@Arfon Jones 9845 wrote:
Yes, but there is a difference between reporting a crime and the Police not recording it. Lots of anecdotal evidence from security staff in shops that Police won’t deal with shoplifting under £20.
It’s not just sub £20 thefts that the police won’t record. I have dealt with many where the culprit is either not recognisable (false/stolen vehicle plates etc.) or wears a baseball cap tipped forward, big wrap around sunglasses and/or keeps their head down so is any CCTV footage is pretty useless. As Major Quimby once famously quoted ”That could be anybodies ass”… I fully appreciate that there have been quite a few that I have dealt with where it was highly unlikely that the culprit could be identified and be subsequently caught but does that mean that these crimes should not be recorded?