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I had someone steal my keys with an airtag on them in Seattle. Cops said they were going to send someone after making me file a police report, screenshots of Fi

I had someone steal my keys with an airtag on them in Seattle. Cops said they were going to send someone after making me file a police report, screenshots of Find My, etc. Call them an hour later, "oh yeah, no officers responded, we are too busy, good luck!" and this was on a slow-ass sunday around Greenlake. Recovered the keys myself. Good thing they have a 355M budget. https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/FinanceDepartment/22adoptedbudget/SPD.pdf https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/FinanceDepartm...

icelancer 4y ago
SPD does much the same for me. I had my laptop tracked using Prey software (prior to Airtags) and they refused to send cops to a location I personally scouted out, took pictures of, and identified my equipment. When I told them I might confront the thief on my own, they strongly cautioned against it. Basically they aren't interested in doing their job, or anyone taking action themselves.
- sneak 4y ago
  This is the best argument for defunding the police - their budgets have largely stayed flat or even gone up, and they aren't doing their jobs. Why are we paying for it?
  - sitkack 4y ago
    I could write a book about how useless the police are, using only FOIA requested docs.