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by 1123581321 1386 days ago
I think it’s partly a communication and organization issue. The local police funnel most immediate public requests through the same two intakes (emergency and non-emergency numbers) which don’t appear to be staffed by people eager to shop your small loss around until they find the individual or department who wants to use it to build a case.

Larger agencies like the FBI have more intake points, but don’t seem to reliably route to local police.