In the early days of Quantcast we had a couple robberies in our second SOMA office. Fortunately most people had taken their laptops home but we lost a few thing

In the early days of Quantcast we had a couple robberies in our second SOMA office. Fortunately most people had taken their laptops home but we lost a few things. The police were apologetic, said that even if we had proof and knew who it was the DA wouldn't press charges (this was 5 years ago, different DA, but I doubt the caseload has changed). The officer said to basically consider stuff in our office to be as secure as stuff left visible in a car when parked. We asked the officer how the robber got in. His eyes lit up, he finally felt useful. He took a quick look around and in two minutes showed us how the robber had gotten in. We fixed that, and never had another breakin. A useful lesson in how the police can actually help.