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I completely understand. My car has been broken into multiple times. Thieves stole my wife's credit card and went on a shopping spree. The store had footage but
by rdtsc 8y ago
I completely understand. My car has been broken into multiple times. Thieves stole my wife's credit card and went on a shopping spree. The store had footage but the police refused to do anything. It could be worse course, but it's very disappointing when this happens.
Not sure what your options are - move to a relatively wealthy suburb probably with a well funded police department where they might not be lazy enough to investigate?
This is how neighborhoods "go downhill" as they say. Car break-ins were a major decision for us to move out that town.
- nwsm 8y agoWhy do police refuse to look into it? More important cases? Not as easy to find them guilty as it seems?
- mdpopescu 8y agoThey're rational. If they look into it, they have to actually work. If they don't, there is zero disadvantage for them. Why WOULD they look into it?
- fiatjaf 8y agoCases? Do you think police is like in the movies? Policeman just wanna get home to their shower and dinner.
- bena 8y agoYou get what you measure. What would you say is a good measure of an effective police officer? Would you say percentage of closed cases? Because that's what leads to this. Would you say, the number of crimes reported per capita? Because that's what leads to this. It's unlikely you'll find these people or catch them on average. You may get them for something else and be able to close several cases at once, but the truth is you'll just never see them again. So if you take the report and open a case, your numbers look bad. Crime per capita is up, percentage of closed cases goes down.
- paxys 8y agoIn a lot of jurisdictions (like SF, where I live) the case will likely not be prosecuted by the DA even if there is irrefutable evidence, and the accused will be out on the streets the next day. This is why the police don't bother.
- illumin8 8y agoIt's really sad, honestly. I think we need to vote for politicians that will fund our police forces appropriately, but also hold them accountable for actually doing their jobs. This means that when auto theft goes unchecked in SF, the police department doesn't just get a free pass to not arrest and prosecute thieves. I'm sorry, but the US is still the wealthiest country in the world, and the only reason why car theft is so rampant in SF is the police and DA complete inability to prosecute against it.
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- will_brown 8y agoMy car was literally parked in front of madonna and sly Stallone’s former Miami houses (next door to viscaya, if you’re familiar). There was a police parked on the same road (there always is), I didn’t even call the police to report it, I just walked up to the parked cop. And it happened about 10AM on my morning run.
- kazga 8y agoI have to admit I'm a bit surprised how many people leave their credit cards etc. in their cars.