rlb28 said:
I'm an insurance agent south of Houston and a customer had his truck stolen in San Antonio. Basically, he was told that his case was added to the bottom of the list and they worked these cases in order.
Think about it, why would your vehicle being stolen be worked before the 40 that were stolen the day before?
It's a terrible situation, but police departments don't have unlimited resources to do this. Yes, they have specific crime units, but there's not enough manpower to solve these vehicle thefts.
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Based on the best available San Antonio police and media data, roughly 35-55 vehicles are stolen per day in the San Antonio area, depending on the year you're looking at.
A reasonable estimate is that 40-55 vehicles are stolen every day in Houston, and because pickup trucks are among the most frequently stolen vehicles, a significant share of those are trucks.
When you can provide the exact location of the stolen property, you should be able to move up on the list, especially above the cases where there is little to no information available. Low hanging fruit, all that jazz.
The fact of the matter is that the police simply aren't there to do much, especially in a place like Houston or San Mexico or DFW. Why would they? Any effort they expend on retrieving stolen property is a cost, any arrest made will see the perp walk in the front door of the police station, wave at everybody and walk out the back door unscathed by the justice system.
The less the justice system does for those that it is supposed to serve, the more you will see vigilante justice enforced. The next guy that gets his truck stolen and can pinpoint the location isn't going to chase the perp down unarmed, odds are they are going in loaded heavy and probably with a few buddies to help out. And I don't blame them one single bit. Because F the perps, F the broken system, F the "it's just property you should let it go and just let insurance cover it" crap. Insurance will never make you whole, and your rates skyrocket after using the service you already pay out the nose for.
And every single judge that lets lifetime felons like the dude that killed the guy in Houston recently out on bond or dismisses a felony charge, etc. should be drug out of their office and tarred and feathered on the courthouse steps. I'm not joking about that either. They are a massive contributing factor to criminals thinking they can do whatever whenever because they aid and abet their actions by not enforcing the freaking law as their job requires them to do. So F those judges as well.
