Crushing e-bikes after 7 days: meaningful action or media soundbite? The West Midlands PCC wants to halve the time before seized e-bikes and e-scooters are destroyed — from 14 days to 7. But does this change make a difference? A closer look at the Commissioner’s 17(?) claimed benefits reveals a common theme: most of these…
Cost-Cutting Brilliance? You have likely heard the tale. Someone asks a matchbox company: “Want to save 50% on your striking strip costs?” Of course they do. “Only put the strip on one side of the box!“. A success. The suggestion is rewarded. Legendary, but unsubstantiated.* Crime-Cutting Reality Police officers approach the government: “We can cut…
Police Report Disclosure – the ICO, the NPCC and … ‘The Others’. They say communications were sent. Important ones. A police constabulary is adamant they contacted key individuals. But, ask for names, and there are none. Request the addresses, ask to see the messages… and the silence is deafening. No records. No replies. No trace….
Vehicle taking allegations in the United Kingdom hve surged in recent years, reaching a 15-year high with 129,159 vehicles stolen between April 2023 and March 2024 . This alarming trend has sparked debates over the root causes, with some attributing the rise to manufacturers’ security shortcomings. However, is the primary issue not attributable to vehicle…
Car Theft Trio Jailed After Crime Spree Three individuals involved in a major car theft operation have been sentenced after a series of blunders led to their capture. One suspect left a bag containing car keys and cannabis in a coffee shop at a caravan park, while the others were apprehended following unrelated car crashes,…
2023 vs. 2024 PNC LoS Comparison A comparison of the 2023 and 2024 ‘stolen’ car data received by the DVLA from constabularies, conveying, for both years: Then, by constabulary: The information is presented here. There are important caveats about the information, shedding further light on why the figures understate the issue. The UK’s recording of…
Vehicles, Cars, Car-Crime, Recoveries More vehicle ‘taking’ figures from the West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner’s office which, in 2019, was to spearhead a Vehicle Crime Taskforce. Rather than tackle the problem, a huge rise followed. The recent vehicle crime account appears encouraging at first glance, yet closer examination raises questions due to mixed terminology…
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‘Car signal jammers, to be outlawed’ (source), are said to be used in: The source of this information is understood to be the 2022/23 Crime Survey for England and Wale – read more here. This therefore appears to be a victim’s perspective/assumption. What of police data? Those constabularies approached for information to support statements about…
“Facts are the building blocks of knowledge. Without a solid foundation, nothing can be built.” Marie Curie It is frustrating – if not downright alarming – to see contradictions and blatant errors in government press releases. When officials fumble the facts and fail to communicate with clarity, the result is not just confusion, it is…
