Police Theft Deterrant

Just remember, if you park your car in Leeds, England, be sure your windows are rolled up. This poor unemployed driver returned to where he had left his vehicle and found it missing. Upon reporting the missing vehicle to the local constabulary, he was informed that it had been confiscated and put in the police lockup to prevent it from, well, from going missing.

Driver forced to pay £150 after police remove his car 'to stop it being stolen' - Telegraph

The genius in this case wasn't the poor guy whose car was stolen preemptively by the police - it is of course the officer who figured out a new way to raise funds for the local government. From myself, and law-abiding citizens everywhere, let me be the first to say from the heart:

WAY TO GO, GENIUS!

Be sure to grab any change out of every open penny tray in every shop in your jurisdiction, while you're at it. That stuff is just asking to be pilfered!

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