Gwent Police has reminded Caerphilly residents to be vigilant after 14 vehicle-related crimes were reported over a one-week period.
Between Monday October 10 and Sunday October 16, 14 vehicles were targeted in the St Martins, St James, Penyrheol, Bedwas, Machen and Trethomas wards around Caerphilly.
In several cases, vehicles had been left insecure or had items left in view.
Officers have issued a reminder to residents to ensure that all vehicles are locked and secure, and that any valuable items are removed to deter thieves.
Anyone with information or concerns can call Gwent Police on 101.
These Twilight offences, occuring in the public streets and roads, cannot be prevented by vehicle owners who have to park on them; The offences are committed by oportunist cretins who`s mindset tells them that `if you have it they want it too`, whilst we pay for it, they want it for nothing.
The problem of such offending, and the increase in more serious burglary offences being committed in Gwent is down to one thing, and in regard to vehicle breakins and damages that is the reality and accurracy of their perception that they will not be caught, they are rarely observed committing the offences, and there are no Gwent Police Staff acting in a `proactive` way in respect to the way they are allowed to do their duty to the residents of Gwent, The most senior Police and Crime officials in Gwent recently said ” if you see a policeman or a Community Support Officer walk down the street, THEY WILL GOING SOMEWHERE TO REACT TO A CALL, not looking for something to react to. he continued ” you will see less and less police officers and police staff on the streets of Gwent”. So we had better get used to it.
This is why these cretins WILL NOT BE CAUGHT, this is why these cretins WILL NOT BE PROSECUTED, and, this is why these cretins WILL NOT FACE PROSECUTIONS. and THIS IS WHY OUR VEHICLE INSUANCE AND HOUSE INSURANCE WILL CONTINUE TO RISE YEAR ON YEAR.
But, if the Gwent Police and CAERPHILLY CBC got their heads together and installed CCTV in residential Streets under the control of the CAERPHILLY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP, these cretins COULD BE CAUGHT, COULD BE PROSECUTED and COULD BE MADE TO PAY.
The local Caerphilly Council Elections are coming up next MAY and between now and then all those people who want your vote will be knocking your door, and, if they are told we want more crime prevention CCTV in residential streets THEY WILL HAVE TO LISTEN, OR SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES IN THE BALLOT BOX OF NEGLECTING WHAT RESIDENTS (VOTERS) WANT.
The other problem is that if these cretins are caught they’re given ridiculously leiniant sentences and are not made to pay for the damage they do – as was the case when one of these cretins burgled my property causing over two thousand pounds worth of damage, he got a few weeks in prison and was not ordered to pay a single penny for the damage he did, there is simply no deterant and the authorities couldn’t care less.
I agree, about twelve years ago I applied to be a magistrate. This post is unpaid but I thought that it would be a worthwhile job to do and as a person who had lived in a council house until I was 20 years of age I thought I could bring some life experience to the, mainly middle class, bench.
At first all went well, I was invited to an interview and impressed sufficiently to be invited for the final interview. In this examination the candidate is given some notes on several different types of cases to read in a private room. A panel then asks questions on what verdict and sentence should be applied, dependent on the information given.
I became, uncomfortably, aware that during this interview the panel was becoming hostile because their mindset and standard operating procedure was imimicable to my own background as educated working class. I wished to deal severely with those who inflicted burglary on their neighbours.
This was not well received by the panel who, in my opinion,were more concerned with the other cases which included a sales rep who had been caught speeding and somebody who had called someone names. I did not get the ‘job’ and have never been that bothered about not succeeding but learned an important lesson. The law, as practised and enforced today, is not overly concerned with the theft of property but is disproportionally weighted against those accused of ‘historic crimes’ ‘hate crimes’ and other trendy crimes that nobody had heard of 20 years ago.