrols, including after hours assistance. Their powers are pretty limited but are enough to deter most potential thieves & their request to police would get faster attention than ours.

Have just spoken to them -

They do regular patrols to the Woodie beach carparks and there is a car also near that area. Any call would to attended to in 5 to under 15 minutes for suspicious sightings.He said any HOT tips are much better and would be investigated ASAP.

number to call is 1300 653 643 ALL HOURS

They didnt say but I would report thefts to them when it happens,( as they keep a log and might show them patterns.)

Please use this service for anything suss looking - it might be your stuff you save.

Ive paid this for years, this yr double and never made a call... if you are dissatified with the service please let me/council know for followup.

i got $30 stolen from my wallet today at a school event, sickens me that students at my school [western burbs private] would steal... at least they left my wallet and phone but still feel like wrapping them up with kite lines and then launch them off into this easterly we have at midnight.