Police will no longer investigate bike thefts if their owner leaves them unattended for more than two hours.

Officers no longer have time to scour CCTV for longer than that window as it takes away from their patrols, British Transport Police (BTP) said.

The force also will not investigate thefts on trains if the passenger doesn’t know the exact carriage they were on.

Bikes worth less than £200 should not be reported neither should cars if they have also been left for longer than two hours.

Simon Feldman’s bike was stolen outside at a cycle park covered by CCTV at Watford Junction station.

But officers said they could not investigate because he had been working in London and had left it unattended for 10 hours.

‘The BTP report came back after I reported it and it said they wouldn’t in

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