Lost all faith in the Police years ago. My shop was broken into. Police came three hours later, told me they could not do fingerprinting as the guy that did it was on holiday. Also told me all my stuff would be down in London. I actually solved the case myself. Found some of my stuff a few miles away in another shop. Twenty five different police had been assigned to my case one after the other. When I found some items the policewoman in charge at that time could not go to the other shop because she was at the Turriff Show. Took her a week to get there.
Eventually, the thief, a woman, was caught, got probation and I was told I could not get my stuff back for 3 weeks in case she claimed it.
I put in an official complaint through my local Councillor. The assistant Chief of Police came to my home to express his apologies. The police sergeant in charge of the case was demoted and sent to another Police Station in the country...His name Sergeant Pratt. I am not making that up.
