[MyOutfitIsVague]

A cop once told me "Criminals almost always get caught because of probability. The vast majority of criminals don't commit just one crime, so chances are, they will eventually get caught. To never get caught, they have to get lucky every time. I only need to get lucky once."

[jemmyw]

You met a cop who actually catches criminals? Joking aside, probability works both ways and if the police don't actually do anything about crime, low level theft etc then those criminals will never get caught.

[bryanrasmussen]

you don't do anything about low level theft because you will catch those criminals in the act at some point, rather than investigating after the fact which takes lots of resources, and then the system will take into account that most criminals have committed many crimes before being caught.