What is so utterly shameful about this is that the police give it any time at all in an environment when there is a chronic shortage of police on the beat doing real police work and going after real criminals.
In the village I was brought up there used to be a full time copper on the beat and crime rates were almost non existant. The station was closed down and the nearest one was over five miles away and very short staffed for the area it had to cover, and house thefts slowly rose.
Then that station was closed and the nearest is about 12 miles away, Good luck trying to get them to investigate a burglary report. The norm is you're given a crime number and a victim compensation card and told go to the insurance company.
Burglary is now so bad in the village that people are scared to leave their houses unattended overnight for fear of theft, and reputable house sitters make a fortune because of this.
Giving time to this PC tree hugger is an absolute disgrace,