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Re:Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse but are le... by dragonwriter on Sunday March 07, 2021 @11:20AM (#26377095)
> Police don't choose whether to drop charges.

Police do choose whether and what resources to devote to investigation after a report. If they never identify an offender because they don't do anything with what they are given by retailers, there are no charges to drop.

> The vast majority of nonviolent crimes here now have no police involvement whatsoever.

Which is a choice by the police.

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Re:Californians aren’t leaving the state en masse but are le... by DrScump on Sunday March 07, 2021 @05:52PM (#26380582) 

  Police do choose whether and what resources to devote to investigation
... and when the DA publishes a policy directive of non-prosecution of property crime, like in SF, police stop spending resources there. It's a catch-22.
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