Hello folks!
Livid about this situation, so need to vent, and find out from any of our good members whom happen to be on the force.
Last night, checking my banking info, one of my accounts had 4 $200 charges made within a couple minutes of each other. I called the bank, they told me the spot the charges were being made (just down the street). I walked in the store, my bank still on the phone, and another charge was coming in as I stood their. I was being robbed right in front of me, and could do nothing about it. Called the local PD, as I talked to the store manager. She said she could not do anything, only the police can. Local PD said they cannot come out. I asked why, they said it was because it was non-emergency. (i didn't call 911, since nobody's life was in danger, i should have called 911, in hindsight). The watch commander actually told me, they cannot respond to a call like this because it could possibly be an ambush. There I am, in a retail store, during business hours, while a cashier is running my card over and over, and the store won't help, and the police refuse to help. I am unarmed, standing in a clothing store, and the police won't come because by their WORDS, they are AFRAID!!!!!
The watch commander basically said, please sir, don't do anything stupid. Go home, and file a report in the morning. Against my better judgement, I followed his advice. In the morning, after explaining the whole situation, they filed a report, where i got to talk to a 'community service representative'. Most of the information , she said she did not need. When I tried to give her my account info, she said that isnt important. Excuse me? You are going to investigate fraudulent activity on an account but dont need to know the account number? How else does one investigate a crime? Thats like saying, I'm investigating a rape, but I dont need to know who the victim is or where it happened. WTF???
Sorry to the good cops out there, but I think our police force has become completely inept.
I could have solved this crime in 2 minutes, on the spot. Instead, it will cost taxpayers thousands of dollars probably, and they will never bust the criminal, who will end up doing it again and again. I am in escrow on a house, and will now take several dings to my credit, which might mean losing the home. It will take months to repair the damage. The police? They say it will be processed, and in a few days they will assign a detective. By that time the case is cold, and their person moves on to the next victim. No wonder identity theft and credit card fraud is so rampant, its because the police could not care less. They do not investigate, they do not prosecute.
This is just my experience, who knows if victims of assault or rape are treated the same, they probably are.
I could have solved this crime in 2 minutes flat. I was at the location, saw the criminal in front of me, in process of robbing me, and I was powerless. Cops said they would only respond to arrest me if I tried to detain her. Who does our police work for?
? Why do we have them?
Seems to me, our police is a very large, very expensive group of people who facilitate criminals, rather than busting them.
Everything is a long process, cept for my parking ticket for being parked in the street sweeping section at 8:05 when its not parking from 8-11. Yes, 5 minute response for parking in front of your own house, 5 day response for grand larceny. Police forces need to be severely reformed, or just gotten rid of....
