From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Peter Schleifer  wrote:   
   >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'   
      
   That's the worst case of suicide I've ever heard!   
      
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