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Handcuffs and life-size copper cut-out stolen from police

1:21pm Friday 10th February 2012 in Gerrards Cross By Simon Farr

Handcuffs and life-size copper cut-out stolen from police Handcuffs and life-size copper cut-out stolen from police

THE catchphrase ‘you’re nicked’ has been spun on its head by daring thieves who pinched items including a life-size cut-out of a copper from police.

The six-foot tall cardboard crime deterrent was put under the long arm of a crook at a police station in the Wycombe LPA, information obtained by the Bucks Free Press reveals.

A truncheon and ‘five blue strobe flashing lights’, likely to be from a police car, were also nabbed from Wycombe police along with an item marked ‘other’.

South Bucks bobbies were relieved of Handcuffs valued at £32.69, while two police notebooks were taken from panda cars.

Meanwhile, thieves looking to shed an extra bit of light on their work grabbed a Maglite torch worth £100 from Chiltern coppers.

The BFP sent a Freedom of Information request to TVP asking for a full list of items stolen from police stations, officers and panda cars from the Wycombe, South Buckinghamshire and Chiltern police areas since January 1, 2010.

Comments(10)

pennman says...
1:57pm Fri 10 Feb 12

This confirms to me just how useless the police are. What chance do us tax payers have if the police can't police their own police station.

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Slacker says...
2:07pm Fri 10 Feb 12

Perhaps if the police didn't have to waste time and money on pointless freedom of information requests they might have time to do more important things.

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mowgli1960 says...
2:40pm Fri 10 Feb 12

You couldn't make this up!!

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J B Blackett says...
3:00pm Fri 10 Feb 12

The joke is on the thieves. The card-board cut-out they thought they had stolen turned out actually to be an on-duty PCSO.

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sportsturf says...
9:09pm Fri 10 Feb 12

apparently the thieves also stole all the toilet seats, a spokesperson for TVP said they have nothing to go on.......pmsl....

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mowgli1960 says...
9:18pm Fri 10 Feb 12

sportsturf wrote:
apparently the thieves also stole all the toilet seats, a spokesperson for TVP said they have nothing to go on.......pmsl....
That's the best laugh i've had all day,cheers!!

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wayneo says...
10:45pm Fri 10 Feb 12

sportsturf wrote:
apparently the thieves also stole all the toilet seats, a spokesperson for TVP said they have nothing to go on.......pmsl....
hehe, marvellous :-)

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bonkers2010 says...
11:18pm Fri 10 Feb 12

excellent form sportsturf as always you have always made me smile with your jokes . classic . blimey its been over thirty years i think . keep it up

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piran says...
11:19pm Fri 10 Feb 12

sportsturf wrote:
apparently the thieves also stole all the toilet seats, a spokesperson for TVP said they have nothing to go on.......pmsl....
LOL

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Loudwater69 says...
11:48pm Sat 11 Feb 12

Credit cruch, Valentines Day approaching, there will always be a kinky criminal about, come on police, do your research!

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