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The criminals we don’t hear about because they don’t get caught go to great lengths to achieve their goals. As one person said, they have two jobs - committing

The criminals we don’t hear about because they don’t get caught go to great lengths to achieve their goals. As one person said, they have two jobs - committing the crime, and not making a mistake that can get them caught. It only takes one small slip up in most cases documented. I think it’s a great mental exercise akin to escape rooms or Tetris.

phpisthebest 4y ago
>not making a mistake that can get them caught. Today in most areas (at least in the US) Normally that means just getting away without interacting with the cops at the moment sometimes not even that is required the defund police movement, bail reform, and many other political movements have more or less decriminalized property crime Unless you have a gun, are violent (sometimes not even then), or steal from a politically connected person chances are the police in the US will do nothing for normal everyday theft from a normal everyday person
- aaaaaaaaaaab 4y ago
  At least you can shoot them in the US.
Tangurena2 4y ago
It takes more than "one small slip up". It is my experience that local law enforcement put very little effort into solving property crime. The effort rises dramatically if the victim is a cop (or is related to one), a politician gets involved or the media reports on the crime. As one example, after my father died, people were using his credit cards and checkbook to steal money (until the Master Death File sent his details to banks). The police said that this crime was so common that they did not investigate (nor refer anything to the district attorney) when the theft is below $250k. A casual mention that dad was a volunteer cop, and had been for 9 years lit a fire under the police and they had investigated and arrested the perps within 2 weeks. One of the perps worked at his doctor's office and had access to his records (including payment details). She had plead to a lesser charge and when her parole officer visited her office and checked the office computer records, it turns out that he wasn't the only victim of this sort of thing (emptying dead people's bank accounts). Additionally, she was using the doctor's office computer to issue narcotics prescriptions that she also sold.
- hnick 4y ago
  Which shows how short-sighted not investigating "this" crime is. Anyone willing to go to those lengths is probably committing multiple crimes, maybe some worse.

phpisthebest 4y ago

>not making a mistake that can get them caught. Today in most areas (at least in the US) Normally that means just getting away without interacting with the cops at the moment sometimes not even that is required the defund police movement, bail reform, and many other political movements have more or less decriminalized property crime Unless you have a gun, are violent (sometimes not even then), or steal from a politically connected person chances are the police in the US will do nothing for normal everyday theft from a normal everyday person

aaaaaaaaaaab 4y ago
At least you can shoot them in the US.

Tangurena2 4y ago

It takes more than "one small slip up". It is my experience that local law enforcement put very little effort into solving property crime. The effort rises dramatically if the victim is a cop (or is related to one), a politician gets involved or the media reports on the crime. As one example, after my father died, people were using his credit cards and checkbook to steal money (until the Master Death File sent his details to banks). The police said that this crime was so common that they did not investigate (nor refer anything to the district attorney) when the theft is below $250k. A casual mention that dad was a volunteer cop, and had been for 9 years lit a fire under the police and they had investigated and arrested the perps within 2 weeks. One of the perps worked at his doctor's office and had access to his records (including payment details). She had plead to a lesser charge and when her parole officer visited her office and checked the office computer records, it turns out that he wasn't the only victim of this sort of thing (emptying dead people's bank accounts). Additionally, she was using the doctor's office computer to issue narcotics prescriptions that she also sold.

hnick 4y ago
Which shows how short-sighted not investigating "this" crime is. Anyone willing to go to those lengths is probably committing multiple crimes, maybe some worse.