It's a bit of an epidemic at the moment. A couple of months ago we were without power for a day when thieves broke into the electricity sub-station that serves our area and did the same. Blimey, bit of a dangerous thing to go robbing.

Same happened down our street in March, I lost 2 grands worth of electrical gear when we got 440 volts surging through the house at 5am!

Did you get compensated?

Got replacements items via insurance and about 2 weeks ago the electric company sent 200 quid by way of an apology (without admitting any liability). Loads of un-insured folk moaned to the local MP but I had zero sympathy, that's what insurance is for.

Glad you got sorted. Still don't get the mentality of people risking their lives for it though. Mental.

Get rich or die tryin'.

Good god man! It was a Friday night when the crime occurred apparently. I reckon the cops were busy in the city centre at the time. Perhaps stopping violent crime was their priority on the evening of the theft of cable from an empty RL ground. Hardly acceptable you say!

2 hours for a robbery is amazing. If i was my house it would have been 2 days.

I think he means 'in general' it's poor that the Police take so long. In an ideal world the Police would be readily available in abundance, any day of the week. I've reported someone breaking into a car - Police didn't come, on the flipside, I pulled into a service station to phone the police about a car driving very strangely at 2am, I was told on the phone "Units have been dispatched, thank you for your call", at which point several policemen came running from the service area and into unmarked Police cars and sped off, Great isn't it that while we wait 2 days for an officer to come and take a statement of a burglary, the local traffic police are all sat at Ferrybridge playing GoFish.

OMG are you a grown up?

You need to grow up as well pal. A threat to life is high priority.. A drunk driver will kill. A drunken male beating his wife or three 17 year old males kicking an 18 year old male half to death. Some theiving git nicking cable is low priority on a Friday night even if it occurs at the Mighty Craven Park.

Oh shut up, who took the jam outta your dohnut? (copper joke, gerrit?) before taking my previous post personal, why don't you read the opening line again, 'in an ideal world', police [iwould[/i be available 24/7 for any incident, we'll never get close to that all the time a large amount of funds are spent on high powered police cars and well paid drivers to sit in them, paying the local plod to stand with a speed gun isn't exactly stopping domestic violent either, is it? Jump off your self indulgent horse PC Monko, make sure your gatso is charged for tomorrow, funtime Friday innit.

stop it

Two hours is very good to be fair at the moment people who are bin assaulted it's taking up to two days for a visit or a statement to be done, a lot of police have bin taken to sort the riots I blame the government for the cut backs and feel sorry for the police at the minute

Rovers will have to think about securing the new wiring in better than it was, cos with all the goverment cutbacks coming in, response times will only get longer, IF they even bother coming out to burglaries anymore.

Are they any closer to catching the culprits??

I have heard a rumour it was Hull City fans!!!

It's like being a t Blackpool Illuminations in my garden.

If the incident happened last Friday then it was at the same time the Freedom festival was on so a lot of police manpower will have been taken up with that.

Maybe I'm wrong on this subject then BUT would you risk it and face the chances of having a knife appear or end up in court when the scrutum does you for assault.

Try reading what folks actually post in future as that will stop you having to resort to smilies.

But the club story as was stated on Humberside is that they contacted the Police twice.
First time the scrotums turned up they were told via the tannoy that the police had been called and they left.
They returned again and again the poilce were informed as were ther crooks this time they decided to stay and started climbing floodlight towers stripping out wires the police rocked up 2 hours laterafter they were called.

The replacement wiring will be gone in a fortnight

Will it?

Yes we robbed 7th place of the dullers

C`mon even you must admit,7th ,8th is no fantastic achievement.Although I must admit the bragging rights go to you.