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Also, even if the camera captures a face, most local police departments won't be able to do anything with that image except put up "wanted posters" for a while.

Also, even if the camera captures a face, most local police departments won't be able to do anything with that image except put up "wanted posters" for a while. They don't necessarily have the authority/luxury to run it through a facial recognition system to find a stolen tv.

monocasa 9y ago
Even without the need for a facial recognition system, they rarely care. I've sent them footage, along with the name of the guy who's face it was and they did fuck all. The guy's in jail now though a few years later for beating his wife.
- SomeHacker44 9y ago
  This is true. I had video of someone opening my mailbox, rifling through the mail, and stealing a check. Neither the NYPD nor the USPS gave a damn, despite this being a federal crime. My neighbor did the same thing (not on good terms; allegedly looking for misdelivered mail) and again, no penalty despite having clear video of the crime. At least if he does anything else I can it out then and show his previous malfeasance.
- city41 9y ago
  My house got robbed and I found my DVD collection at a nearby used video store. Inside most of the DVD cases was my name in sharpie. The owner of the store had a photocopy of the guy's driver's license and the cops did nothing at all. I called them once a week for months, nothing.
  - azinman2 9y ago
    Where do you live? If they have the drivers license that’s particularly horrible.
    - city41 9y ago
      This was about a decade ago in Morgantown, West Virginia. Yeah it was pretty terrible. I even went to the station a couple of times and they just totally blew me off. It was a good life lesson at least.
  - srcmap 9y ago
    I have good experience email police department and CC any public official email addresses you can find - Mayor, City Manager, Head of Police, local city council men/woman etc. The elective public officials seems to response to these emails very fast and the head of police is CC. The public official will put your email to their own email list - I don't mind that and support them if they act to provide solution to the community problems.
    - city41 9y ago
      Thanks, that's good advice. This happened in 2004, and back then I just wasn't as up on this stuff. If it happened now, I'd definitely approach the situation much better.
throwaway76543 9y ago
Even in cities there are extremely good odds that the person will be known to the local law enforcement. The local police knew the perp in almost every encounter I've had where I witnessed a crime. Whether or not they care may still an issue, unfortunately.
dogruck 9y ago
Let me check with the boys down at the crime lab. They got us working in shifts.
- 0xJRS 9y ago
  Couldn't find the creedance..

monocasa 9y ago

Even without the need for a facial recognition system, they rarely care. I've sent them footage, along with the name of the guy who's face it was and they did fuck all. The guy's in jail now though a few years later for beating his wife.

SomeHacker44 9y ago
This is true. I had video of someone opening my mailbox, rifling through the mail, and stealing a check. Neither the NYPD nor the USPS gave a damn, despite this being a federal crime. My neighbor did the same thing (not on good terms; allegedly looking for misdelivered mail) and again, no penalty despite having clear video of the crime. At least if he does anything else I can it out then and show his previous malfeasance.
city41 9y ago
My house got robbed and I found my DVD collection at a nearby used video store. Inside most of the DVD cases was my name in sharpie. The owner of the store had a photocopy of the guy's driver's license and the cops did nothing at all. I called them once a week for months, nothing.
- azinman2 9y ago
  Where do you live? If they have the drivers license that’s particularly horrible.
  - city41 9y ago
    This was about a decade ago in Morgantown, West Virginia. Yeah it was pretty terrible. I even went to the station a couple of times and they just totally blew me off. It was a good life lesson at least.
- srcmap 9y ago
  I have good experience email police department and CC any public official email addresses you can find - Mayor, City Manager, Head of Police, local city council men/woman etc. The elective public officials seems to response to these emails very fast and the head of police is CC. The public official will put your email to their own email list - I don't mind that and support them if they act to provide solution to the community problems.
  - city41 9y ago
    Thanks, that's good advice. This happened in 2004, and back then I just wasn't as up on this stuff. If it happened now, I'd definitely approach the situation much better.

throwaway76543 9y ago

Even in cities there are extremely good odds that the person will be known to the local law enforcement. The local police knew the perp in almost every encounter I've had where I witnessed a crime. Whether or not they care may still an issue, unfortunately.

dogruck 9y ago

Let me check with the boys down at the crime lab. They got us working in shifts.

0xJRS 9y ago
Couldn't find the creedance..