Sorry mate but you obviously don't know how it works, as it stands what crime has been committed? Horrendous experience for the OP but he's paid for a service he hasn't received and thee would be very little chance of proving any threat.
He's reported it, which is commendable BTW, and the police have taken a statement, perhaps the OP can clarify if he was given an incident number. Each incident that gets reported goes to building a bigger picture and gives a better chance of conviction if it goes to court.
As a final point perhaps you could tell us all at what stage the police investigation is at and tell us what makes you so sure that they have not visited these two already.
This is going to be my final comment on this as I don't want to waylay this thread any more than we have already done. My final points though are:
A) The crime is theft and/or you could technically argue false advertising and fraud.
B) As ive already stated, i was purely being flippant about the way the system works and how the streets are meant to be being kept safe, but inaction and/or slow action allows for safety to be compromised and the fact that they are still out there advertising means that mantra of preventative policing which has been all over the news in recent years, is actually far from what is actually happening in the real world.
C) There's no need to be sarky about 'what stage the investigation is at'.....but i will forgive you haha. I have / have had several friends in the force at various levels of seniority and even though their hands may be tied sometimes, they arent always quick to act on reports of this nature. Conversely, a good female friend of mine was getting grief and threats from her neighbour and the police were there in less than 2 hours. I was suggesting (admittedly without any first hand knowledge of this specific incident) that the police are less likely to spring into action when a punter cries foul. Despite not being illegal, there will be an element of the 'OP brought it on himself' in the eyes of the police, so while they will investigate it COULD be half hearted.
D) I repeatedly said 'in my opinion' and that it was the system I was complaining about and not really the specific incident. As such, what the existing regulations and procedures actually are, is largely irrelevant to my point.....my beef is actually with these processes...so i dont care if what I'm saying 'isnt how it works'. My point is that things need to change.
E) You are of course free to disagree with my opinions, but as I never stated that they were absolutes in any case and as, I thought at least, I was obviously being a little tongue in cheek myself, there's really no need for us to squabble and fall out
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