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So the bad guys scope out a Hyundai or whatever and then listen to the scanner for a while until they're confident there are no cops in the area and then steal
by mulmen 1y ago
So the bad guys scope out a Hyundai or whatever and then listen to the scanner for a while until they're confident there are no cops in the area and then steal the car? Is it feasible to call in a distraction and listen for that?
I'm not saying there's no concern. I'm just not sure if this 30 min delay is as effective as it sounds at first glance. My gut reaction has been wrong enough times in my life that I have gotten in the habit of challenging my own assumptions.
- lazide 1y agoCriminals generally don’t have that type of impulse control. Ain’t nobody waiting 30 minutes to decide if they’re going to steal a Hyundai.
- twojacobtwo 1y agoYou clearly don't know m/any criminals. They're not all morons hopped on something. Some are cleverer than you would ever want to know about.
- lazide 1y agoSo tell me. What car thief is going to be doing any of this, instead of chucking a piece of broken spark plug through a window and driving off with the car 30 seconds later?
- tptacek 1y agoI don't know why this thread has converged on car theft as the crime most apposite to this issue; B&E seems like the much more relevant issue.
- lazide 1y agoIt is odd. Notably, when I did a ride along once, the burglary call we responded too, the officer got a call from his Sergeant and they didn’t put anything over the radio until they already cleared the place. As to if the perps had cleared out already due to some SDR MAC address magic (good call!) I guess we’ll never know. Everyone just assumed it was a false alarm. /s
- jMyles 1y agoThere is significant potential herd immunity to crimes like B&E stemming from a reputation of a high proportion of armed residents.