Submitted by gator_fl t3_11cj3p3 in washingtondc
MarkinDC24 t1_ja3bq1m wrote
If I haven’t said it enough, I will say it again: put an AirTag in your car. If evidence takes 66 days to process, it is unlikely you will catch the criminals for months. If you have a tracking device in your car, police have a solid lead on where the criminals went, and the police can follow the lead to get the criminals.
Note: Hide the tag somewhere extremely hard to find and/or get to. Perhaps a nook inside of your trunk. These criminals are creative but we can beat them.
swampoodler t1_ja3oh6o wrote
Still a police problem though.
”Saldo's car has a tracking system called Uconnect. When she turned it on, she saw it was pinging a garage in Anacostia. She gave the location to police and says officers found a man passed out inside her car. But, she says, since police had never marked her car as stolen, they didn’t arrest the man.”
Police didn’t care enough to label a clearly stolen vehicle as stolen. Wrist-slaps and less paperwork all the way.
MarkinDC24 t1_ja3sams wrote
Your point is what exactly. From the same article you shared:
“Saldo says she encourages people to put trackers in their cars and hopes others don’t have to go through what she did.”
Of course, police should be held accountable. I think, Saldo was using the media to hold police accountable. But, let’s be clear, Saldo still suggested people use tracking devices in their own cars, and hoped in holding the police accountable - with her media messaging - they would correct their mistake of not marking the police car stolen in the future.
Final note: This happened in 2021, I hope there are not anymore articles similar. That is to say, perhaps Saldo holding police accountable caused them to fix the issue.
swampoodler t1_ja3v5ho wrote
>Your point is what exactly
The cops are incompetent and the criminals get off easy.
MarkinDC24 t1_ja3wc1f wrote
I mean, I hear you that you believe the cops are incompetent. I would argue, however, the news broadcast provides a more complex answer to the problem: (1) there are police staff storages; (2) and, issues with evidence analysis (I.e., long wait times). Both staffing shortages and evidence wait times are hindering police officers ability to catch criminals. Did you not take away or understand those points in the OP’s broadcast?
Deanocracy t1_ja446n4 wrote
What happens when the criminal is arrested?
Nothing. So why focus on this when they arrest them and nothibg happens?
MarkinDC24 t1_ja4c3mr wrote
I personally can not commiserate with you about the current state of affairs. In real life, I am busy consulting with others about mechanisms to change law enforcement and criminal codes. In policy, one important mechanism for change are special interest groups who know which levers to pull for their desired results. Consulting takes up way to much of my time, and I do not have time to lament about the status quo.
Good luck to you!
throwaway38r2823 t1_ja56xbp wrote
This is a really condescending and unsympathetic response.
In real life, I am just trying to navigate public transit safely to get to my public sector job so I can try to help this country for pay way below what I could command elsewhere because I really give a shit. I personally am concerned by trends in law enforcement that imperil my ability to get to my job safely, including what happens to criminals once they are caught.
Everyone in this sub is also trying to just get to their real life job and live their life, and their concerns are valid. Who are you to carve out plenty of time to comment on this subreddit in the first place but then claim some false "too busy trying to solve the real problems" excuse to diminish someone who has a valid concern about how the city they live and work in is being managed?
MarkinDC24 t1_ja5ebac wrote
You believe it is condescending and unsympathetic. I hear you, but that wasn’t my intention.
In real life, everyone is navigating to their job and wants safety. There are strong narratives in our country that police “don’t do their jobs”. When, point of fact, it is often more complex than people realize. The OP literally shared a broadcast detailing the complexity of car thefts, and people still simply the matter to: “police don’t want to do their jobs.” That’s disingenuous.
People can have concerns, but we all need to learn how to channel those concerns constructively. Lest we just sit there and lament. Another option, there is a vacancy on the DC Board of Sentencing. Check it out, https://octo.quickbase.com/db/bjngwsngm?a=q&isDDR=1&qid=45&dlta=mx{%276%27.EX.%27sentencing+commission%27}AND({%2724%27.EX.%27Active%27})~
Good luck!
Deanocracy t1_ja5j295 wrote
For a professional consultant in this sphere you sure missed the point of my question…
Deanocracy t1_ja440lf wrote
Keep that anger towards the prosecutor that would not prosecute them for anything on the basis they cant prove carjaccking.
Possession of stolen property? Unauthorized use of a vehicle? Trespassing… yaaaawwwn naw
swampoodler t1_ja4c6sz wrote
True.
gnucheese t1_ja3hurl wrote
Sounds like you will be forced to steal your car back like some bad 80s comedy.
buxtonOJ t1_ja3isv5 wrote
Or use modern technology to do the cop’s work for them (locating your stolen, expensive investment) and actually seeing a result.
MarkinDC24 t1_ja3rhsz wrote
In truth, it sounds like the police have a staffing shortage. Constructively, citizens helping the police due to staff shortages sounds like a positive thing to do. Of course, it is not ideal, but what is in life exactly?
buxtonOJ t1_ja3t2k8 wrote
I agree, take advantage and be pro active while remaining safe…throwing up your hands and relying on others ain’t going to cut it.
MarkinDC24 t1_ja3rr4z wrote
You’d have to get me drunker than Cooter Brown to try to get my car back from any criminal. However, as I noted, I would call the police and give them the lead. I would hope, they would pursue the individual(s), and I have no reason to believe they wouldn’t.
gator_fl OP t1_ja8fp2p wrote
The messed up thing is they don't respond fast enough, and sometimes car moves around and they say they couldn't find it.
Like you can give them coordinates and hope they get there within hours. They don't want you to tag along with your air tag tracker and won't take your phone even if you tell them to.
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