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> 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 depa
by 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.
- eloisant 9mo agoThe only times were cops were useful to me was to fill a theft report that I needed for an insurance claim.
- jq-r 9mo agoJust like that excellent Yes Minister episode about hospitals - I imagine they have more then enough internal busywork so they have no time for their customers. Which the older am I the more this seems true.
- justin66 9mo agoDonuts don't just eat themselves.
- b00ty4breakfast 9mo agoadministration; paperwork et al. Don't you just like the modern technical bureaucratic apparatus?
- prmoustache 9mo agoAnecdotal evidence but they spend a significant amount of time at the burger joint next to my place, while blocking the bicycle lane instead of parking legally.
- edm0nd 9mo ago>stopping the local drug-gangs from shooting their brains out. Thats a good thing tho, its the problem(s) solving themselves.