This is How Easy it is to Rob your Pride & Joy

BaronVon

https://www.instagram.com/p/CuCL2U_rL9z/?img_index=1

Fearless, they know no Guards are coming......

Del2005

The Gardaí will respond if they have resources, they are under resourced, and they are called. Most of the time the person posting the videos hasn't bothered to call them and then blasts them for not being responding.

batman_oh

Took a while but we are starting to catch up with London now on roaming scum teenagers doing whatever they want (robbing/stabbing/assaults etc.)

I live off the Ballymun Road and every day some scrote flies past on a robbed bike with no helmet, straight through red lights/on footpaths etc. Driving through Ballymun you will regularly see them wheelieing past the Garda station, I assume a lot is drug deliveries but they mostly don't bother wearing helmets, don't stop for any lights and are on unregistered mostly stolen bikes. That's how much fear they have of being caught doing it.

No FACILITEEZ though

GBX

They are obviously targeting bikes that have minimal security and can be started with whatever means.

I see plenty of comments about why those who video don't do anything. Easier said than done. I wouldn't want a slap of a lump hammer and I would hazard a guess they'd have no issue swinging it on your direction. Especially as they are fearless to A being caught and B being locked up.

Sir Galahad

Roads policing have been told by top management not the interact of engage in pursuit. So the scrot is free to rob. We can hope the crash and get life changing injuries.

IrishGrimReaper

Madness! That's the exact spot I used to walk to get to the office as well.

Bunch of scumbags and them barely teenagers.

Larbre34

The only thing they understand is a hiding.

Trigger Happy

I can see they broke the disk lock and steering lock. But he then runs and hops on the bike - did he get it started?

Or do they just get around the corner, stop and jimmy the ignition to get it going?

Zebbedee

I don't understand how the bike started.

Is that bike's key not chipped?

jeremyr62

The bike isn't started. It will be pushed by the scrotes on the scooter to some place where they will leave it for a day to see if it has a tracker. Then they will collect it. You similar stuff posted on UK forums all the time. The moral is use at least two good quality steel disc locks front and rear, steel being the absolutely essential word. And don't trust advertising. Many locks claim they are steel and are just cast zinc or aluminium alloy. A good steel padlock will put up a decent fight.

Doctors room ghost

Bunch of feral pond rats. If the justice system was right they would be in behind a big high wall.

Cienciano

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120783261#Comment_120783261

Disk locks are similar to bicycle "cafe" locks. Grand if you're locking your bike for a short time somewhere you can almost see it. But even if you have a good disk lock they just put the wheel on a canteen tray or hubcap and it's gone. I wouldn't park anything nice/new somewhere in public regularly.

goblin59

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120781652#Comment_120781652

Thats probally after the family of one of these scrotes tried to sue the garda after that M50 crash the other year when they were speeding in a stolen car

the.red.baron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120780423#Comment_120780423

they also make minimal use of the resources, such as in drink driving stops that never even happened, tip of the iceberg stuff

they know one one is on the beat, no one is on patrol so no one would turn up in time

the only way to stop this kind of thing is a presence in the city center, they spend their day burning round on stolen bikes and scooters untouched

for a member of the public to call, the to answer the phone, wake up someone, get to a car.... the bikes long gone, its the follow up is the problem, there is none

Del2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120784162#Comment_120784162

The reason why the Gardaí don't bother is because when they do catch people committing crimes there's no consequences when taken to court, that's if they even get taken to court by the DPP as young people have to really do something bad to be let off in court.

If your job involved a lot of paper work and record keeping for it all to be completely ignored by your bosses when you catch a criminal and they are let off in court, what level effort would you put into your job? Drop into your local station and ask the Gardaí off the record who doing what crimes in the area and they'll tell you, the majority of crimes are committed by a few people in each area.

Del2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120781288#Comment_120781288

If you don't want a slap of a lump hammer don't stand around recording overtly, call the police and record covertly.

the.red.baron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120784201#Comment_120784201

that just sounds like every job

their job is to harass those feckers, make their life a pain in the hole, the prisons are full, so people go to jail despite what people say

Del2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120784245#Comment_120784245

Their job is the enforce our laws, the problem is our justice system is broken and they are getting the blame.

They can't harass people same as Dublin City council can't put up pictures of people littering as it's against their civil rights!! Then we have the Garda getting charged after 3 scumbags drove the wrong way up a dual carriageway and traumatised a truck driver. Why the feck would they bother doing their job when they can get charged and fired while the criminals get off with a slap on the wrist?

newmember2

scumbag knackers

the.red.baron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120784305#Comment_120784305

They can of course harass criminals within the law

now this is a perfect example, they have no problem going after easy targets

if the garda arent happy with the system, they need to be part of the solution, strikes etc

a lot of the issues is there is crime prevention strategy, just after the fact

the only garda interaction anyone has is the road traffic police and there is money to be made there

Sir Galahad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120784521#Comment_120784521

The "money to be made there" argument always amuses me. It's silly.

jeremyr62

Some UK based advice here on avoiding bikejacking.

https://www.visordown.com/feature/features/advanced-riding/what-do-i-do-if-somebody-tries-bikejack-me

the.red.baron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120785159#Comment_120785159

why? that's why they focus on it, priorities

FishOnABike

Just make direct action against these thieves immune from prosecution. They know they'll only get a slap on the wrist if caught. Up their risk and they might reconsider.

