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I do use airtags for this purpose. I also expect (and I read) that most police departments won't pay the slightest bit of attention to your reports.
by ghaff 9mo ago
I do use airtags for this purpose. I also expect (and I read) that most police departments won't pay the slightest bit of attention to your reports.
- piperswe 9mo agoI also know from experience that Zurich police will chase an AirTag location with vigor.
- ghaff 9mo agoThat sounds... unique from everything I've heard.
- piperswe 9mo agoI had a backpack stolen from me at Zurich HB. The police sent a car out on the freeway to chase the train the thieves were on, and nabbed them at the next station. The thieves tossed the clothes I had in the bag, but I got my laptop back
- seanmcdirmid 9mo agoSwitzerland sends in swat for noise complaints, they would definitely care about a thief that could be caught.
- kshacker 9mo agoIs it all over or just some parts of the countries? I ask, amused, since I have never been there except a 2 day trip to Geneva in 1992 or so.
- jules-jules 9mo agoSome Kantons are more easy going than others but overall the police are not to fuck around with.
- imp0cat 9mo agoExactly! Forgot to run your washing machine so you gonna start it later in the evening? Bam, next thing you know they are bashing in your door.
- seanmcdirmid 9mo agoTry doing laundry on Sunday……
- alexalx666 9mo agoIn Berlin, if a noise complaint was filed after 22:00, a police brigade of 2 will be dispatched, which is a good thing. They are very polite.
- traceroute66 9mo ago> most police departments won't pay the slightest bit of attention to your reports Its sort of a combination of two reasons. First in many cities, police departments are underfunded. And so running around looking for your stolen phone or whatever minor item is low on their to-do list compared to say, stopping the local drug-gangs from shooting their brains out. Second, for minor thefts most insurance companies just need a quick box-tick "police crime report number" before paying out. So if the police know they can get you off their backs just by quickly giving you a report number, well....
- ghaff 9mo agoAnd it's probably under your deductible anyway. And replacing various cards is your deal with your credit card etc. companies. Relatively few of us carry around a lot of cash.
- Schmerika 9mo ago> compared to say, stopping the local drug-gangs from shoting their brains out I'm guessing people have that impression from TV, but it doesn't seem to match reality. > the data suggests that officers spend relatively little time responding to major violent crimes: 4%, 3.7% and 4.1% in the three locations, respectively. - https://www.freethink.com/society/how-police-spend-their-time https://www.freethink.com/society/how-police-spend-their-tim...
- ryandrake 9mo agoWhich raises the obvious question: If they're not responding to either violent crimes or nonviolent crimes, what are they doing all day?
- reaperducer 9mo agoIf they're not responding to either violent crimes or nonviolent crimes, what are they doing all day? According to a police administrator I once knew, filling out all the endless paperwork that makes the studies possible so people can complain about what little time cops spend fighting crime.