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Petrol stations across Britain are getting 24-hour ‘police protection’ following an increase in fuel thefts as prices hit record levels. Redundant police cars are now being parked on forecourts to deter thieves by giving the impression that officers are nearby. Police say the decoy vehicles, which are parked regularly at different locations, have helped to reduce the number of customers driving away without paying for their petrol ‘Some petrol stations seem to have particularly high numbers of drive-offs, so we decided to trial this idea in our area,’ said Inspector Neil Ireland, of Suffolk police. ‘We are called into investigate when people drive away without paying for petrol and it can take a lot of time and cost a lot of money. ‘The decoy cars are working well and we have certainly seen a reduction in the number of reports.’  More