San Francisco recorded a 753 percent rise in car burglaries compared to May 2020

Re:San Francisco recorded a 753 percent rise in car burglari... by AtlasBarfed on Saturday July 03, 2021 @01:35PM (#27723310)

Honeypots and vigilante justice?

A sudden enthusiasm for the second amendment?

I do think that racist street enforcement by the cops was effective at keeping down certain classes of crime. With BLM, the police are backing off of that.

I absolutely think that modern policing can curb petty crime without racist brutality. I think drones and other surveillance based policing can work with proper constitutional powers/design and delegation to proper public institutions with legal charters.

If it can't be done in California, well, things don't look good.

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Re:San Francisco recorded a 753 percent rise in car burglari... by tomc1985 on Saturday July 03, 2021 @02:08PM (#27723557)

I heard a story about people putting small explosives charges in bikes and then leaving them out to be stolen, so that they explode when disassembled. It's a shame that setting traps like this is illegal, it did temporarily lower bike thefts in the area.

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Re:San Francisco recorded a 753 percent rise in car burglari... by hexa22 on Saturday July 03, 2021 @06:40PM (#27725566)

I saw one YouTuber build a bike that was structurally unsound and would fall apart just after the thief started riding it causing them to hit the ground.

The new Bluetooth tracker tags from apple and Samsung might also help.

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