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So here is the proper source of the pool, with the actual question asked. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sfnext-poll-crime-sfpd-17439346.php https://ww
by perardi 4y ago
So here is the proper source of the pool, with the actual question asked.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sfnext-poll-crime-sfpd-17439346.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sfnext-poll-crime-sfp...
Responses to the question "During the last five years, was any item you owned ever stolen from you, or did that not happen during that time?"
Note that it does not specify that you reported a theft. Note that it does not ask any real context about what was stolen and how.
If I was answering this, in Chicago, I’d have to say yes to how that was worded, because I’ve had an Amazon package or 2 disappear. But while that’s a valid question, I’d prefer more granular questions, because let’s be honest here, Amazon does refunds, there’s a big gap between a bag of dog food going missing and getting your car broken into.
“Have any of your vehicles or properties been physically damaged by theft?”
“Have you been physically assaulted for theft?”
“Have you been pickpocketed?”
(I’ve love numbers on that in Chicago. I feel like almost everyone I know has their phones stolen in 2021 at various festivals.)
- tptacek 4y agoMost of my friends in Chicago had experienced thefts... in the mid-1990s. It's part of living in a big city, and of parking your car on the street or locking a bike up outside a business. These years, I think you'd have a hard time finding many houses where I live in Chicagoland that haven't had a package theft. And, like, I don't like that package theft is a nearly risk-free crime? But it's very low on my list of public policy priorities.
- topaz0 4y agoMy heart was stolen.