Credit cards were stolen (among other items) from my vehicle today. Police considering it grand theft for the dollar amount. The sheriff who took the report called me a few minutes ago and asked if I wanted them to dust my car for prints. I told him sure why not but I don't feel like it will ever do any good. I've had so many things stolen and the cops never find it.
When I called to report my credit card stolen they told me someone already tried to use my card twice and two large chain stores (credit card company declined to the high dollar amount/suspicious activity). I mentioned this to the sheriff and he told me to call up the detectives and let them know in the morning. I would assume they got these guys on video. But will they really take the time to investigate?
My g/f's mom had her bank card stolen and cash was stolen from her ATM. She had to pay $500 to have the "tape reviewed" to prove it wasn't her. Doesn't seem right for some reason.
2007-08-26 17:09:30 · 12 answers · asked by Richard S. 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
It depends. Most departments don't have the resources (unless it is one of their own that is the victim) to investigate individual grand theft claims. A recent case I was involved in was only investigated because it involved 10 other grand theft reports that were perpetrated by the same individual. I received some of my stuff back.
This is why I constantly state that cops do not usually prevent crime, they merely act as a secretarial service. Most of the crime reports, or essentially 100% of the online crime reports fall into a black hole and only used for statistical purposes. Very much a waste of your time. And the police wonder why people resort to vigilantism.
2007-08-26 17:27:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-11 00:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by Vonda 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most property crimes are very hard to do anything with. This business about fingerprints is pretty much BS. You have to compare the prints with somebody. Do you have any idea how many people touch your car? You, every member of your family, all your friends, a few of your enimies, coworkers, the guy at the gas station, etc. Too many people to check with limited resources.
Most property crimes are solved by detectives watching trends. Where are the crimes being committed, When are the crimes happening, what is being taken, where is the stolen stuff showing up, what methods are being used to steal, are there any criminals on record who use these methods, etc.
Once you can find the pattern you can find the offenders. It does take a lot of time and patience. Some times we can shorten the process by an inovative sting operation. But those are expensive, difficult to set up, and even harder to run.
The video?? Probably useless. I never have understood why a bank would install cameras with such low resolution that the picture is so grainy you cann't even tell what race the guy is. If you were lucky and your bank actually takes their security seriously, the detectives are going thru files trying to identify the offender. It is not like the TV/movie where they slip the picture into some kind of gadget and the computer pops out an ID. Some detective is sitting in a room with several hundred photos trying to match the picture.
2007-08-26 19:44:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
They only investigate if donuts were stolen. I've solved more crimes than the police in this town.
2007-08-26 17:54:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
hah hah - no they dont do **** here in atlanta area - i reported my car stolen and told them who it was - they said they cant put out a warrent for his arrest because its she say - ( he stole my whole car, loui vitton purse, and a lot of cash ) - they did say they would dust for prints - you wanna know whats so funny about that > > > - the car was found less than one hour form my house - reported stolen and still when i asked the police did they dust for prints - oh we dont know - what the f is that > u dont know > i pay taxes there for i pay your paycheck and you cant even dust for prints on my car > so now i can never get money back for my purse, or my cash he stole - my 2002 kia that was in almost perfect condition ( not my favorite but it was mine ) is getting put up for auction because by the time they notified me where my car was the wrecker service had ran up my bill to at least a thousand - the police dont even care that its a state law that the wrecker service send out certified letters with in 48 hours of them recovering/towing your car - again - no help -
no they wont take time to investigate - not unless you find one of the true that care about citizens and not what status theyll get -
i mean why waste time on something they wont get a promotion or a picture in the newpaper for - right > ?
2007-08-26 17:21:09 · answer #5 · answered by imissmahboo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Reports are only investigated if there are evidence for the apprehension of the suspect/s.
2007-08-26 22:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't expect too much from the police on these types of crimes. They are very low priority.
2007-08-26 23:51:48 · answer #7 · answered by WC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? That would cut into their counter-time. Wouldn't want anyone to not thoroughly enjoy their peanut stick now, would we?
2007-08-26 17:23:19 · answer #8 · answered by Teresa 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow! Thank you! I was asking myself the same thing yesterday
2016-08-24 13:38:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? There too busy busting someone for smoking a joint to waste their time with thieves.
2007-08-26 20:55:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