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What surprises me is that somewhere there is a police department that can afford the time to investigate a $2,000 loss.

• notRobot 7y ago
  There are too many cops in the US. So they need the work. This is also why they have police cops in all schools. Which seems horrifying to anyone not from the US. (They're often on a power trip and take even the smallest opportunities to beat up kids. A web search brings up a long list of such cases.)
  • burlesona 7y ago
    They are really unevenly distributed though. Many major cities are short on police, while most suburbs have plenty to spare. This has a lot of effects on day to day, for example in most cities you aren’t getting a traffic ticket unless you do something egregious, the police will see you commit a very minor offense (probably on accident), and just shrug and let it go. They have no time to spare. But in a lot of suburbs they’ll come ticket you with this attitude that they’ve saved the world from a criminal. It’s frustrating.
• TwoBit 7y ago
  Perhaps there was a pattern in the area that this burglary was part of, and there was serial burglaries they were trying to stamp out.
• briandear 7y ago
  If they don’t, then you’ll have an increase in $1999 crimes. Look at the effect of Prop 47 in California. Crime has increased.