Bradford phone shop boss distraught at raid (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

He thought he would be safe in Bradford city centre ?

Unfortunately he has now found out.

What on earth did the Police helicopter get involved in this incident, a complete waste of time and my taxes.

Welcome to Bradford.

Correctness wrote:
What on earth did the Police helicopter get involved in this incident, a complete waste of time and my taxes.

So you think that the police should just do nothing then?
There are so many back alleys and snickets in the town centre I would have thought the helicopter with it's night sun light and infra red cameras was the most efficient way of checking the area.

I hope he kept a record of the phones imei number then he can have the phones blocked and rendered useless

mad matt wrote:

Correctness wrote: What on earth did the Police helicopter get involved in this incident, a complete waste of time and my taxes.

So you think that the police should just do nothing then? There are so many back alleys and snickets in the town centre I would have thought the helicopter with it's night sun light and infra red cameras was the most efficient way of checking the area.

Yes it would, I fully agree with you, if it was within a short distance at the actual time of the burglary and I just cannot see this being the case. If it had to man and fly from carrgate a complete fiasco unless of course it had had it's routine service and had to have a test flight. Assome just a little fun for X99

The once decent Ivegate has turned into a right hell hole!

paulw8270 wrote:
I hope he kept a record of the phones imei number then he can have the phones blocked and rendered useless

Yes but he still won't have them, will he?
He isn't going to celebrate if the phones are rendered useless and he still hasn't any stock.

Avro wrote:
The once decent Ivegate has turned into a right hell hole!

Once decent? really?

I am 65 and cannot ever remember like Albion Ivegate being anything but a dump.Unfortunately Bradford centre is also lawless no effective policing but that goes for all BMDC yet another service we pay for but don't get.

Albion. wrote:

paulw8270 wrote:
I hope he kept a record of the phones imei number then he can have the phones blocked and rendered useless

Yes but he still won't have them, will he?
He isn't going to celebrate if the phones are rendered useless and he still hasn't any stock.

But also the criminals wont gain from it and if it happens often enough phone shops won't be targeted as there's no gain for the criminals

paulw8270 wrote:

Albion. wrote:

paulw8270 wrote:
I hope he kept a record of the phones imei number then he can have the phones blocked and rendered useless

Yes but he still won't have them, will he?
He isn't going to celebrate if the phones are rendered useless and he still hasn't any stock.

But also the criminals wont gain from it and if it happens often enough phone shops won't be targeted as there's no gain for the criminals

Are you sure that this isn't rivalry?
That was mentioned when he kept having problems in his previous premises.

I wonder how many 'extra' phones will be added to the list of stolen ones?

Correctness wrote:
What on earth did the Police helicopter get involved in this incident, a complete waste of time and my taxes.

Stuff you and your taxes, idiot. OF COURSE the bloody Police helicopter was called out. Honestly.

wobbley-bob wrote:
I wonder how many 'extra' phones will be added to the list of stolen ones?

Lots, probably, if he is anything like the rest of you.

Avro wrote:
The once decent Ivegate has turned into a right hell hole!

What?!?

Ivegate has been a "no go" area for at least the last 50 years.

Sadly, the whole of Bradford is now a "no go" area.

Albion. wrote:

paulw8270 wrote:
I hope he kept a record of the phones imei number then he can have the phones blocked and rendered useless

Yes but he still won't have them, will he?
He isn't going to celebrate if the phones are rendered useless and he still hasn't any stock.

Bet he'll have a healthy insurance payment though. As I assume he got last time................
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Bradford, what a dump.close the doors behind you.

a reasonable sort of chap wrote:

Correctness wrote:
What on earth did the Police helicopter get involved in this incident, a complete waste of time and my taxes.

Stuff you and your taxes, idiot. OF COURSE the bloody Police helicopter was called out. Honestly.

There is only 1 idiot here and guess what? - YOU won! Muppet!

a reasonable sort of chap wrote:

Correctness wrote: What on earth did the Police helicopter get involved in this incident, a complete waste of time and my taxes.

Stuff you and your taxes, idiot. OF COURSE the bloody Police helicopter was called out. Honestly.

Have you ever been near it (in a honest poition) never mind in it and have some knowledge of aviation.

Pablo wrote:

Avro wrote:
The once decent Ivegate has turned into a right hell hole!

What?!?

Ivegate has been a "no go" area for at least the last 50 years.

Sadly, the whole of Bradford is now a "no go" area.

Clearly you did not visit Ivegate prior to 25 years ago, when it had a number of decent outlets and when Yates' was bursting at the seams, rather than the den if inquity Ivegate has become, which is pretty much reflected across the the City Centre..

Avro wrote:

Pablo wrote:

Avro wrote:
The once decent Ivegate has turned into a right hell hole!

What?!?

Ivegate has been a "no go" area for at least the last 50 years.

Sadly, the whole of Bradford is now a "no go" area.

Clearly you did not visit Ivegate prior to 25 years ago, when it had a number of decent outlets and when Yates' was bursting at the seams, rather than the den if inquity Ivegate has become, which is pretty much reflected across the the City Centre..

As I remember it, if you waited at the bottom at closing time you would be guaranteed a fight.

Seems he is either being targeted or most unfortunate. Or err. I'll stop at that.

ell wrote:

Albion. wrote:

paulw8270 wrote:
I hope he kept a record of the phones imei number then he can have the phones blocked and rendered useless

Yes but he still won't have them, will he?
He isn't going to celebrate if the phones are rendered useless and he still hasn't any stock.

Bet he'll have a healthy insurance payment though. As I assume he got last time................

