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Re:Westfield’s San Francisco Centre Mall Lost 46% of Its Sto... by deviantbit on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:24PM (#36374195)
The data from police does not reflect what businesses are reporting. This may be due to reclassification of crimes. Also police do not respond to theft any longer.

https://www.sanfranciscopolice.org/stay-safe/crime-data/crim...

AT&T is closing their store. They've lost over 1 million in inventory over the past 2 years.

The author Shelby Steele had their camera equipment stolen valued at over $20,000, and the police didn't bother to show up.

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Re:Westfield’s San Francisco Centre Mall Lost 46% of Its Sto... by talldatethrow on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:41PM (#36374362)
I saw someone run out of a major hardware store with a large compressor. I saw him throw it into the back of a early 2000s White Nissan Xterra.

I asked the the store clerk if he wants that info for calling it in, I know that car well because I used to own one.

He told me they don't call in crimes at all the the police because it doesn't do anything.

So your town city hall and police might not even KNOW how bad crime is.

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Re:Westfield’s San Francisco Centre Mall Lost 46% of Its Sto... by _dain_ on Saturday June 17, 2023 @05:04PM (#36374580)
>The data from police does not reflect what businesses are reporting. This may be due to reclassification of crimes.

Why would people even bother to report crimes when nothing is done about them?

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