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In my city you can have video evidence of someone driving up to your house, license plate visible, stealing you property, and driving away and they will take a
by nostromo 6y ago
In my city you can have video evidence of someone driving up to your house, license plate visible, stealing you property, and driving away and they will take a report, pass it along to the prosecutor, and he or she will proceed to do absolutely nothing.
In Seattle my car was stolen on camera and was later found with a million identifying pieces of information in it, including the thief's security guard uniform complete with name badge, along with receipts at local pot shops with their name and phone number and... nothing happened.
It's hard for me to imagine they're going to running around trying to ticket people for abrupt lane changes.
- nnm 6y agoHard to believe this story. Feel like the police department is not working as expected.
- mrkstu 6y agoNote he said Seattle. If necessary, you can read up on the recent developments as regards law enforcement in that city for further clarity.
- colordrops 6y agoI've had similar experiences in Los Angeles. The problem is not that they are negligent but rather that there is so much for them to do that they don't have time to get around to crimes such as this.
- myself248 6y agoSimilar thing happened to me in San Jose. They acted annoyed that I was even wasting their time by filling out a report so I could make an insurance claim. Why is it hard for you to believe something isn't working as expected?
- fosk 6y agoIn San Francisco if you do decide to prosecute, the district attorney's team will call you to convince you to drop charges for "restorative justice".
- dmoy 6y agoI live in Seattle, but even before that I've not lived in a large city in the US before where you can get the police department to go after petty theft. In Seattle, WA if it's a >$5,000 class B felony theft, then yea, sure. Living in the suburbs? Yes, sure. Couple years back someone stole a bunch of prescription drugs out of my neighbor's car (pharmacist - they were for his job), police wouldn't touch it. Now they're even less likely, because the city isn't prosecuting as much. And by not as much, I mean even lower than where we were at last year. Seattle went from a >80% prosecution rate in 2007 to a ~50% prosecution rate for non-traffic in 2017.
- seanmcdirmid 6y agoYa, this is another reason the SPD has lost so much goodwill. Bellevue, in contrast, will investigate property crimes aggressively and if someone even tries to sleep on a bench in the park you’ll see 3 patrol SUVs there in 15 minutes.
- benhurmarcel 6y agohttps://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/no-special-duty https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/no-sp...