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How do you suggest they enforce the existing law?
by regularjack 3y ago
How do you suggest they enforce the existing law?
- lm28469 3y agoNon violent theft and most violent thefts aren't even investigated, that's probably what they meant. They're illegal and punished but the sheer amount of them mean the law is ignored in most cases
- gillesjacobs 3y agoBy actually investigating thefts. Me and my friends had several bikes stolen in a Belgian train station's bike park and police do not check cameras, even if you can timebox the theft within 3 hours. "No resources to investigate".
- arp242 3y agoI mean, they really don't have resources. You need to significantly expand the police force (and spending) if you want this of thing. And arguably, maybe that's not worth it? Or maybe it is. Either way, this is really a political problem, not a problem with the police.
- gillesjacobs 3y agoYou're right, I'd rather have them hiring dedicated detectives on this to enforce existing laws than making new laws and state infrastructure. Of course this is a political discussion.
- polski-g 3y agoHoneypots; sting operations. Almost all crime is committed by an incredibly small number of people. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/nyregion/shoplifting-arrests-nyc.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/nyregion/shoplifting-arre... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3969807/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3969807/
- OnlyMortal 3y agoI would imagine that would be illegal in Belgium.