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Hard to believe this story. Feel like the police department is not working as expected.

by nnm 6y ago

mrkstu 6y ago
Note 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 ago
I'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 ago
Similar 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 ago
In 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 ago
I 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 ago
  Ya, 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 ago
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/no-special-duty https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/no-sp...

Hard to believe this story. Feel like the police department is not working as expected.

by nnm 6y ago

Hard to believe this story. Feel like the police department is not working as expected.

Note 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 ago

I'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 ago

Similar 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 ago

In 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 ago

I 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 ago
Ya, 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 ago

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/no-special-duty https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/no-sp...