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> Seriously, though, if you can provide the exact location of your stolen property, how can the police not see tremendous value in following up on it? How is r
by anamax 15y ago
> Seriously, though, if you can provide the exact location of your stolen property, how can the police not see tremendous value in following up on it?
How is recovering your property "tremendous value" to the police? They're not paid on the basis of property recovered. In fact, the more robbery and so on, the more likely it is that they'll get more money.
- georgieporgie 15y agoBecause doing nothing to serve up justice simply reinforces the behavior. This guy is probably out committing more property crime right now because, hey, it worked last time. Maybe he'll graduate to mugging, at some point. I'm not going to address your implication that the police are attempting to maximize their market demand. This is an issue of short-sightedness, laziness, and oblivious focus on more glamorous crime in order to placate the electorate. For more examples of Oakland PD's short-sightedness, look at the enormous crime wave following the Acorn Gang sting. They arrested a bunch of gang leaders, which left the unsupervised lackeys to wreak criminal havoc across the region.
- gburt 15y agoI think anamax's point was that there's no incentive system for police to act in anything but their own interest. Their interest is not to solve crimes, its simply to not get fired.