I'm not a big fan of vigilante justice, but as Spiffy put it, hide out in the parking lot and beat the perps within a inch of their lives, a few instances of that and I think the crime would be reduced. The perps know that these crimes will go unsolved, so that is why they do it, plus witnesses don't seem to step forward these days anymore for fear of retaliation. I see a crime, I'll nark em off, had my car broken into too much when I was younger, nothing ever much stolen because I never had a nice stereo or kept valuables in there. Just a lot of cut tops on my jeep or broken windows.
Charby