[Shivetya]

If it is anything like the US this would fall under petty theft and it will never warrant police notice near as much as violent crime and higher value theft nor enforcement of many traffic and property laws.

Doesn't mean someone is not losing anything but if your authorities are like ours there is just so much of it going on they cannot afford to prosecute it all for cost and more importantly, because crime statistics would show higher numbers than palatable.

Example, in California increased the dollar amount on petty thefts and damages to nearly a thousand dollars. This includes shoplifting, breaking a window to steal a small value item, and more. This effectively excuses the police from bothering because they know most courts for these crimes operate on catch and release.

Now, if your bike costs more then insure it. Sadly this is what a lot of society has become, we accept a certain level of loss because just as you can find many people who want these thieves jailed there are numbers who will claim its not their fault but societies fault for not providing.

[ghaff]

You can't simultaneously want the police to do something about fairly small property crimes on the one hand and get upset with a lot of people being imprisoned for minor crimes on the other hand. There's not much point in prosecuting someone if they're just going to get a stern talking to if they're found guilty.

[vxNsr]

No one seems to understand this. They lament their stuff getting stolen and in the same day plan their next anti-police protest.

I personally believe the police have totally forgotten their mandate. They’ve become so focused on the big fish, they’ve lost all appetite for anything that doesn’t have the potential to lead to a big press conference.

I want every single little crime investigated like NCIS, not because I think it will lead to less crime (I know the jury goes back and forth on this one), but because I think people don’t feel safe in their neighborhoods anymore, they constantly feel like their neighbors are gonna steal from them and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. If instead cops started taking all this stuff seriously, and the courts had a better way to handle it, people would be happier and feel less antagonistic against those they perceive as other (white, black, etc)