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I think the point parent commenter was making is that the police do have the knowledge and ability to tackle bike theft. Your comment implies that they are choo

I think the point parent commenter was making is that the police do have the knowledge and ability to tackle bike theft. Your comment implies that they are choosing (or being instructed) not to, which is a different thing. That said, my experience echos yours -- I'm a bike commuter in Seattle and ride by 3 open-air bike chop shops on my way to the office, all literally adjacent to bike paths. Pretty uncomfortable.

decafninja 4y ago
I would not keep bike I cared about outside in any major city. Doesn't matter if it's locked.
asdff 4y ago
The open air bike chop shop phenomenon is bewildering to me. It's like police on the west coast aren't allowed to use probable cause. Don't cops get promotions for busting crimes? So much low hanging fruit exists driving around a west coast city looking for infractions, from the obvious hard drug use and chop shops and street takeovers, but also stuff like the fact that chances are any gas leaf blower operating near an apartment building is probably illegal yet never enforced despite widely done. I feel like there is a cultural issue going on with west coast law enforcement where its like they don't want to deal with the paperwork or the effort of actually doing their job. It was telling when some LAPD got in trouble recently for playing pokemon go and ignoring dispatch calls to go after a snorelax (1). But just anecdotally I see general terrible work ethic from the cops. I see them abuse signal preemption all the time for nothing. When they are out directing traffic in downtown LA for some random construction road pattern they usually have an airpod in one ear, which I'm positive they aren't allowed to do. You call about a petty crime and the reaction is almost like "Did someone die? No? What do you want me to do then?" 1. https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5q593/lapd-officers-ignore-robbery-in-progress-to-catch-snorlax-in-pokemon-go https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5q593/lapd-officers-ignore-...

decafninja 4y ago

I would not keep bike I cared about outside in any major city. Doesn't matter if it's locked.

asdff 4y ago

The open air bike chop shop phenomenon is bewildering to me. It's like police on the west coast aren't allowed to use probable cause. Don't cops get promotions for busting crimes? So much low hanging fruit exists driving around a west coast city looking for infractions, from the obvious hard drug use and chop shops and street takeovers, but also stuff like the fact that chances are any gas leaf blower operating near an apartment building is probably illegal yet never enforced despite widely done. I feel like there is a cultural issue going on with west coast law enforcement where its like they don't want to deal with the paperwork or the effort of actually doing their job. It was telling when some LAPD got in trouble recently for playing pokemon go and ignoring dispatch calls to go after a snorelax (1). But just anecdotally I see general terrible work ethic from the cops. I see them abuse signal preemption all the time for nothing. When they are out directing traffic in downtown LA for some random construction road pattern they usually have an airpod in one ear, which I'm positive they aren't allowed to do. You call about a petty crime and the reaction is almost like "Did someone die? No? What do you want me to do then?" 1. https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5q593/lapd-officers-ignore-robbery-in-progress-to-catch-snorlax-in-pokemon-go https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5q593/lapd-officers-ignore-...