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You can't just make up how much stock you had. You have to have receipts. And guess what, the more times.you claim the higher the insurance.

Avro wrote:

Pablo wrote:

Avro wrote:
The once decent Ivegate has turned into a right hell hole!

What?!?

Ivegate has been a "no go" area for at least the last 50 years.

Sadly, the whole of Bradford is now a "no go" area.

Clearly you did not visit Ivegate prior to 25 years ago, when it had a number of decent outlets and when Yates' was bursting at the seams, rather than the den if inquity Ivegate has become, which is pretty much reflected across the the City Centre..

So we had the old crown, yates, the sun inn, plus rams revenge, that part of bradford 25 years ago was okay at the start of your pub crawl, coming down from the queens, but after that, it was a case of leave before the trouble started. No place is safe this day , and age, with the recession on, and it will only get worse.

bradfordlad2 wrote:

Avro wrote:

Pablo wrote:

Avro wrote:
The once decent Ivegate has turned into a right hell hole!

What?!?

Ivegate has been a "no go" area for at least the last 50 years.

Sadly, the whole of Bradford is now a "no go" area.

Clearly you did not visit Ivegate prior to 25 years ago, when it had a number of decent outlets and when Yates' was bursting at the seams, rather than the den if inquity Ivegate has become, which is pretty much reflected across the the City Centre..

So we had the old crown, yates, the sun inn, plus rams revenge, that part of bradford 25 years ago was okay at the start of your pub crawl, coming down from the queens, but after that, it was a case of leave before the trouble started. No place is safe this day , and age, with the recession on, and it will only get worse.

I go out all over Bradford town centre and also other Yorkshire towns every weekend. Although there are far fewer people out in Bradford than in say Leeds, I have to say that in 25 years I've never seen a fight or any serious bother. The west end gets a bit rowdy once you get past 10pm but that's the same sort of carry on you get everywhere.

I wonder who buys these stolen phones..! May be other phone shops...?

DevonBull wrote:

a reasonable sort of chap wrote:

Correctness wrote:
What on earth did the Police helicopter get involved in this incident, a complete waste of time and my taxes.

Stuff you and your taxes, idiot. OF COURSE the bloody Police helicopter was called out. Honestly.

There is only 1 idiot here and guess what? - YOU won! Muppet!

How do you work that out? Is it idiotic to expect the Police to mount a thorough search for a fugitive? Is it idiotic to expect people such as Correctness to pay for this service via taxation? If so please explain why. Either that or stfu, idiot.

a reasonable sort of chap wrote:

DevonBull wrote:

a reasonable sort of chap wrote:

Correctness wrote:
What on earth did the Police helicopter get involved in this incident, a complete waste of time and my taxes.

Stuff you and your taxes, idiot. OF COURSE the bloody Police helicopter was called out. Honestly.

There is only 1 idiot here and guess what? - YOU won! Muppet!

How do you work that out? Is it idiotic to expect the Police to mount a thorough search for a fugitive? Is it idiotic to expect people such as Correctness to pay for this service via taxation? If so please explain why. Either that or stfu, idiot.

you're the muppet.
the helicopter is not based in bradford so by the time it gets here they have gone.
2.20am police were called, on a friday night?
chucking out time in the clubs etc,
too much going on for the police or helicopter to spot a particular person or persons with no defining description and they would have most likely had a car waiting anyway!
do you believe the police would have turned up in less than 20mins anyway?
get real!!
low priority they call it!!!

yangyeight wrote:

a reasonable sort of chap wrote:

DevonBull wrote:

a reasonable sort of chap wrote:

Correctness wrote:
What on earth did the Police helicopter get involved in this incident, a complete waste of time and my taxes.

Stuff you and your taxes, idiot. OF COURSE the bloody Police helicopter was called out. Honestly.

There is only 1 idiot here and guess what? - YOU won! Muppet!

How do you work that out? Is it idiotic to expect the Police to mount a thorough search for a fugitive? Is it idiotic to expect people such as Correctness to pay for this service via taxation? If so please explain why. Either that or stfu, idiot.

you're the muppet.
the helicopter is not based in bradford so by the time it gets here they have gone.
2.20am police were called, on a friday night?
chucking out time in the clubs etc,
too much going on for the police or helicopter to spot a particular person or persons with no defining description and they would have most likely had a car waiting anyway!
do you believe the police would have turned up in less than 20mins anyway?
get real!!
low priority they call it!!!

It takes the Police helicopter just a couple of minutes to travel across west Yorkshire, muppet.

yeah i'm sure they are always just sat in the thing waiting to take off and don't need to get clearance or check systems, etc..
bored with you now.

You two arguing about the use of the police helicopter, are like two kids in the playground. For crying out loud give it a rest. This gentleman was very unwise in setting up a business again in Bradford, after his last unfortunate incident. I wouldn't set up in Bradford if the council offered me free rates for ten years, especially selling something as valuable and as easily saleable, as mobile phones. I am Bradford, born and bred, but I am afraid that the city is beyond redemption. Most of our once fine architecture has disappeared, and been replaced with rubbish, that will need to be knocked down in around 30 or 40 years, but that is not the main problem. It is the citizens' of Bradford who make it un-liveable in, and this is mainly due to the population explosion, and influx of people into certain areas of the city. It is a $hithole and I am so glad that i got out. R.I.P Bradford!!!

every1 knows what bradford is like and im sure this guy knew exactly what he were doing..he didnt go to a 'decent' area to sell his phones,he thought he'd go to bfd so it would be easier to cover up his scam..if ya get me :)