Latest / Early Edition with Ryan Bridge / Ryan Bridge: Why are young women doing the job of cops?
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- 0:00Speaker 1: Did you hear the story about these young females, the
- 0:02Speaker 1: flatmates who had to hunt down their own burglars, bust
- 0:06Speaker 1: them and take back their own stuff. Sarah, Anna and Charlotte,
- 0:10Speaker 1: all in their twenties, got home from work in christ
- 0:12Speaker 1: Church and some mug or mugs had broken in and
- 0:16Speaker 1: stolen all their stuff. Rooms were ransacked, stolen items, cameras, laptops, jewelry,
- 0:23Speaker 1: also missing clothes, bit gross but undies, and frozen curry
- 0:28Speaker 1: from the freezer. I know Shane won't be happy about
- 0:31Speaker 1: the butter chicken, but there was one thing that they
- 0:34Speaker 1: took these mugs that they needed back urgently and sparked
- 0:38Speaker 1: an amateur detective story for the ages a stolen passport.
- 0:41Speaker 1: One of them needed to travel overseas, so let's get
- 0:44Speaker 1: them back. They asked the neighbors what police would call
- 0:47Speaker 1: in a press release. Canvassing the area, The neighbors told
- 0:51Speaker 1: them which way the robbers went, what police would call
- 0:54Speaker 1: positive lines of inquiry. No doubt, they followed the leads
- 0:58Speaker 1: or made a breakthrough in the case, found the house
- 1:01Speaker 1: the thieves were there. They turned up, opened the door,
- 1:04Speaker 1: caught the culprits red handed, wearing their stuff some guy
- 1:08Speaker 1: was staring at their undies and they quietly and calmly
- 1:13Speaker 1: took back what was theirs? Good on them? Great stuff
- 1:16Speaker 1: the problem. The police were called attended the scene, and
- 1:20Speaker 1: according to the girls, they told the police where to
- 1:24Speaker 1: go after getting a clue from the neighbors. But the
- 1:26Speaker 1: police didn't go there. Why are these women having to
- 1:30Speaker 1: do the cops job for them? They were told to
- 1:33Speaker 1: file an online complaint. Oh God help me. The thieves
- 1:37Speaker 1: were just down the road. Let's not forget about ninety
- 1:40Speaker 1: percent of burglaries go unresolved in New Zealand. No wonder
- 1:44Speaker 1: people are taking the law into their own hands when
- 1:46Speaker 1: you get stories like that. For more from Early Edition
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