[mrexroad]

Fwiw, the police helped me successfully recover my kid’s stolen bike and arrested the thief/seller as soon as I ID’d our bike at the “meet-up.”

It’s easy to over generalize.

[ProAm]

YMMV - I see zero help with home burglaries let alone stolen bikes. Depends on a lot of factors, just sucks you pay taxes for no benefits.

[brianwawok]

Depends where you live. SF you are getting a laugh. Tiny rural town you are getting the sherif and his full effort.

[ProAm]

100% but I think people in bigger cities probably pay more in taxes (Im literally assuming) and get way less for their money. I know the city I live in, I get not a lot in terms of civic duty for what I fund and just accept crime and theft as a perk of living where I do.

[mrexroad]

South Bay (area) suburbs.