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Why do police refuse to look into it? More important cases? Not as easy to find them guilty as it seems?

by nwsm 8y ago

mdpopescu 8y ago
They'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?
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- airstrike 8y ago
  Because of accountability. If enough people start complaining, this becomes an issue to politicians. But there aren't enough people complaining.
  - mdpopescu 8y ago
    Petitioning nobility to please do their damn job has not generally been a successful endeavor.
fiatjaf 8y ago
Cases? Do you think police is like in the movies? Policeman just wanna get home to their shower and dinner.
bena 8y ago
You 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 ago
In 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 ago
  It'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.

Why do police refuse to look into it? More important cases? Not as easy to find them guilty as it seems?

by nwsm 8y ago

Why do police refuse to look into it? More important cases? Not as easy to find them guilty as it seems?

They'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?

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airstrike 8y ago
Because of accountability. If enough people start complaining, this becomes an issue to politicians. But there aren't enough people complaining.
- mdpopescu 8y ago
  Petitioning nobility to please do their damn job has not generally been a successful endeavor.

fiatjaf 8y ago

Cases? Do you think police is like in the movies? Policeman just wanna get home to their shower and dinner.

bena 8y ago

You 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 ago

In 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 ago
It'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.