April 1st?

[johnb]

Letter from todays Daily Telegraph:

'Sir-As advised by my solicitor, I contacted Norfolk constabulary to obtain a crime number after the gates disappeared from a field on which a have a tenancy. They replied thus:

"The person or persons unknown who have removed your gates may intend to return them and therefore we do not consider it necessary to issue a crime number"

It would appear that in Norfolk anyone can feel free to take whatever they like, secure in the knowledge that if their intention is to return it,no crime has been committed'

Something doesn't sound right?

 

[JennyMorgan]

Perhaps some clever dick was trying to be funny at Norfolk's expense. Mind you, all the coppers that I know are immigrants so maybe it's actually a 'city way'!

[Wildfuzz]

Hmmmm, it is my understanding under the crime recording standards that if you believe a crime has been committed, and there us nothing to negate that belief, then the Constabulary are duty bound to record it. Perhaps another call or chat with local supervisor may resolve this.

 

 

 

count-general-jul-2017.pdf

[MauriceMynah]

It sounds to me that there is probably hugely more to the situation than the letter writer has said. Perhaps a long running dispute between the tenant and a neighbour or some such.  Not enough evidence to go on as to whether a crime has been committed or not.