[mikestew]

(it's easy to say, "police weren't interested" )

It's easy to say, because after a while it kind of just rolls off the tongue. If there's no blood, my experience says police aren't interested. And in some jurisdictions, it better be a lot of blood.

[ams6110]

Yeah it really depends on where petty theft falls in the spectrum of criminal activity in that area.

In a quiet small town it might get a detective assigned. In a lower-class urban neighborhood, well the cops have bigger fish to fry.