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It serves as anti-theft insofar as it makes it more of a pain generally to be in possession of a stolen phone. But yeah the police are not going to go get your
by sparker72678 5y ago
It serves as anti-theft insofar as it makes it more of a pain generally to be in possession of a stolen phone.
But yeah the police are not going to go get your iPhone back for you.
- Fnoord 5y agoLets not generalize, shall we? Police here in The Netherlands take care of stolen bikes. Its just a low success rate which skews our perception.
- Talanes 5y agoAnd here in America, I got literally laughed at by my small-town police force as a teenager when I went to them with the exact house my stolen bike was sitting outside of.
- Fnoord 5y agoThe Dutch police want to avoid that civilians 'play their own judge'. If the perpetrator and/or stolen object can be positively ID'ed this is a big plus for the public prosecutor to give a go ahead. What can happen then, is that the police try to buy the stolen good, catching the perpetrator red handed. This is the most effective path of getting a case succesfully put to trial. However, it is going to differ per local jurisdiction. Some Dutch police do have man power issues as well, just like some of USA has. On a side note: I don't like the attitude of laughing at civilians/victims who the police officer is supposed to serve. Its a kind of negative attitude which devalues the victims interest (I don't like the word toxic but others would apply it here), eventually harming trust in police in the process which (long term) benefits criminals. And what I also don't like is when such is generalized on all police, all around the world. The way you were treated flat out sucks.