The NYPD is useless on stuff like this. I had a camera stolen too, different circumstances but I knew exactly who did it and when and it would have been on a se

The NYPD is useless on stuff like this. I had a camera stolen too, different circumstances but I knew exactly who did it and when and it would have been on a security camera but the cops just refused to take a report. I learned later from blog posts and news reports that this is a common problem. A higher value theft is a comstat reported crime and their entire life depends on making those numbers go down for their precinct. They have a long history of coming up with reasons why they can’t take a report on stuff like this but it’s bullshit. In the unlikely event that this ever happens to you and you remember this post you insist on not leaving without a 61 (the name of the form) and ask for supervisors until you get one. Then it’s in the system as an unsolved crime and they have an incentive to solve it, per the same stats system.