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"Deputies said that they found 18 other Amazon packages inside his vehicle. They delivered the rest of the packages." That was really awesome of them to do, es

"Deputies said that they found 18 other Amazon packages inside his vehicle. They delivered the rest of the packages." That was really awesome of them to do, especially around Christmas!

Waterluvian 8y ago
I'm impressed they didn't disappear into the void of, "maybe this needs to be kept as evidence. I dunno... Maybe ... Easier to just assume so than risk getting a slap on the wrist"
- protomyth 8y ago
  Being known as the police department that screwed up some kids Christmas is not a good thing particularly in a town of around 49K. Plus, most small town cops are not bad people (frankly like most people in this world aren't the bad sort).
  - a11595 8y ago
    My sample size of 1 says the opposite. I was driving from Greensboro to that hometown of Lowes. I think ~3 hour drive, speed limit is 70, in the middle of nowhere. I'm doing 75 on cruise. Guy pull behind me on the road empty as far as the eye can see. Rides my bumper for 10 minutes. The lights go on, speeding ticket. Feel free to fly out here again and go to court. The ticket for 5mph over the highway limit? $350. I spend a thousand to get a big time attorney out there, took it to court, got it dismissed. Just to prove a point. How many stories out there have you read about this happening to people - small town, passing through, and they rape you on made up bs because it's hard for you to come back and go to court. How about all those small towns in the news where they steal all the cash out of your car? Small town cops are not bad people - to the small town in which they live. Saying they are not bad people in general is opposite of the truth. It's like saying the nazis were great people because they were good to other nazis.
    - orcdork 8y ago
      So you broke the law, willingly, and got out of it because you have money.
      - a11595 8y ago
        Or, you know, you could try going outside and joining society. 5mph over on the highway is completely normal, and the only reason the smalltown cop, those OP claims to be nice guys, gave me a ticket is because I was transiting through. $350 for 5mph over on the highway is normal in your world? Again, I urge you to go outside and join society, oh mighty keyboard warrior.
    - imtringued 8y ago
      I once got a speeding tickrt for driving 20km/h faster than the claimed speed limit of 100km/h however this was on the german autobahn and nowadays when I'm there people are driving there at speeds of 130km/h and above without getting a ticket. All of this bullshit is just a moneygrab.
  - heyjudy 8y ago
    People are neither good nor bad; they act depending on penalities, risks, benefits and culture within a range of moods and behaviors.
  - gilrain 8y ago
    Ferguson
    - yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
      Small town?
Steko 8y ago
A telling contrast with the Mark Rober video and comments. Citizen has video evidence of package being stolen ? Or in the case of the comments GPS of offenders? Police dont give a fuck. Trillion dolllar company? Yes sir Mr Bezos, and we’ll deliver those extra packages for you on our time as well! YPDMV
- netsharc 8y ago
  Seems like in this case the GPS trap is the police's, maybe they like it better if it's their own idea. In the dystopian near-future, Amazon will start offering police departments these kinds of bait packages so they can reduce package theft...
  - geofft 8y ago
    The dystopian medium-term future is relocation incentives being paid by cities to increase liquidity and therefore facilitate competition in the "better place to live" market. ... I guess we already have those for corporations, so extending it to individuals can't be much worse. But there's currently little meaningful competition to shake out what small-scale policies are better (e.g., the question of how much your police should care about package theft probably has basically the same answer throughout all of American suburbia) and it'd be interesting to see if people make the markets work efficiently (and leave ghost towns in the wake of bad decisions).
  - Kadin 8y ago
    They say in the article that the police department was able to double the number of bait packages due to a grant from an external organization. It would be pretty trivial to donate money to a charity or "Friends of" organization and then have them write a grant to pay for bait package kits. Not saying that's what happened -- lots of people might be pissed about the package-theft epidemic -- but it certainly could.
  - matte_black 8y ago
    Why is that dystopian? That actually sounds pretty awesome and would be great if it reduces package thefts.
heyjudy 8y ago
Pretty bad when Five-o has to do the job of underpaid temp workers with no livable wages or job security.
sparkie 8y ago
Sounds like the police in Oregon have too much time on their hands.

