Guest 713- Registered: 19 Mar 2011
- Posts: 342
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DRIVING away from a garage forecourt without paying for fuel is no longer considered a crime, according to Devon and Cornwll Police.
The force has said that it will no longer be deploying police officers to reports of such incidents unless there was obvious proof of criminal incident or repeating offending.
Instead, garages will be able to seek the vehicle owner's details and pursue a civil recovery of the debt themselves.
Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton, Devon and Cornwall Police, said: "We need to manage the demand and deploy our limited resources effectively. We are looking at doing things differently and working with our communities to prevent crime. This is part of protecting our resources to deal with those incidents which pose the greatest threat to our community
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#2
Even though the police might be short on resources that is no excuse for the growing trend of ignoring crime however small it may seem to be.
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I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
#3
I agree the only other way is to do away with self service and they will have to man the pumps like they did when I was a young man.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
#4
Most police forces don't attend when store staff have apprehended a shoplifter arguing that the shop should press a civil case. Burglaries nowadays don't normally get visited by the police either.
Guest 1835- Registered: 3 Sep 2016
- Posts: 13
#5
Many countries now have only pre-paid pumps or pumps that you need to insert a credit/debit card for authorisation before obtaining fuel.
