Comments on: How Serious is Car Theft? Not Bad Enough to Take Prints.

By: Leah - Diaries of a domestic Goddess

Leah - Diaries of a domestic Goddess — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:26:20 +0000

OMG thats horrible. I am so sorry that happened to you I can’t believe they refused to take prints. Thats crazy.

By: Birdie S.

Birdie S. — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:19:23 +0000

and all of that on a NyQuil morning… I hate that stuff I literally halucinate on that stuff I don’t know how you & Bryan handled all you had to I guess it sayes something for your youthfulness….

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:16:37 +0000

I’m so sorry about your car. Hopefully something can be done..

By: Erin!

Erin! — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:25:19 +0000

Jeez, that’s terrible, and yeah, cops don’t do very much. One of my exes lives out past Ivanhoe (his family farms out there) and they’ve had stolen cars set on fire in their orchards and stuff, and had some of their stuff ruined from it too, and the cops in general did nothing. It’s pretty ridiculous.

By: NinaSay

NinaSay — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:54:54 +0000

I understand your point of view. But there is a fine line between man power and laziness. Like when my car was severely vandelized and suran wrapped to a light post and the cops found the two men on a security camera at the local super market and had their identities and did nothing. The line was crossed with this police station.

There are plenty of great cops, a good family friend is a police man for the city and says there is hardly enough work to keep them busy. And that most orders to not do everything they can come from the higher up officers. What are they going to do? Disobey?

By: Creative Junkie

Creative Junkie — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:22:36 +0000

oh wow – I’m so sorry this happened. Scary and crappy all at the same time.

You know, I don’t think that police around here take fingerprints for this kind of stuff either. I think they do for home burglaries/invasions but I honestly don’t think they have the manpower to do it on stolen cars? Unless maybe they’re trying to break up a big ring or something? I could be wrong on that. I tend to watch too much tv.

By: Cat

Cat — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:13:57 +0000

Sweetie, I understand how angry you are, believe me, I would be too. But the truth is, very rarely are prints taken from a crime like this. Fingerprinting takes time and money that doesn’t justify the end result. That and most police departments don’t have the manpower to fully investigate this type of crime when much worse is happening. Most investigators have more on their desk than they have enough hours in the day to work on.

It really disappoints me to see some of these comments and how little respect people have for police officers. The stereotypes here just astound me.

By: Kelly W

Kelly W — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:13:18 +0000

That is just not right. The police our supposed to do everything possible to uphold the law. The ones on duty that day must have been having a lazy day (I sure hope the whole department isn’t like that). Sorry this happened to you.

By: NinaSay

NinaSay — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:59:15 +0000

Thank you! I’m sorry to hear about your brother. It seems like the cops do not care unless somebody of importance (government officials, doctors…ect) get their property taken from them.

By: NinaSay

NinaSay — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:57:39 +0000

Thank you! You read my mind! This “silent seal of approval” is NOT okay any more.