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In certain places in America. My county sheriff's office would be more than happy to have something to do that isn't picking up somebody's stray dog. I'm sure t

In certain places in America. My county sheriff's office would be more than happy to have something to do that isn't picking up somebody's stray dog. I'm sure this is true for the UK and Canada too.

repeekad 9mo ago
I called the non-emergency line for the local police department when someone went home with my wallet after I left it on a plane, tracked with an AirTag. 2 hours later an officer said they didn't have probable cause but could knock on the door and ask anyway. I think he basically offered for there to be no trouble if they gave it back, thief claimed they were "going to return it to lost and found", and sure enough I was able to go show my passport at the station and collect it the next day.
tonyedgecombe 9mo ago
>I'm sure this is true for the UK No, it isn't. The police in the UK are stretched extremely thin.
- akimbostrawman 9mo ago
  Just claim they have been mean on twitter and they will send a squad
  - tonyedgecombe 9mo ago
    Not any more, they have been rowing back from that.
elzbardico 9mo ago
UK police is more interested in combating wrong thought
- nindalf 9mo ago
  Absolutely not the case. This is just what overly online people think.
  - bmn__ 9mo ago
    It is the case in reality. We are talking about an objectively measurable outcome, and delusional thinking from the propaganda victims does not change it.
  - toyg 9mo ago
    Tbf, it's not the case that they are more worried about wrongthink because they're just not worried at all by petty theft - or almost any other instance of micro-criminality.
    - amiga386 9mo ago
      Would you believe me if I said the police aren't worried about it because even if they put in the effort and catch thieves, they won't be prosecuted very hard. Since 2014, "low-value shoplifting" (under £200) in England and Wales can only be tried in the Magistrate's court and have a maximum sentence of 6 months (now ~1 year since 2024), no matter how many summary offenses you're convicted of. So if you steal under £200 of stuff, hundreds of times over, it's the same outcome. You'll be back on the street very soon. The government is currently seeking to amend that: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crime-and-policing-bill-2025-factsheets/crime-and-policing-bill-retail-crime-factsheet https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crime-and-policin... > The bill will remove the perceived immunity granted to shop theft of goods to the value of £200 or less, by repealing Section 22A of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 and the legislation that inserted it (section 176 of Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014). > This will ensure that all offences are tried as ‘general theft’ (an either way offence with a maximum custodial sentence of seven years), instead of summarily in the magistrates’ court, unless the defendant elects for jury trial "Either-way" here means that the offence can be tried either as a summary or indictable offence; an indictable offence can carry much more serious penalties. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/176 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/176 > 22A (1) Low-value shoplifting is triable only summarily.
- crimsoneer 9mo ago
  Oh for gods sake, can we stop this nonsense mad twitter trope spreading through HN. Having been a cop in the UK, we will happily got nick a robber if they're on the move and tell us where they are, and we don't arrest people for "wrong thought" on twitter unless that happens to be repeatedly messaging your ex and telling her about how you're going to do murder them. yes, some of my stupid colleagues will once in a blue moon arrest people for twitter nonsense, but that barely ever happens which is why it makes the news and they pretty much never get convicted.
  - TeapotNotKettle 9mo ago
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  - arthurfirst 9mo ago
    In Canada the police are pretty lazy and it's mostly due to who they hire, and also a LOT of political garbage as it's a federal police force throughout the country in most cases -- run from Ottawa. Not much real police work happening any more unless you criticize the government or do something they can use as a reason to grow their budgets or otherwise further political agendas. If there is a video of a crime they do like that...easy! Also they can show it to media for props. Lazy cops just love centralized 'social' media and the fools who post their lives on it for them to snoop through.
  - encom 9mo ago
    >once in a blue moon >look inside >12000 arrests a year https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2025/09/09/people-are-being-thrown-in-uk-prisons-over-what-theyve-said-online-can-free-speech-be-saved/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2025/09/09/people-a...
moffkalast 9mo ago
> county sheriff I take it you live somewhere roughly in the middle of nowhere?
- reaperducer 9mo ago
  I take it you know roughly nothing about how the world works? Even New York City has a county sheriff. https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/sheriff-courts/sheriff.page https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/sheriff-courts/sheriff.page
  - moffkalast 9mo ago
    If by the world you mean America, then yes. One really only hears about sherifs in westerns and florida man videos.
    - reaperducer 9mo ago
      If, by your own admission, you don't know anything about America, why would you post a snarky personal attack like that? Go rage-post on Reddit. HN is supposed to be better.
      - moffkalast 9mo ago
        Yeah, fair point. Too much rage inducing news lately I guess.

