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In cities with less busy police departments, police actually do investigative work. I had police came by couple times asking for security footage for investigat
by ww520 2y ago
In cities with less busy police departments, police actually do investigative work. I had police came by couple times asking for security footage for investigation nearby. One time it’s for a family member of a neighbor down the street “stole” a family car parked across the street. Another time was for an alarm wire tripped at 3am at a vacant house couple houses down the street. The footage showed a guy riding a bike slowly casing the houses along the street and 15 minutes later 3 cops spread out walking down the street sweeping the street with flashlights. I was quite impressed with the response time.
- Spooky23 2y agoIt depends on the department and who you get. In alot of places, police tend to take care of friends and referred people first. The top down control involved in that discourages the rank and file from doing more than required.
- technothrasher 2y agoWhen I owned a liquor store many moons ago, the police in that city basically would only respond, at least in any reasonable time frame, to businesses who made regular donations to the "Policeman's Benevolent Society". They didn't even pretend to hide their racketeering; it was openly understood you paid up or you got ignored.
- djmips 2y agoWas that just a social thing or could they make real coin?
- technothrasher 2y agoI paid them $100/month, and as there was plenty of crime around, most of the other retail businesses no doubt paid up as well. I'm sure they made good money. I eventually had enough of not seeing much difference between the police and the gangs in town and sold the place.