Stolen Motorhome - Oxford

[SpeedyDux]

Yes, stories like this are all too common and shame on the police for it. If they need extra support, which is fair enough given what they would face, there should be some sort of military backup.

One partial solution would be to repeal legislation that designates gypsy and Irish traveller as a separate race. That would prevent knee-jerk accusations of racism whenever the Police try to do their job.

 

[spikehcm681]

Is it only motorhomes on a transit base?
or any transit?
id hate mine to get pinched(touch wood)
ive spent a bit on it and just had a towbar put on it !
ooh i HATE thieves
that family must be heartbroken

Ours was a 2010 Tourneo - ex Ford's own vehicle so it all the whistles and bangs.
But they didn't get the seats because we'd taken them out. Not much consolation.
We replaced it with a 2012 Tourneo - but this one lives behind a bollard, has a proper key-type lock (protected by a s/s strengthened plate), a pedal box and a tracker. Overkill - I think not.

 

[Bubba]

Yes, stories like this are all too common and shame on the police for it. If they need extra support, which is fair enough given what they would face, there should be some sort of military backup.

Why military back up. Having deployed quiet a few times for this country I would be very careful about backing up the police. For one thing the military are not made to "Keep the peace" they are to win the fight.
If the "Do as You Likeys" get injured by a military person the UK government has, and will, throw you to the wolves when they sue the squaddie.
The police have riot gear, they have guns, they just need the senior officers to grow a pair and allow them to be used and a plod to use it.
But I won't hold my breath with the UK plod in 2021.

 

[Coolcats]

Why military back up. Having deployed quiet a few times for this country I would be very careful about backing up the police. For one thing the military are not made to "Keep the peace" they are to win the fight.
If the "Do as You Likeys" get injured by a military person the UK government has, and will, throw you to the wolves when they sue the squaddie.
The police have riot gear, they have guns, they just need the senior officers to grow a pair and allow them to be used and a plod to use it.
But I won't hold my breath with the UK plod in 2021.

I am not defending the no action, but it maybe that a stollen Caravan is not the prize the police are looking for, it just maybe they are in the process of a bigger operation that will take the thieves off the streets for a long while.

In the meantime the insurance company should be notified where there asset is (assuming the MoHo or Caravan is insured and they are going to have to cover the loss) and get ready to file a complaint via the Chief constable and Insurance ombudsman as the Caravan/MoHo owner will have to pay a bigger premium even though police and Insurance company know where the asset is located.

 

[irnbru]

Iid hate mine to get pinched(touch wood)
ive spent a bit on it and just had a towbar put on it !

Don’t wait til the horse has bolted then. Why not get either OTT or Vanbitz alarm installed, although different both as good as each other I think.

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[sluhgulper]

Mmm Transits stolen i wonder who have stolen them. Unfortunately they are untouchable police are scared of them.

Uhm! Pretty much an uninformed opinion you have there. Scared. I think not. That criminal element of society you refer to pretty high on the agenda of most cops.

 

[Jamesh]

If I remember right they didn't change to reasonable anti theft security until the 2020 model (no idea what mk that is), I'm sure I've read on this forum over the past couple of years that insurance companies would not insure transit based motorhomes without a tracker being fitted

Mk9 I believe....

Cheers James

 

[Simon Meadwell]

Uhm! Pretty much an uninformed opinion you have there. Scared. I think not. That criminal element of society you refer to pretty high on the agenda of most cops.

Are they really. Well it keeps happening regularly around our area and nothing seems to change.

 

[ctc]

Why should the police risk injuries, or worse, for a motorhome or caravan? Injure a member of the great British public and our learned friends will have a field day and you still won't have your van.