I’m in the US and honestly I’ve just kinda just accepted this as a fact of life, cops won’t do shit, similar to many developing nations in the world. Anything short of actually someone dying, and cops don’t seem to care. Got mugged? Oh well, tough luck buddy, at least you didn’t die
How has your experience been? Is your country/area different?
Police here (Denmark) is seriously understaffed, I don’t think they do much unless they see a pattern and suspect it’s organized or a repeat offender.
But at least we can call the police without fear of getting shot when they arrive.
Gooble gobble one of us!
All cops are bad until proven otherwise.
All cops are bad
until proven otherwise.FTFY
Car theft is more likely to be acted on than any other kind of theft, in my experience, but it still has to be convenient for them.
One time my car was stolen, I knew it had only just happened so they were certainly still driving it near my home, and the police just said sorry, we’ll let you know if it turns up somewhere. I called back a few minutes later when I remembered that it’s on a car share program so I can track the location via GPS - that got them interested, and I stayed on the phone giving updates while it took them only 20 minutes to make an arrest.
The same car got stolen a couple of years later, when I wasn’t able to track it live. I located it myself, and they just turned up to do a few minutes of forensics then left.
They’re definitely understaffed. When I went to the station to do a report there was only one constable in the building, even though it was a time of day/week when they’re extra busy.
Theft really depends on who the victim was or what was stolen. Most the time cops won’t do shit, unless there’s tons of easy evidence pointing to someone. For Identity theft, it’s probably even less common, unless it’s a relative or someone you know.
I’m in EU. In my local state wide news app (states are smaller here than in the US), I see a few thieves get arrested every month in this region. I’d say 2 per month on average. Sometimes on the spot. Other times later. Sometimes just reports about the police still searching for them with helicopters etc… It’s very likely not all cases are reported or news worthy. So the real number is probably much higher.
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The number of reports of thievery in the app without mention they got caught is about 3 times higher. I estimate.
Got scammed on FB marketplace.
I have the account info of the seller, did a police report. Nothing has happened and nothing will happen.
Lesson learned.
