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To tell the police to sort their lives out

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Blahblahblahabla · Today 00:39

Police are tracking down dodgy Firestick users.

Whilst technically this is a crime.

AIBU to think no, thats fucking outrageous when you cannot be bothered to go and get someone’s stolen iPhone or other device with a tracker and a clearly know location?!

Not in the public interest.

Well its not in the fucking public interest that Jodie and Aaron have a dodgy fucking fire stick!!!

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igelkott2026 · Today 17:11

Blahblahblahabla · Today 10:04

Did someone just say phone theft was rare in London? 😂

Its not suppliers; they are using the tracing of suppliers bank records to release records of people who bought firesticks and want to ‘fine them heavily’.

To me this is ridiculous for multiple reasons.

  1. it’s not illegal to own or pay for a dodgy firestick. It’s illegal to use one. They aren’t going to bother with that are they. Or maybe they will in which case I despair further they can be bothered to visit Jodie’s house and peer through her windows but not be bothered to raid the house of snatch and grab cyclists with a bundle of phones.

  2. When you are talking about users this is a civil matter. Yes it’s criminal at scale so fair enough go after suppliers but users - no. That’s a massive overreach to be tracking all these bank details. You shouldn’t obtain data if it’s not for a legitimate use and see above - civil is not a legitimate use of acquiring data for the police.

  3. This is our police force doing private work for big corps. Yes on a big scale it represents loss. But it’s not really a loss because these people cannot afford £60 a month + sky sports streaming. That’s why they have a fire stick. They were never going to pay so it’s not really a loss.

Edited

The numbers of stolen phones have gone down a lot (and not just because they've already been stolen ;) )

But the numbers would fall even more if people put them away and stopped walking along with them in their hands.

However, I think your view is correct - chasing dodgy Firestick users isn't a good use of their time, unless there's an organised crime element.

PILEALLTHEPILLSONTHEFLOOR · Today 17:30

yaNbu

Police are such cucks. They're like Hall Monitors

Sarah557 · Today 19:26

It will be because organised crime groups are behind this type of crime - something most people aren’t aware of. Police will want to take out those selling them (bottom of the chain) to cause disruption. These OCGs will most likely be behind much more serious offences and therefore the police are trying to cause issues for them.

politicsdomyheadin · Today 19:30

NotAnotherScarf · Today 17:02

What £110 to watch premier league football each month isn't already expensive?

Yet rape gangs rang amuck in British towns
Coke is readily available in many pubs
Gangs shoplift at will and staff get sacked for stopping them
Knife crime...
Woman kills two children and the investigation is botched
Car speed and have illegal number plates to avoid detention.
On line fraud nets billions

But let's nick people for breaching contract law(a civil matter)

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  1. no they don’t.
  2. likely to be connected to the organised crime groups who sell these firearms sticks
  3. again, organised crime.
  4. yes knife crime is also an issue
  5. source?
  6. traffic police will be a separate division
  7. yes and guess what these organised crime groups do? Commit fraud.

this isn’t contract law, so I’m not sure why you’ve brought it up. It’s fraud and theft.

Squirrelchops1 · Today 19:32

I think everyone should have a dodgy stick....might keep people at home and prevent other crimes 🤣

TheParlimentsHeartTroubleNorthernSoul · Today 19:56

It will be organised crime gangs that supply the sticks.

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