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Post by justputtnaround on Jul 7, 2013 15:30:27 GMT -5
I came home from work to grab a bite to eat on my lunch break to a cop parked behind my wife's car and another further down the road they were question my neighbor and his 157qmj VIP scootsome one had reported one of similiar paint scheme stolen they were checking his Vin numbers every thing checked out fine he lealegaly bought it. But it is nice to know that some places the cops really do their hop to look into stolen vehicles even when it is a scooter. I spoke with the officer as he was returning to his cruiser to thank him for doing such because I would hate it if they wouldn't be out looking for mine if it was ever stolen
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Post by justputtnaround on Jul 7, 2013 15:32:42 GMT -5
Wow sorry about the grammar errors was eating a sandwhich while typeing this on my phone...too bad we don't have a mobile app I am always referencong my phone while wrenching on my scoot
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Post by domindart on Jul 7, 2013 15:39:01 GMT -5
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Post by ilovenxstage on Jul 7, 2013 16:33:28 GMT -5
My local cops are largely indifferent towards scooters. They don't really bother us unless someone is doing something obviously wrong, but I don't think they would give a hoot about a stolen scooter either.
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Post by ramblinman on Jul 7, 2013 16:35:06 GMT -5
checking the vin #?  i'm sorry but unless they do things different in indiana they were there for some other reason and used that as an excuse... how often has a fugitive lived for countless months in his own home without so much as a knock on the door by the police? and now they are randomly checking scooter vin#'s because one has been stolen? LOL... why they harassing your neighbor? what he do? |
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Post by justin010304 on Jul 7, 2013 16:44:47 GMT -5
^ I'll remember this when yours gets stolen and cops don't look for it lol
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Post by tarkus on Jul 7, 2013 16:52:58 GMT -5
checking the vin #? i'm sorry but unless they do things different in indiana they were there for some other reason and used that as an excuse... how often has a fugitive lived for countless months in his own home without so much as a knock on the door by the police? and now they are randomly checking scooter vin#'s because one has been stolen? LOL... why they harassing your neighbor? what he do? Anderson Indiana population just over 50,000. It's a far cry from what we know in south florida. |
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Post by CopperDeer on Jul 7, 2013 17:53:13 GMT -5
Law enforcement varies hugely in the US depending on where you are. Here in Cary, police will respond immediately to calls of vehicles parked on residential streets for more than a night, damaged / deteriorated street signs, fireworks on July 4th, semi-obnoxious noise or exterior lighting, people selling magazines door to door, warrants from traffic tickets a few days after the court date, heck maybe they'll even come visit if you don't mow your lawn for a couple weeks. The town is overstaffed on public / emergency services, I know most would criticize me for making such a statement but it's true, too much funding not enough things to do. They get bored. I had 7 cops come within 15 min to help me push my disabled car out of the street in the middle of the night a few years ago and they seemed to enjoy it (I didn't even call them!). Fortunately they don't hassle scooters at least. But props to those guys for investigating a stolen scooter, don't think they'd do that here. You never know who you'll get dealt.
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Post by tarkus on Jul 7, 2013 19:21:31 GMT -5
Law enforcement varies hugely in the US depending on where you are. Here in Cary, police will respond immediately to calls of vehicles parked on residential streets for more than a night, damaged / deteriorated street signs, fireworks on July 4th, semi-obnoxious noise or exterior lighting, people selling magazines door to door, warrants from traffic tickets a few days after the court date, heck maybe they'll even come visit if you don't mow your lawn for a couple weeks. The town is overstaffed on public / emergency services, I know most would criticize me for making such a statement but it's true, too much funding not enough things to do. They get bored. I had 7 cops come within 15 min to help me push my disabled car out of the street in the middle of the night a few years ago and they seemed to enjoy it (I didn't even call them!). Fortunately they don't hassle scooters at least. But props to those guys for investigating a stolen scooter, don't think they'd do that here. You never know who you'll get dealt. Well that settles it I'm moving to Cary ! Be Big, AMAC |
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Post by CopperDeer on Jul 7, 2013 20:27:12 GMT -5
Hahaha its nuts. There's some really affluent parts here and some not so much, so it's not to say crime rate is extremely low, it's pretty low but seems like it's a target for people from other areas sometimes. There's just a weird divide with the rapidly growing population and socioeconomic diversity. So they have the tax base to hire all these officiers but there's only so much they can do to reduce crime that's already happened!
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Post by novaraptor on Jul 8, 2013 14:31:54 GMT -5
The difference in police response is that the stolen vehicle was a 150cc scooter and therefore registered and licensed. It goes on their stolen vehicle watch list. That makes it grand larceny, as opposed to the theft of a non-registered and non licensed 50cc which is very hard for them to recover. At least that's the way it works around here.
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Post by PCBGY6 on Jul 8, 2013 15:00:26 GMT -5
Stolen scooters are not a priority here at the beach. Their are so many here owned by residence and thousands of rentals so it would take up a lot of resources.
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Post by tomfl62 on Jul 8, 2013 15:54:32 GMT -5
I live in a small town ,Arcadia Fl. couple years ago i called because i thought my riding lawn mower was stolen , well i went outside one morning and my mower wasnt under my caport so i went inside to call the police and after calling i walked down my driveway that is 400 ft long and you cant see the end of the road from the house , as i get to the end of the drive there sits my mower so i went back to cancel the call and few minutes later the police showed up ,and believe it or not the cop even dusted for prints . i think the only reason the mower was there is because it was hard to push and the thief got tired of pushing . LOL
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Post by scooter12 on Jul 8, 2013 22:06:48 GMT -5
That is cool. Cops should be looking for scoots, if one is reported stolen. The often thing that occurs, is a scooter is stolen in one State and sold in another. Cops don't look hard for 49cc scooters-because in most States no registering is required. So thieves know this and can make $300 to $500 off a stolen scooter if they live in Kirkville MO and sale to Iowa. They also use a cell phone number to call that is untraceable. Cops don't put info in on a nationwide hunt for a 49cc scooter. A 49cc scooter is considered a motorized bicycle and if not found locally, well it is not found.
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