Re: Permanent hire gear stolen who does what?
Police typically have limited resources and do not respond to property issues generally covered by insurance as vigorously as violent personal attacks.
It is good that they caught the miscreants and hopefully returned the gear in a timely fashion.
I had a motorcycle stolen back in the '70s and even though the police recovered it almost immediately (I literally saw the pukes steal it from my garage and gave them a full description of their van and license plate #), the police screwed with me for months refusing to release the bike back to me saying it was evidence.
I was also subpoenaed to testify in court, but they just had me show up to use as leverage to get the weak minded thieves to accept their plea deal.
I finally had to threaten the police with potential damages for the fact that the bike was not properly prepared for being held in storage. This was an invented threat on my part, but it worked and they finally released my bike back to me after something like 3 months in their custody.
I still give the OZ police an attaboy for capture and recovery, and like i said the crooks are not the sharpest sticks in the bunch.
JR