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120781652#Comment_120781652

That'll be counted as a "motorcycle casualty" and then ALL motorcyclists will get the blame, life will be made harder for the law-abiding and the lawless will continue to not give a single fúck.

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120784245#Comment_120784245

Whatever about over 18s, and that's bad enough, under 18s can do whatever they want.

accensi0n

Only one solution left

the.red.baron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120785944#Comment_120785944

Are the borstals 😂 full?

Del2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120786743#Comment_120786743

No more borstals for under 18s as it's now the Junior Liasson Officer and trips to Delphi and Xboxes if you are "good", ie not caught being a scumbag with barely a slap on the wrist if you are caught being a scumbag.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

As someone who's had cars repeatedly stolen over the years I sincerely hope those lads eventually steal from the wrong person and get their heads caved in. Rotten vermin scum.

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120789150#Comment_120789150

Couldn't believe it a while back when I read a court report about a very serious assault, the perps were 'sentenced' to the Junior Liaison Officer. What a fúcking joke.

BaronVon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120785760#Comment_120785760

There's 14k guards, 700 are in Traffic Corps. Hardly a focus now.......

Hotblack Desiato

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120785760#Comment_120785760

The fines imposed for road traffic offences are unlikely to go anywhere near the cost of the garda time involved, especially cases that go to court.

There's gardai taking large chunks out of their working week to sit around in courtrooms waiting for a case to be called (and then often adjourned, rinse, repeat) but if the case is called and they're not there it's thrown out. Totally archaic system. They should be able to pass responsibility for district court cases onto a 'garda prosecutor' whose job is to hang around court all day and give the evidence the garda collected at the scene. For more serious stuff then yeah have the garda attend but the vast majority of motoring offences that aren't dealt with by fixed penalty go to the district court. Anyone who isn't happy with the district court's decision can always appeal.

the.red.baron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120793029#Comment_120793029

Would ya go away,the majority are pay up or pay more in court, no chance of you winning, shooting fish in a barrel

Easy work, zero hassle, unlike dealing with scobes

Sir Galahad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120794147#Comment_120794147

Personal experience then ?

the.red.baron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120794155#Comment_120794155

have you had any dealing with them yourself?

the levels of apathy is shocking, you'd feel bad for the few good eggs, even the people it attracts.. sheesh

all you can do is walk away and come back another day and hope someone with a brain has come on shift

Sir Galahad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120798253#Comment_120798253

Yes, twenty years embedded with them.

the.red.baron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120801195#Comment_120801195

Only a couple more years to retirement so

Sir Galahad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120801201#Comment_120801201

"Embedded" not employed

the.red.baron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120801220#Comment_120801220

Explain

Sir Galahad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120801229#Comment_120801229

Worked with them but not employed by the state.

Zebbedee

Looks like the same "lads" who stole a bandit 1200 last week in Dublin.

The owner has put up pictures of it being stolen on adverts.

Just search 'stolen' on adverts.ie

Del2005

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120867604#Comment_120867604

The majority of thefts in any area are carried out by the same people, that's the same in every country. The young fella killed in Cork a few weeks ago was a prolific car thief, his gang are still robbing cars and posting their crimes online.

Agent_47

Unreal, on my commute home via Glasnevin last Tuesday at 5pm I came across two bandits in balaclavas, one on the scooter pushing the stolen bike with the leg . Broad daylight

TedBundysDriver

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120869467#Comment_120869467

Love a bit of good news 😊

Sir Galahad

Two bikes, three scrotes in Howth last week. No helmets, just balaclavas. If they had a single brain cell they'd steal a helmet to stop people noticing them.

goblin59

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120949528#Comment_120949528

I probally wouldn't have noticed them trying to rob mine as I went into a shop if they had bike gear on.

They stopped with no helmets on so I knew exactly what they planned, I'm just glad they didn't get a change to touch the bike

Citizen Six

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120867604#Comment_120867604

They all wear the same clothes so it's harder to identify them.

goblin59

helped a lad with his bike out there in the Tescos at the top of Smithfield, he was having immobilizer problems (he had the fob and ignition Key, I didnt just help a bike get robbed xD )

Soon as he left, spotted one of the **** on an E-bike, balaclava up scouting the carpark. His bike would have been a prime target

batman_oh

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120949064#Comment_120949064

I can barely get through Ballymun from the M50 without seeing them flying around on a robbed bike. All times of day, up and down past the Garda station repeatedly. They literally don't give a f00k. I've stopped going through that way on the bike after getting eyeballed a few times by the scum, I'd say we are at the stage now where they'd drag you off a bike in broad daylight.

steinbock123

Surely it would be simple enough for the Gardai to set up a sting operation to catch these f00kers, decoy bike parked, a few plain clothes guards waiting at any escape route?

Or is that too obvious?