Fighting crime in the kok

Ok so as the cops here don't really do anything and just sit on their buts collecting slush money we decided to take things into our own hands and fight some crime. the deal was that on our bus ride from Suratthani to Bangkok there were dudes in the luggage compartment going through peoples bags, stealing things. This is fairly common here but we let our guard down just enough to get taken advantage of. so instead of checking our bags right when we got off the bus like our spidey sense was telling us to do, we continued on to the guest house before discovering what had happened. There are many excuses you can think of, it was 5am, we were tired, but really we should have been more carefull and we could have done something right then and there. But alas that's not how things panned out. So we had been talking with this NZ/Can couple and saw them in the morning in a frantic as well. they had discovered what had happened before going to sleep and had started all the processes when things are stolen from you. They had taken $200US cash off us and the souvenir money that we had had on us from Burma, Singapore and NZ, along with $50 worth in Indian rupees. They are very dumb, i mean they took maybe 40 cents worth of useless Burmese money, pretty much the thing we are most pissed off about. The NZ/Can couple had $50US stolen but they had found there back up cash card and had somehow had drained all $3000 out of the account. so we were pissed off but they were really stressed out. so we went to cancel the credit card that they had taken from Justinas pack and then started the process of cops/finding the company. We went the cop station that is close by and they told us that only the tourist police can help us. We found out later that they only reason for this is they are the only ones who can speak english. Well that was very far away and we hadn't figured out the bus company name for sure or had no evidence of the bus plates or anything. so we went to the place that sold us the boat tickets but were informed that it wasn't them and only had buses of certain colour etc... But they were quite concerned and told us to go to where the buses will be leaving for Suratthani at 6pm and maybe you will spot the bus. ok then we will do that. Tried to get some beers but they don't sell beer t 7-11 between 2-5pm. why? i have no idea. anyways the day rolls on, we grab a few beers and head over to where all the buses pick up the tourists. We spend our time warning the various people but aren't very positive on the chances of seeing our bus again. Just as we were about to give up, here it comes rolling along. I recognised the dude and pointed to him as he pulls up to pick up more tourists. So of course in hindsight we should have gone and got a cop right away but we were a)so surprised that the bus actually came and b)all focused on getting photos of the workers and the bus. We warned all the people getting on the bus, some of which took there bags back and on board with them. Then by the time we try and get the cops, the bus has started to drive off. We should have just stood right in front of the bus to not let it move but the driver was threatening us with a pole and all the workers were all freaked out and on they mobiles, probably telling the people that the operation is off for the night. But they knew that they were in trouble/guilty and that's why they were so mad. So Nadine is on the back of the scooter with the cop as they chase after the bus and Shawn and I go up to these worker to talk to them. I ask them what company they work for and such, Shawn takes a photo of them and they freak out. the one guy goes after Shawn, he throws me the camera and they tussle a bit. the other guy was trying to pry his friend away and then changes tactics and clocks shawn right in the head. So shawn walks/runs off, i follow him, still in awe of what just happened and the dudes are still walking after us mad as hell. We then meet up with Justina and head to the police station where Nadine comes back and let's us know that they couldn't find the bus. So a tourist cop comes and we get all the photos printed out. We then have to take a taxi for 30min to the actual tourist police office where we can get our police report translated into thai, pretty much the only thing they do. Of course in the end, the cops will do very little. We would have to go back to Suratthani to those cops for them to do something and the Tourist police might send some people undercover later but that's about it. Even though we have all these photos they are still useless. They were more concerned about the violence than about the robbery. The one cop was asking us over and over again why we didn't arrest the attacker and beat him up. Well isn't that what you guys should do as cops? Sweet. Well theres the story of fighting crime in Bangkok. Although there is no chance of ever getting some money back, i hope that they can maybe do something to that company and maybe they will be freaked out for a while so that they don't steal from more unsuspecting tourists. And it sure gave us wake up call that's for sure. I will always be checking my bag when i get off the bus, it doesn't matter where you are.