I wouldn't consider mugging a petty crime.

I wouldn't consider anything violent or premeditated "petty"

Correct.

And I say over and over, it is time to evaluate the true cost of crime.

I think that's a different statement than the one you said earlier.

Society should accept a little crime to be free != evaluate the true cost of crime.

So if there's a neighborhood that has the potential to sell Condos for $1.7M each but currently has houses that are $50k and we find out that the crime in the area is keeping that value so low - should we go after the thieves for stealing $1.7M from homeowners?

I'm just saying because that's one of the ways you add up the "true cost of crime".

Im thinking on a very small level. Policing efforts should cost less than the crime. Too often it is the opposite.

I would rather someone speed through my neighborhood than have 3 police cars make a spectacle and spend thousands of dollars.

Speeding is a problem fixed by a proper education (in theory) It is not fixed by chasing someone down and giving them a speeding ticket.

I don’t think that increasing police presence and surveillance is the answer to stopping petty crime, it just punishes people who need help and or creates a corrupt police dept, exasperating the problem further.

If we provide avenues for people to provide for themselves, crime will drop, and we avoid all of the chilling side effects of total surveillance.