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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 12:33 PM
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Report people who wear too much 'bling' to Crimestoppers (in UK)
Edited on Wed May-13-09 12:33 PM by Subdivisions


Police's latest brainwave: Report people who wear too much 'bling' to Crimestoppers



By David Wilkes
Last updated at 11:31 PM on 12th May 2009

Watching a tight T-shirt-wearing, cocksure man wearing a gaudy gold chain round his neck strutting down the street is often worth a phone-call to the fashion police.

But one force is taking the idea a step further and encouraging people to shop Mr T-wannabes to Crimestoppers in a novel - some might say barmy - plan to bring down the crime rate.

In the latest example of innovative policing in Britain, the Gloucestershire force is encouraging members of the public to report people wearing too much 'bling' during the recession.

They are also urging people to shop anyone who drives flash cars or buys expensive items without the apparent means to afford them during the credit crunch.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1180911/Polices-latest-brainwave-Report-people-wear-bling-Crimestoppers.html">MORE »

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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 12:36 PM
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1. OMG. Is this a joke?
Edited on Wed May-13-09 12:38 PM by Liberal_in_LA
I know relatively poor or lower middle class people who put all their disposable money into their car or their clothing. They'd get reported under these conditions.
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Puzzler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 12:43 PM
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2. Are they talking about clothes here?
The ad seems to be referring to expensive stuff in general, such as fancy cars, boats etc.

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pnutbutr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 12:50 PM
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3. This will end well n/t
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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-13-09 01:16 PM
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4. Police campaign ridiculed
However, former Home Secretary Ann Widdecombe has expressed disbelief at the move.

She said: "Is this a joke? If the police spent half as much time tackling crime and getting out on the beat as they do coming out with this ridiculous stuff, we'd all be better off.

"'How are you meant to judge if someone buying a piece of jewellery can afford it? I expect even Posh Spice, like most people, can look a bit down and out some days."
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Adrian Foster, from Gloucestershire Crown Prosecution Service, said: "We have had incredible success over the last year in taking the profit out of crime and this campaign marks a call for all members of the public to assist in ensuring that crime really does not pay in Gloucestershire."

http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/Police-campaign-ridiculed/article-988823-detail/article.html

If Widdecombe thinks it's too draconian, you know you've really gone OTT. This is like Tom Ridge saying a Homeland Security measure is too intrusive.
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anigbrowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 03:29 PM
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9. Well, that's a bit self-serving
Ann Widdecombe was always invoking welfare cheats and so forth when she was in government...I forget what the fashionable term was at the time. Every time there's a recession whoever's in power promotes the idea of a crackdown on benefit fraud. It isn't that widespread but it exists and everyone's seen it at some point, so it's a reliable crowd-pleaser.
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Regret My New Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 03:17 PM
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5. heh... I like this idea just 'cause it's so damn ridiculous.
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 03:22 PM
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6. Almost as 'good' as the billboard advising citizens to go through their neighbor's trash
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 03:24 PM
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7. You can make your own UK style 'anti-terror' billboad here:
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LeftinOH Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 03:28 PM
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8. People like these -
who flaunt shiny baubles obtained from the hard work of others..???

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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-14-09 03:30 PM
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10. LMAO!!!
well done
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