Stolen bikes

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slw in reply to @greeno

Not filed a complaint yet. Got an email from the sergeant (at 1am last night) to say that they are really understaffed which is why they could not go and retrieve it:

Apologies. We did try to action going to look for your bike but at no
point were we able to do this during our shifts. I’d gotten authority
to pay people to stay on after the shift but by coincidence that was
the day that the bike was sold and was no longer available. Had the
bike still been there our intentions where to try and recover it.
Unfortunately we were not able to do this in time.

As for what happens now. The short answer is that I’m afraid we won’t
be taking any further action or pursuing this matter. We weren’t
intending to arrest or prosecute the woman selling the bike. If we
could have proven that it was your bike then we would look to have
informed the seller of this and then recovered it. As it’s no longer
there we are not taking any action and the matter is being closed.

I found out that the bike was sold after messaging her on the 16th of April to check to see whether the bike was still available. She said that a guy from around her estate bought it.

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greeno in reply to @slw

Pretty frustrating, but how did they know it was sold?
I’m not one to bash the police, not an easy job and badly under-resourced, but that’s got to be unsatisfying for you.
Did you know the serial number? Otherwise I get their point to an extent..

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slw in reply to @greeno

I informed the PC that the bike was sold when I found out that it had been sold. I didn't have the frame number but every single part on that bike was added on [custom] and not Isla standard parts. I am 100% certain it was my bicycle. It also had distinguishing marks on it i.e a dent in the top tube.

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