are the cops this desprate?

[desprateseagull]

http://www.theargus.co.uk/display.var.1727159.0.shoe_prints_taken_to_stamp_out_crime.php

anyone arrested in brighton will have their SHOES printed, to see if they match marks left at other crime scenes,,

anyone want to start a discount shoe shop?

 

[Les Biehn]

Desperate

 

[Da Man Clay]

Whats desperate about that? Probably quite a good idea really.

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Surely there's a reasonable chance of any two given people wearing the same shoes?

 

[CHAPPERS]

Criminals tend to commit a lot of crimes so I would say that most people that get arrested probably re offend quite a lot so this is a good idea.

 

[NMH]

There's probably a litany of crimes done by the same person, so it makes total sense.

 

[readingstockport]

Shoes are rather like tyres in that each one leaves what is effectively a distinct 'footprint' (sorry). Little scratches and marks on the sole can be quite distinctive. There have been murders solved on the basis of shoeprints at crime scenes before now.

Not the only evidence but as an additional piece it can help.

So no, not deperate. Quite sensible really.

 

[desprateseagull]

i was thinking more of they assume the burglars will wear the same shoes, each time.. now that this has been announced, would you think people might wear different shoes each time?

 

[CHAPPERS]

i was thinking more of they assume the burglars will wear the same shoes, each time.. now that this has been announced, would you think people might wear different shoes each time?

Most criminals are stupid or desperate or both.

So no.

 

[Nibble]

Good idea. I imagine the majority of these crimes will be house burglaries, a horrible, invasive shitty thing to happen so anything that helps is good idea.

 

[NMH]

i was thinking more of they assume the burglars will wear the same shoes, each time.. now that this has been announced, would you think people might wear different shoes each time?

Think; "I'm thieving tonight, got to climb in a window, maybe do a runner if the ob get alerted..... hmm, the Doctor Marten's..... the cuban heels.....nah, I'll wear the Nike's"

They will have a print as distinctive as a fingerprint, depression where he trod on a nail, scratch where he climbed that fence, melt-mark where he put his feet up on the radiator.

 

[Hiney]

Expect a spate of thefts from Bowling Alleys

 

[dougdeep]

At least we now know that the spelling of your username was an accident.

 

[Cian]

Surely there's a reasonable chance of any two given people wearing the same shoes?

Sole wear patterns. This is an ANCIENT technique, it was used probably 80 years ago.