In certain places in America. My county sheriff's office would be more than happy to have something to do that isn't picking up somebody's stray dog. I'm sure this is true for the UK and Canada too.

repeekad 9mo ago

I called the non-emergency line for the local police department when someone went home with my wallet after I left it on a plane, tracked with an AirTag. 2 hours later an officer said they didn't have probable cause but could knock on the door and ask anyway. I think he basically offered for there to be no trouble if they gave it back, thief claimed they were "going to return it to lost and found", and sure enough I was able to go show my passport at the station and collect it the next day.

tonyedgecombe 9mo ago

>I'm sure this is true for the UK No, it isn't. The police in the UK are stretched extremely thin.

akimbostrawman 9mo ago
Just claim they have been mean on twitter and they will send a squad
- tonyedgecombe 9mo ago
  Not any more, they have been rowing back from that.

elzbardico 9mo ago

UK police is more interested in combating wrong thought

nindalf 9mo ago
Absolutely not the case. This is just what overly online people think.
- bmn__ 9mo ago
  It is the case in reality. We are talking about an objectively measurable outcome, and delusional thinking from the propaganda victims does not change it.
- toyg 9mo ago
  Tbf, it's not the case that they are more worried about wrongthink because they're just not worried at all by petty theft - or almost any other instance of micro-criminality.
  - amiga386 9mo ago
    Would you believe me if I said the police aren't worried about it because even if they put in the effort and catch thieves, they won't be prosecuted very hard. Since 2014, "low-value shoplifting" (under £200) in England and Wales can only be tried in the Magistrate's court and have a maximum sentence of 6 months (now ~1 year since 2024), no matter how many summary offenses you're convicted of. So if you steal under £200 of stuff, hundreds of times over, it's the same outcome. You'll be back on the street very soon. The government is currently seeking to amend that: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crime-and-policing-bill-2025-factsheets/crime-and-policing-bill-retail-crime-factsheet https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/crime-and-policin... > The bill will remove the perceived immunity granted to shop theft of goods to the value of £200 or less, by repealing Section 22A of the Magistrates’ Court Act 1980 and the legislation that inserted it (section 176 of Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014). > This will ensure that all offences are tried as ‘general theft’ (an either way offence with a maximum custodial sentence of seven years), instead of summarily in the magistrates’ court, unless the defendant elects for jury trial "Either-way" here means that the offence can be tried either as a summary or indictable offence; an indictable offence can carry much more serious penalties. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/176 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/176 > 22A (1) Low-value shoplifting is triable only summarily.
crimsoneer 9mo ago
Oh for gods sake, can we stop this nonsense mad twitter trope spreading through HN. Having been a cop in the UK, we will happily got nick a robber if they're on the move and tell us where they are, and we don't arrest people for "wrong thought" on twitter unless that happens to be repeatedly messaging your ex and telling her about how you're going to do murder them. yes, some of my stupid colleagues will once in a blue moon arrest people for twitter nonsense, but that barely ever happens which is why it makes the news and they pretty much never get convicted.
- TeapotNotKettle 9mo ago
  [dead]
- arthurfirst 9mo ago
  In Canada the police are pretty lazy and it's mostly due to who they hire, and also a LOT of political garbage as it's a federal police force throughout the country in most cases -- run from Ottawa. Not much real police work happening any more unless you criticize the government or do something they can use as a reason to grow their budgets or otherwise further political agendas. If there is a video of a crime they do like that...easy! Also they can show it to media for props. Lazy cops just love centralized 'social' media and the fools who post their lives on it for them to snoop through.
- encom 9mo ago
  >once in a blue moon >look inside >12000 arrests a year https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2025/09/09/people-are-being-thrown-in-uk-prisons-over-what-theyve-said-online-can-free-speech-be-saved/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2025/09/09/people-a...

moffkalast 9mo ago

> county sheriff I take it you live somewhere roughly in the middle of nowhere?

reaperducer 9mo ago
I take it you know roughly nothing about how the world works? Even New York City has a county sheriff. https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/sheriff-courts/sheriff.page https://www.nyc.gov/site/finance/sheriff-courts/sheriff.page
- moffkalast 9mo ago
  If by the world you mean America, then yes. One really only hears about sherifs in westerns and florida man videos.
  - reaperducer 9mo ago
    If, by your own admission, you don't know anything about America, why would you post a snarky personal attack like that? Go rage-post on Reddit. HN is supposed to be better.
    - moffkalast 9mo ago
      Yeah, fair point. Too much rage inducing news lately I guess.