Life is Funny

Today, many people complain about crime in their neighborhood.

They are shocked that Police are slow to respond to certain situations. Understand this, the message that police are getting is that by the time they file all the paperwork necessary to prosecute a criminal, the accused is free on bail with a community service penalty.

Not only that, but if they read between the lines, traffic violation tickets bring IN revenue, and prosecuting the homeless thug COSTS revenue.

Therefore police are better off writing up violation traffic tickets for the working class, and LESS beneficial to the city when they arrest and prosecute a homeless person who is doing crime.

I remember once that I was near a crime scene where a $300 Television was stolen. There were very clear finger prints in the dust since the TV was in a storage room. When the officers attended to take the report, they basically issued a file number for the insurance company.

When the victim asked them “why don’t you take fingerprints? it’s obvious that their finger prints are right there”…

The officer responded “you lost a $300 Television. By the time we get forensics here, fingerprint, write the report, take it to court, prosecute, etc, it will cost the city almost $5,000 and thats IF we get a conviction, maybe more. It’s much cheaper for you to file your $300 claim with the insurance company and leave the city out of it”

So there you have it folks. If you are a career criminal and do thefts under $500 at a time, its cheaper for the cops (and the city) to avoid prosecuting you and let the burden by born by the law-biding citizen.

Naturally this is my opinion only, but you get the idea.