Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft
by saghm on Saturday July 30, 2022 @02:32AM
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That appears to be an article from 12 years ago, and the quote is about downsizing in the police department. I feel like I'd need to see a citation that this policy is still in effect before I could even begin the consider the real issue about whether this is just maneuvering in a political battle or an actual lack of proper funding to be able to handle those crimes.
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Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft
by bagels on Saturday July 30, 2022 @12:56PM
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The point is that the police departments face constraints (budgetary, management, laziness, etc.) such that many crimes and police reports simply are not investigated at all.
Some first hand examples: The four times my car was stolen, no investigation or arrest, including the one time I even was able to give them the name of one of the people who did it.
Usually they don't explicitly announce these policies because they are unpopular, but every police department has some threshold beyond which they do nothing.
Re:SF’s Black Market Thrives Off Retail Theft
by jakelazaroff on Saturday July 30, 2022 @03:44PM
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Management and laziness aren’t really “constraints”. Police know they can simply refuse to perform the job they’re ostensibly paid to do — and not only will there be no consequences, but people will even demand they get more money.