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Danish police question burglars – to help catch burglars

Northern Zealand police plan to ask burlgars to fill out questionnaires to help them tackle the rising number of break-ins.

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WHAT TO DO when burglaries get out of hand?

In Denmark, police think they might have the answer: turn to the experts themselves, the housebreakers.

Northern Zealand police spokesman Finn Bernth Andersen says burglars caught red-handed in the district will be asked to participate in an anonymous questionnaire about their profession.

The region, which has seen a 60 per cent annual surge in break-ins in some areas, will ask robbers questions about their typical targets, motives and disposal methods for stolen goods.

Bernth Andersen conceded that police are not sure of the project’s success but said today “we’ll do anything we can to lower the number (of burglaries).”

The project is planned to last a few months.

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  • Late one night, a burglar broke into a house he thought was empty.

    He tiptoed through the living room but suddenly he froze in his tracks when he heard a loud voice say: “Jesus is watching you!”

    Silence returned to the house, so the burglar crept forward again.

    “Jesus is watching you,” the voice boomed again.

    The burglar stopped dead again. He was frightened. Frantically, he looked all around. In a dark corner, he spotted a bird cage and in the cage was a parrot.

    He asked the parrot: “Was that you who said Jesus is watching me?”

    “Yes”, said the parrot.

    The burglar breathed a sigh of relief, and asked the parrot: “What’s your name?”

    “Clarence,” said the bird.

    “That’s a dumb name for a parrot,” sneered the burglar. “What idiot named you Clarence?”

    The parrot said, “The same idiot who named the Rottweiler Jesus.”

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  • Good to see a police force using unconventional methods to solve burglaries , it’s always worth a try.

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  • Not a new concept so.. can’t see how it should be an article really.
    Man builds fridge – from plans of a fridge! Shock, horror.

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