Students like to play with their phones on the bus.

Our reporter experienced Chancheng public transportation and investigated the current situation of "head-down tribe". Chancheng police data showed

Foshan's central urban area is about to ban motorcycles. The latest data shows that in August, 20 million people in Chancheng District will choose to take public transportation, a net increase of 4 million people over the previous month.

In recent days, our reporter has divided into multiple groups to follow up the five bus routes with the largest passenger flow in the central urban area and conduct an investigation on the "head-down tribe" on the bus. The survey shows that during peak hours in the morning and evening, more than 30% of bus passengers are "head-down tribe". Yesterday, the police officer of the Chancheng Public Security Anti-pickpocketing Team revealed that the "head-down tribe" on the buses in the district are often the targets of pickpockets, and they account for 80% of the total victims.

"Head-down tribe" on the bus

Our newspaper has selected some of the ten most popular and congested bus routes announced by the Chancheng District Transportation Department for investigation. These routes are running at "full capacity" during the morning and evening peak hours. Reporters divided into several groups and boarded the bus at the bus stops with the largest passenger flow to count the number of people who were looking down at their phones in the bus.

The results showed that on bus No. 158, which has more than 40 stops and passes through the two districts of Channan, the number of people who were looking down at their phones accounted for more than 70%, and 32 of the 43 people were looking at their phones or looking down at their phones. The phenomenon of people looking down at their phones was also common on other routes, with the lowest number being 20%.

The reporter noticed that some young people were even looking at their phones when they swiped their cards on the bus, and they were still looking at their phones when they got off the bus. Some "people who were looking down at their phones" were playing mobile games with the sound of the games turned up very loudly. The reporter found that these fun "people who were looking down at their phones" often ignored the people around them and the items they carried with them when using their phones. Some "people who were looking down at their phones" even put their belongings aside when they were playing with their phones, and only remembered them when they got off the bus.

Playing with your phone and pickpockets are targeting you

Don't play with your phone too much while riding. I'm not scaring you, the numbers tell you.

80%

Chancheng police said: 80% of the victims of bus pickpocketing cases are "phone-drowning people"

These riding habits of "phone-drowning people" are successfully exploited by pickpockets.

In 2009, Chancheng District established the Chancheng Public Security Anti-pickpocketing Professional Team. Every day, Chancheng police are divided into 20 plainclothes teams to wait or track the first bus. The longest time the anti-pickpocket team members take the bus is more than 5 hours a day, and according to their experience, 80% of the victims of pickpocketing cases are "phone-drowning people".

"Including the morning and evening rush hours, pickpocketing often occurs when the victim is not paying attention, and the passengers are usually the least aware of prevention when playing with their mobile phones." Anti-pickpocket team member Afeng said that pickpockets will "get something" as long as they pay special attention to citizens holding fashionable mobile phones.

Typical case: His slender and soft fingers can steal from "head-down tribe"

Around 7:30 p.m. on August 3, at the bus stop outside Exit C of Kuiqi Road subway station, Huang, carrying a backpack and a black plastic bag, stood among the crowd of people returning home late at night, looking unhurried. Whenever a bus dropped off passengers, he would follow the crowd to catch a bus, and after a while, he would always retreat from the crowd as if he had chosen the wrong bus route. With years of experience, plainclothes policeman Afeng felt that Huang had "problems."

The first two times, Huang stared at a man playing WeChat and a woman wearing a mobile phone earphone. When he approached another woman on the bus for the third time, Afeng accurately saw Huang's instant action of stealing the phone. Unlike other pickpockets, Huang would calmly stand aside and observe every time he succeeded, as if nothing had happened, instead of turning around and avoiding the victim.

At around 9 pm that night, plainclothes police officers began to arrest Huang and found four stolen mobile phones and a female shoulder bag on him. What impressed the arresting police officers was that Huang looked like a migrant worker, but he had slender and soft fingers like a woman. The black plastic bag with a hard object inside that he always held in his hand was a tool used to block the sight of people around him.

Based on the clues, the police checked the surveillance video of a business on Zumiao Road and found that Huang had appeared in the store at around 3:32 pm that day. When he met the female victim, he deliberately gave up his right side and deliberately touched the right side where she put her mobile phone. In the 1 second when the two sides brushed against each other, Huang had boldly stolen the mobile phone in the other party's trouser pocket.

Revealing the secrets: How they pickpocket

"In a case of pickpocketing involving multiple people, there are two essential roles. One is to "create" a jam in front of the group of people on the bus, creating conditions for the accomplices behind to do the job." A Feng from the anti-pickpocketing team told reporters that pickpockets who create jams usually use the excuse of looking for change, taking out bus cards or taking the wrong bus to hinder the neighbors behind them from getting on the bus. The real pickpockets hide in the back and wait for an opportunity to commit the crime.

If it is a gang crime, in addition to the people who create the jam and the pickpockets, there are about three people who specifically stand between the victim and the pickpocketing accomplices, on the one hand to block the pickpocketing accomplices, and on the other hand to prevent the victim from noticing and blocking the route they are looking for.

"If the victim finds the pickpocket, the three accomplices who are hiding will come forward to "find fault", such as saying "Why did you hit me", to help the accomplices escape." A Feng introduced that after the crime, the stolen goods are usually hidden on the person who committed the pickpocket, and they are rarely moved unless they have to. "Because when they are moved, they are most likely to be exposed."

Sir tells you

How to identify a pickpocket on a bus at a glance?

High-incidence areas: bus stations/Wenchang Road/Foshan Railway Station/Kuiqi Road Subway Station and other bus stations.

High-incidence time: every morning and evening, during commuting time, and holidays.

Characteristics of pickpockets: stealing with bare hands in summer; hiding tweezers in sleeves in autumn and winter;

often holding "opened" newspapers, umbrellas, etc. as cover;

moving synchronously with the target victim; not going to empty seats or places with few people on the bus.

Prevention tips: The most effective way is not to play with your mobile phone! At the same time, place important belongings in front of you and keep them within arm's reach.

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