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I don't know why I think so much about crime (not murder, but larceny, and safe cracking), but I do. I have come to the conclusion that because of the prolifer
by hellbannedguy 5y ago
I don't know why I think so much about crime (not murder, but larceny, and safe cracking), but I do.
I have come to the conclusion that because of the proliferation of cheap tech (Mainly cameras everywhere), pulling off successful capers in exponentially harder than it was 15 years ago.
It used to be getting away is lighting up the tires, and you are gone.
Now--cops that aren't just Revenue Collecting can get a treasure trove of info just asking for cam footage.
Hell, even carrying around construction tools can arouse suspicion if pulled over.
I guess it's for the best? There is still a bit of me rooting for the clever thief.
- fedreserved 5y agoThe cleverest of thieves just rob criminals
- toast0 5y agoDo crimes that cops don't care to investigate and it doesn't matter how easy they are to investigate.
- thephyber 5y agoThe trail of evidence grows exponentially, but most cops are terrible art collecting the best evidence (partly because law/jurisprudence makes it difficult). Most cops still use fax as the primary method of requesting evidence from companies that are geographically distant. Collecting video camera evidence is slow and tedious so long as the department doesn’t have a volunteer database where residents can publish their location and other metadata. Filing requests digitally is still infrequent and usually done on portals specifically designed by tech companies to automate the tech company’s side. The moment there is a single portal which links lots of data which automated the police side of the legwork for all systems which support automation, that is when police start to actually collect a significant portion of the exponential data being collected.
- sib 5y agoMake a living by conducting an ongoing series of < $950 thefts in San Francisco?