"Second, police are too swamped to have ever reacted in time to catch the thief. To my knowledge, it has never, ever happened." Anecdotally, I've seen Mountain

"Second, police are too swamped to have ever reacted in time to catch the thief. To my knowledge, it has never, ever happened." Anecdotally, I've seen Mountain View PD show up with 3 vehicles on a commercial false alarm in less than 3 minutes, and Sunnyvale PD show up in 1 minute to catch a shoplifter around Sprouts. I think it depends a lot on where you live.