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Originally Posted by calgarywinning
Why wouldn't you want to take action to stop them?
If you see a guy driving around your neighbourhood with 4 barbecues in his dirty old pickup truck you look the other way?
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That's my point exactly. There are pictures of these guys. Perfect, wonderful. I hope the CPS can catch them.
But in Puckluck2's example, let's say for instance I am walking along the street one night and decide to be a jerk, throw a brick through his window and take the change and the MP3 player he's left in his car. No one sees me do it, there is no video surveillance or anything around at all, it's just a normal street. I decide to be really nice and even leave the brick in the car.
There is almost no reason for the police to go to an incident like that. Brick takes prints horribly. No one saw anything. There is nothing linking me to that crime. What is sending a police officer out going to do beyond making Puckluck feel a bit better about the situation? He could report it and get the case number (and add it to the neighborhood 'file') faster online and free up an officer. Folks have been asking for years for police services to 'catch up' or 'keep up' with the times. This is a perfect example of a crime that could be reported online...and you get nothing but pushback. Wonder why CPS is 'understaffed'...they are going out to crimes like this where they can do nothing at the scene. They keep an eye on known places that move stolen goods, and depend on neighbors to help keep an eye on the neighborhood.
Now...let's pretend I throw that brick through Puckluck's window...and his neighbor sees me. I dash off, and they can't (by some miracle on my part, 'cause I'm a horrible runner) catch me. But they get a good look at me. You bet an officer is coming out to take my description. Or maybe I used a tire iron on his window, and had a brainfart and left that behind. Yep, an officer will go and secure the evidence. Or maybe Puckluck knows that his neighbor two doors down has a camera that points at the street, and that was the direction I was most likely to leave. He asks the neighbor, and sure enough...he does have a picture of a strange guy heading quickly away with what appears to be Puckluck's MP3 player. The cops will be out for that one, too.
The cops don't not care...but they don't need to come out for every little thing.