"Deputies said that they found 18 other Amazon packages inside his vehicle. They delivered the rest of the packages." That was really awesome of them to do, especially around Christmas!

Waterluvian 8y ago

I'm impressed they didn't disappear into the void of, "maybe this needs to be kept as evidence. I dunno... Maybe ... Easier to just assume so than risk getting a slap on the wrist"

protomyth 8y ago
Being known as the police department that screwed up some kids Christmas is not a good thing particularly in a town of around 49K. Plus, most small town cops are not bad people (frankly like most people in this world aren't the bad sort).
- a11595 8y ago
  My sample size of 1 says the opposite. I was driving from Greensboro to that hometown of Lowes. I think ~3 hour drive, speed limit is 70, in the middle of nowhere. I'm doing 75 on cruise. Guy pull behind me on the road empty as far as the eye can see. Rides my bumper for 10 minutes. The lights go on, speeding ticket. Feel free to fly out here again and go to court. The ticket for 5mph over the highway limit? $350. I spend a thousand to get a big time attorney out there, took it to court, got it dismissed. Just to prove a point. How many stories out there have you read about this happening to people - small town, passing through, and they rape you on made up bs because it's hard for you to come back and go to court. How about all those small towns in the news where they steal all the cash out of your car? Small town cops are not bad people - to the small town in which they live. Saying they are not bad people in general is opposite of the truth. It's like saying the nazis were great people because they were good to other nazis.
  - orcdork 8y ago
    So you broke the law, willingly, and got out of it because you have money.
    - a11595 8y ago
      Or, you know, you could try going outside and joining society. 5mph over on the highway is completely normal, and the only reason the smalltown cop, those OP claims to be nice guys, gave me a ticket is because I was transiting through. $350 for 5mph over on the highway is normal in your world? Again, I urge you to go outside and join society, oh mighty keyboard warrior.
  - imtringued 8y ago
    I once got a speeding tickrt for driving 20km/h faster than the claimed speed limit of 100km/h however this was on the german autobahn and nowadays when I'm there people are driving there at speeds of 130km/h and above without getting a ticket. All of this bullshit is just a moneygrab.
- heyjudy 8y ago
  People are neither good nor bad; they act depending on penalities, risks, benefits and culture within a range of moods and behaviors.
- gilrain 8y ago
  Ferguson
  - yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
    Small town?

Steko 8y ago

A telling contrast with the Mark Rober video and comments. Citizen has video evidence of package being stolen ? Or in the case of the comments GPS of offenders? Police dont give a fuck. Trillion dolllar company? Yes sir Mr Bezos, and we’ll deliver those extra packages for you on our time as well! YPDMV

netsharc 8y ago
Seems like in this case the GPS trap is the police's, maybe they like it better if it's their own idea. In the dystopian near-future, Amazon will start offering police departments these kinds of bait packages so they can reduce package theft...
- geofft 8y ago
  The dystopian medium-term future is relocation incentives being paid by cities to increase liquidity and therefore facilitate competition in the "better place to live" market. ... I guess we already have those for corporations, so extending it to individuals can't be much worse. But there's currently little meaningful competition to shake out what small-scale policies are better (e.g., the question of how much your police should care about package theft probably has basically the same answer throughout all of American suburbia) and it'd be interesting to see if people make the markets work efficiently (and leave ghost towns in the wake of bad decisions).
- Kadin 8y ago
  They say in the article that the police department was able to double the number of bait packages due to a grant from an external organization. It would be pretty trivial to donate money to a charity or "Friends of" organization and then have them write a grant to pay for bait package kits. Not saying that's what happened -- lots of people might be pissed about the package-theft epidemic -- but it certainly could.
- matte_black 8y ago
  Why is that dystopian? That actually sounds pretty awesome and would be great if it reduces package thefts.

heyjudy 8y ago

Pretty bad when Five-o has to do the job of underpaid temp workers with no livable wages or job security.

sparkie 8y ago

Sounds like the police in Oregon have too much time on their hands.