From: pschleif@speakeasy.org   
      
   On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 14:03:07 -0500, Stephen Sprunk   
    wrote:   
      
   >I don't know how it is in NYC, but in Dallas, if you report a crime,   
   >they'll try to discourage you from filing a report (or even refuse to   
   >accept it), and if you do manage to get one filed, they'll tell you that   
   >they're so overworked that nobody will do anything about it.  I can't   
   >believe that such a scenario has no impact on crime rates.   
      
   The reported rate of major crime is one of the metrics by which a   
   precinct commander's job performance is measured in NYC.  So there is   
   an incentive to discourage or downgrade a crime report.  Some   
   commanders have been disciplined for blatant violations, such as   
   altering a robbery report to say 'lost wallet'.   
      
   I had a credit card compromised 5 years ago.  After the bank notified   
   me of the fraudulent activity I stopped by the local precinct to   
   report it - since if was likely a case of the card being cloned at a   
   restaurant I thought the authorities would be interested in seeing if   
   they could find a common location with other possible reports.  They   
   really weren't interested and insisted on a notarized affidavit before   
   they would even take any information,  Since I had no financial loss   
   it wasn't worth my time to follow-up.   
      
   There was a case several years ago where the police report said   
   something like 'apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, weapon not   
   found'   
   --   
   Peter Schleifer   
   "Ignorance is easy and you get it for free"   
      
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