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Anecdotally a lot of friends in SF don’t bother reporting crimes because they know the police won’t do anything and it’ll be just a waste of their time reportin

Anecdotally a lot of friends in SF don’t bother reporting crimes because they know the police won’t do anything and it’ll be just a waste of their time reporting it.

bluedino 4y ago
Or if you call the police, they just never show up, or when they do, tell you not even bother filing a report. Citizen: Someone stole my backpack and laptop out of my car! Police: And?
- mbfg 4y ago
  Ok, imagine for me the society for which you can file a police report for a stolen backpack, and you relatively efficiently have your backpack returned, and the perpetrator brought to justice. What does that society look like? How does that happen?
  - anonAndOn 4y ago
    Unbelievably, I had a stolen bike returned to me two years later by the sheriff, so it is possible if the item is registered and reported as stolen. No perp justice, but getting the bike back was a pleasant surprise.
  - DeWilde 4y ago
    This is my experience even in some of the poorer parts of Europe. You describe stolen items or provide photos of them and the police usually have a rough idea of who might have stolen it or have recently arrested someone in possession of your items.
  - cryptonector 4y ago
    That you won't get it back doesn't mean that it's not useful to count the crime. It won't get counted if not reported.
    - mbfg 4y ago
      I agree. I just think expecting to get back a stolen backpack, at any measurable rate is pretty unrealistic, unless the society in question is so draconian that the solution is worse than the problem.
- inferiorhuman 4y ago
  So file a report online. https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/get-service/police-reports/file-police-report https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/get-service/police-report... https://www.oaklandca.gov/services/report-a-crime-online https://www.oaklandca.gov/services/report-a-crime-online https://www.sjpd.org/reporting-crime/report-crimes-online https://www.sjpd.org/reporting-crime/report-crimes-online
  - mechanical_bear 4y ago
    And have nothing come of that? Been there, done that. They do not give a shit.
- jamroom 4y ago
  If you want to make an insurance claim don't insurance companies require a police report? I would assume this is the case regardless where you live.
  - lotsofpulp 4y ago
    Few people are going to make an insurance claim for a few thousand dollars, especially with what the premiums would be in areas with high crime. It is not a big enough loss to have to deal with filing a claim and then being subject to even higher premiums. You either replace it with your savings, or you learn to live without.

Anecdotally a lot of friends in SF don’t bother reporting crimes because they know the police won’t do anything and it’ll be just a waste of their time reporting it.

bluedino 4y ago

Or if you call the police, they just never show up, or when they do, tell you not even bother filing a report. Citizen: Someone stole my backpack and laptop out of my car! Police: And?

mbfg 4y ago
Ok, imagine for me the society for which you can file a police report for a stolen backpack, and you relatively efficiently have your backpack returned, and the perpetrator brought to justice. What does that society look like? How does that happen?
- anonAndOn 4y ago
  Unbelievably, I had a stolen bike returned to me two years later by the sheriff, so it is possible if the item is registered and reported as stolen. No perp justice, but getting the bike back was a pleasant surprise.
- DeWilde 4y ago
  This is my experience even in some of the poorer parts of Europe. You describe stolen items or provide photos of them and the police usually have a rough idea of who might have stolen it or have recently arrested someone in possession of your items.
- cryptonector 4y ago
  That you won't get it back doesn't mean that it's not useful to count the crime. It won't get counted if not reported.
  - mbfg 4y ago
    I agree. I just think expecting to get back a stolen backpack, at any measurable rate is pretty unrealistic, unless the society in question is so draconian that the solution is worse than the problem.
inferiorhuman 4y ago
So file a report online. https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/get-service/police-reports/file-police-report https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/get-service/police-report... https://www.oaklandca.gov/services/report-a-crime-online https://www.oaklandca.gov/services/report-a-crime-online https://www.sjpd.org/reporting-crime/report-crimes-online https://www.sjpd.org/reporting-crime/report-crimes-online
- mechanical_bear 4y ago
  And have nothing come of that? Been there, done that. They do not give a shit.
jamroom 4y ago
If you want to make an insurance claim don't insurance companies require a police report? I would assume this is the case regardless where you live.
- lotsofpulp 4y ago
  Few people are going to make an insurance claim for a few thousand dollars, especially with what the premiums would be in areas with high crime. It is not a big enough loss to have to deal with filing a claim and then being subject to even higher premiums. You either replace it with your savings, or you learn to live without.