Police offer tuktuk drivers $100 bounty on bag snatchers

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100 per one that's a fair bit of cash, id nearly polish a ole metal baseball bat and make some cash lol

wow 6 of them ! That is crazy, Did they assault them or have weapons?

Im going with my Gf too id be concerned about her if this happens quite regular, So its usually gangs?
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Tried to grab her purse, and than got it and her gold neclace ,when she fought back they knocked them off their bike.
. They both had to go to hospital. He. Broken colar bone, she very bad road rash that later got infected,
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Wow Well hopefully they will get better soon!And they will get who did it! Yeah il have to keep a eye out !
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http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/p ... her-turned

This is such a great idea. The police outsourcing their work to tuk tuk drivers.

Maybe the fire brigade could do the same thing and offer motodops $10 each to pull out their dicks and run into burning buildings and piss the flames out.
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Giuliani did it by eliminating petty crime, it *could* happen here, too.

They got rid of the guns, which is a Herculean task by any measure, ask a Mexican, S. American, Phillipino or American.

The Aussies did it, but they were just following the Commonwealth.

Can the Cambodians get rid of the petty crime, too?
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SmartAston Martin wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2017 7:44 pm Can the Cambodians get rid of the petty crime, too?
One would hope so.

Where there's a will, there's a way. But, is there a will?

Much of this petty crime is to support drug habits.
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prahocalypse now wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2017 2:58 pm

This is such a great idea. The police outsourcing their work to tuk tuk drivers.

It's hardly a new thing. A lot of people reckon that many drivers are off-duty or undercover cops. Some might be, but most aren't.
However, I believe a whole lot of drivers are paid retainers to keep tabs on things and make reports. They'll never admit it though.
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Tuk-tuk drivers are hungry dudes always looking for an angle. Not terrible people, though, at arm's reach.

Passap/Uber/Itsumo is a pleasant solution to the haggling.
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SmartAston Martin wrote: Thu Oct 26, 2017 9:46 pm
Passap/Uber/Itsumo is a pleasant solution to the haggling.
I rarely take tuk-tuk drivers I don't know as they are invariably total assholes. I constantly run into people who have been overcharged by them. With the app drivers charging reasonable prices I think the future of the tuk-tuk in the city is going to go into serious decline. They were able to make ok money for a few years but then suddenly there were thousands of them. Because they can't get as much business they try and squeeze their customers more. Drivers tend to be very territorial though so I can see some clouds on the horizon.
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They *could* regulate them on the Riverside at least.
Melvin Udall: Never, never, interrupt me, okay?

Not if there's a fire, not even if you hear the sound of a thud from my home and one week later there's a smell coming from there that can only be a decaying human body and you have to hold a hanky to your face because the stench is so thick that you think you're going to faint.

Even then, don't come knocking...Not for ANY reason.
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