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Do you honestly think police have the resources to track every stolen item like this?
by mehphp 4y ago
Do you honestly think police have the resources to track every stolen item like this?
- lotsofpulp 4y agoHence the utility of AirTags.
- mmmpop 4y ago
- xeromal 4y agoI would say it depends on the area. Small town? I'm sure they would if they're not lazy. Big city, yeah, they have better things to do. I've been salty about police since my car was destroyed in a hit and run and I had to crawl out the window and wait for police to respond for an hour. They didn't even bother to talk to witnesses or attempt to find the guy. LAPD folks.
- google234123 4y agoWhy is a bug city any different than a small town? If there aren’t enough police then we should hire more. Let’s stop effectively legalizing entire classes of crime.
- xeromal 4y agoI'm in agreeance with you. Not sure how though. The LAPD spends billions of dollars and still can't have a presence like a small town.
- google234123 4y agoI personally think a lot of these very democrat states have an issue with WAY over paying public employees. (Sorry, don’t have the time to get the data right now)
- skinnymuch 4y agoThe average HNer in America probably makes $100K+ Or is bound for that. Yet your issue is with the pay of averagely paid people?
- google234123 4y agoYeah, I have an issue with state employees (bloated school administrations, police...) getting 300 to 600k in compensation. I bet most people in the US would also have an issue if the media gave fair coverage.
- skinnymuch 4y agoYeah there are so many of those vs this being another moral panic about a small percentage of people. Meanwhile same right wing people upset at this let the wealthy off of everything. Much like the current corrupt powerful people who themselves had loans forgiven ripping student debt relief
- jbm 4y agoThere are two issues with this way of thinking. First, if police don't try to track down all theft, then there is going to be favoritism. Hope you contributed to the ball! Two, If there is no meaningful way to attain redress, you invite vigilantism. Side note: My concern (that is hopefully untrue and insane) is that, with demonstrations of police impotence (ie: Uvalde) and politicians talking about the recent raid, there is going to be more people who will take the law into their own hands.
- peterangular 4y agoRegardless if it's the police brushing me off over a theft, or Uvalde... it all leads to one place: the public's eroding trust in the police. They're really not there to protect and serve. That was a LAPD marketing motto that a ton of other police departments adopted over the years for optics. The police actually have no such legal duty, and this has been upheld in court multiple times. I am 100% on your side, but in good faith we cannot expect the police to serve us. Your "first/two" analogy is moot I'm afraid.
- bigDinosaur 4y agoI've pretty much never experienced police caring much about typical stolen items. The only thing that they tend to expend effort on is stolen cars IME (non-US experience, developed country). They might help with a stolen laptop if helping is utterly trivial for them.
- presentation 4y agoFwiw in Japan I lost my ID and reported it to the police, they found it within a day.
- jeffy90 4y agoIve seen them accompany people to retrieve stolen bicycles. In my experience, they're not interested in doing detective work to locate stolen items, but if you know where the stolen item is, they will accompany you to retrieve the item.
- cortesoft 4y ago
- CamperBob2 4y agoDo the police honestly think I, as a taxpayer, have the resources to pay for ineffective police?
- drekipus 4y agodefund the police and let the market look after it
- presentation 4y agoSounds like a good way to have even more corrupt and worthless policing
- mirekrusin 4y ago> Sounds like a good way to have even more corrupt and worthless policing leaving things to market means making "corruption" legal/explicit, pay for service (not judging it's bad or good, just saying). having more popularized, optional, "police to hire" may not be that bad idea after all. a bit like having public care system with optional private sector, or schooling.
- mirekrusin 4y agoWe need "rent a batman to find your airtag" service startup.
- matheusmoreira 4y agoWhat is the point of police if they're not gonna do anything when our rights are violated?
- eastbound 4y agoWait, I thought police’s role was violating citizen’s rights to remind them of their position in society?
- mehphp 4y agoI mean, I'd still like for police to investigate/prevent violent crime even if they don't care about my laptop...
- google234123 4y agoThis is effectively legalizing theft.