Officers eventually spent 20 minutes trying to find the cycle – one of 60,000 stolen annually, the vast majority of cases left unsolved
Officers eventually spent 20 minutes trying to find the cycle – one of 60,000 stolen annually, the vast majority of cases left unsolved
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Oxford bike theft victim Alistair Brown says Thames Valley Police officers seemed reluctant to act.
EXCLUSIVE: Unbeknownst to the thief, MailOnline reporters were on hand monitoring the bike and filming the moment it was taken.
When their family car was stolen and police were unable to respond immediately, Mia Forbes Pirie and her partner tracked it down…
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Footage of PC Paddy Connell chasing a stolen Range Rover in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, went viral in April last year.
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