{"id":2441,"date":"2023-08-28T12:33:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T12:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/?p=2441"},"modified":"2023-08-29T10:54:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T10:54:01","slug":"police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Police to Investigate Every Vehicle Theft?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>28\/08\/2023 &#8211; &#8216;<em>Police must investigate every theft and follow all reasonable leads to catch offenders, the home secretary has said<\/em>&#8216; &#8211; source BBC<\/p>\n<p>It appears, in the future, crime reports may have worth beyond the dates &amp; times recorded, be more than an automatically issued crime number &#8216;for insurance purposes&#8217;, that some weight can be attached to a constabulary&#8217;s record.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>But what if the police do not understand what constitutes vehicle theft or how to investigate it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have been enquiring about police attention to the issue.\u00a0 It is apparent the police either do not wish to investigate an allegation of vehicle theft or do not know how \/ why to do so.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>03\/03\/2023 DVLA advise Kent police recorded 1,099 car thefts in 2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/dvla-kent-police-vehicle-2022-theft-figures\/\">data here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>06\/03\/2023 Kent police &#8211; 622 car thefts in 2022, 6% recovery rate &#8211; source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentonline.co.uk\/canterbury\/news\/victims-outrage-as-94-of-stolen-cars-not-returned-283085\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kent Messenger<\/a><\/li>\n<li>06\/07\/2023 Vehicle Theft &#8211; The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatdotheyknow.com\/request\/vehicle_theft_46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full Freedom of Information request (FOI\/00992\/23)<\/a> seeking the statistics (theft methodology) can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatdotheyknow.com\/request\/vehicle_theft_46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viewed here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>21\/08\/2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatdotheyknow.com\/request\/copy_of_the_disclsoure_of_car_th#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kent police asked to provide a copy of the KM data<\/a> (06\/03\/2023 report &#8211; above)<\/li>\n<li>22\/08\/2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/kent-police-lack-of-attention-to-car-theft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kent Police Lack of Attention to Car Theft<\/a><\/li>\n<li>22\/08\/2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/22-08-2023-letter-to-the-chief-constable-of-kent-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Letter to Kent Police Chief Constable<\/a><\/li>\n<li>25\/08\/2023 WMP <a href=\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/vrm-not-on-pnc-los\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">failure to reinstate VRM on PNC LoS register<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-66636347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">28\/08\/2023 Police must investigate every theft<\/a> and follow all reasonable leads to catch offenders, the home secretary has said &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-66636347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source: BBC<\/a><\/li>\n<li>29\/08\/2023 Braverman \u2018interfering with police independence\u2019 after crime pledge &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2023\/aug\/29\/braverman-interfering-with-police-independence-after-pledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">source: Guardian<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>28\/08\/2023 &#8211; &#8216;Police must investigate every theft and follow all reasonable leads to catch offenders, the home secretary has said&#8216; &#8211; source BBC It appears, in the future, crime reports may have worth beyond the dates &amp; times recorded, be &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,28,7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police to Investigate Every Vehicle Theft? -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police to Investigate Every Vehicle Theft? -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"28\/08\/2023 &#8211; &#8216;Police must investigate every theft and follow all reasonable leads to catch offenders, the home secretary has said&#8216; &#8211; source BBC It appears, in the future, crime reports may have worth beyond the dates &amp; times recorded, be &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-28T12:33:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-08-29T10:54:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/magnify.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"554\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Swift\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Swift\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/\",\"name\":\"Police to Investigate Every Vehicle Theft? -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/magnify.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-28T12:33:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-29T10:54:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/bf92917cf088c24ab2cd083dd1f1a047\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/magnify.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/magnify.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":554},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Police to Investigate Every Vehicle Theft?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"For All Vehicle Claims\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/bf92917cf088c24ab2cd083dd1f1a047\",\"name\":\"Philip Swift\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc35f7f1a5fe0406f0f58d00a1b6125f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc35f7f1a5fe0406f0f58d00a1b6125f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Philip Swift\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/author\/psw_sl3kwk\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police to Investigate Every Vehicle Theft? -","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Police to Investigate Every Vehicle Theft? -","og_description":"28\/08\/2023 &#8211; &#8216;Police must investigate every theft and follow all reasonable leads to catch offenders, the home secretary has said&#8216; &#8211; source BBC It appears, in the future, crime reports may have worth beyond the dates &amp; times recorded, be &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/","article_published_time":"2023-08-28T12:33:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-08-29T10:54:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":554,"url":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/magnify.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Philip Swift","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Philip Swift","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/","url":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/","name":"Police to Investigate Every Vehicle Theft? -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/magnify.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-28T12:33:37+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-29T10:54:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/bf92917cf088c24ab2cd083dd1f1a047"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/magnify.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/magnify.jpg","width":1280,"height":554},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/police-to-investigate-every-vehicle-theft\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Police to Investigate Every Vehicle Theft?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/","name":"","description":"For All Vehicle Claims","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/bf92917cf088c24ab2cd083dd1f1a047","name":"Philip Swift","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc35f7f1a5fe0406f0f58d00a1b6125f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc35f7f1a5fe0406f0f58d00a1b6125f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Philip Swift"},"url":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/author\/psw_sl3kwk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501,"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441\/revisions\/2501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmaclaims.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}