Spark said..cauncy said..dafish said..
By not responding to the problem in the first place Police set a bad example and allow these kind of crimes to go unpunished, meanwhile our insurances go up. Try making a claim when it happens the 2 or 3rd time if you are unlucky. These punks keep doing it because there is no consequence unless you take matters into your own hands....which is always not the best way to resolve this problem.
most cops support a vigilante approach, but wont personally back it, you need to be 100% before giving someone a slap though
so you give them a "slap"
they report you you for assault
you tell the cop"but he stole my gear"
i rekon your the one getting charged not him... can't win
I remember an old story about a guy phoning the cops and saying "there are some people breaking into my garage, send someone around", the cops replied saying "we don't have a vehicle available".
5 minutes later he phoned again saying "can you please send an ambulance, I went in with a baseball bat and I think I killed him"
The cops arrived with the ambo and caught the thieves in the act. When the cops said "I thought you said you killed him", he responded "I thought you said there weren't any vehicles available"
Its an urban legend but I would love to try it