That gives our police force way more credit than is due.
One time I was robbed, I called 911, they told me to wait and the police would be right there. I sat there for 20 minutes and nothing. I called again and the 911 person told me this time that they had better things to do and that if I wanted I could walk a mile or two to the station to file a police report.
Another time someone stole my credit card info, purchased things at a big box retailer, then returned some of those things for cash. As part of the return process they had to give an valid ID and address, which that retailer had, on file, but they could only give that to the police. I went down to the station filed a detailed police report stating all they needed to do to solve this case was a phone call.
Anyway, they never bothered with that one either.
But they do show up in numbers if a unhoused person puts their tent up on a sidewalk in the presidio. And right quick!
The police in SF are not known for their willingness to do anything about any crime.
My point isn’t that SF police are doing what they’re supposed to, it’s that this problem is systemic. It’s not just the police that are fucking this up, it’s not just fire making comments of pure idiocy about how appropriate it is to test for date rape drugs, it’s a problem that city government, police, fire, and health services are all contributing to when they refuse to test a patient who’s clearly been drugged. They have their tiny bit of hope for deniability (“date rape drugs aren’t commonly used in crimes here” and “what can you do when the test isn’t called for?” kinds of garbage) that every person should recognize as dangerous to all of society.
MY point is that the SF police are pretty useless and I doubt that they care enough to have that conversation about revenue. That would be corrupt police work and they don’t do police work, as a rule.
But I hear your point. Mine wasn’t meant as an argument against it as much as an extra layer of cynicism on top of it.
The cynicism is so valid in examples like this. Haha a few years ago, I would’ve assumed that police didn’t want the “extra” work of having to process the assault; now, there are so many other options available for them to not do work!
That gives our police force way more credit than is due.
One time I was robbed, I called 911, they told me to wait and the police would be right there. I sat there for 20 minutes and nothing. I called again and the 911 person told me this time that they had better things to do and that if I wanted I could walk a mile or two to the station to file a police report.
Another time someone stole my credit card info, purchased things at a big box retailer, then returned some of those things for cash. As part of the return process they had to give an valid ID and address, which that retailer had, on file, but they could only give that to the police. I went down to the station filed a detailed police report stating all they needed to do to solve this case was a phone call.
Anyway, they never bothered with that one either.
But they do show up in numbers if a unhoused person puts their tent up on a sidewalk in the presidio. And right quick!
The police in SF are not known for their willingness to do anything about any crime.
My point isn’t that SF police are doing what they’re supposed to, it’s that this problem is systemic. It’s not just the police that are fucking this up, it’s not just fire making comments of pure idiocy about how appropriate it is to test for date rape drugs, it’s a problem that city government, police, fire, and health services are all contributing to when they refuse to test a patient who’s clearly been drugged. They have their tiny bit of hope for deniability (“date rape drugs aren’t commonly used in crimes here” and “what can you do when the test isn’t called for?” kinds of garbage) that every person should recognize as dangerous to all of society.
MY point is that the SF police are pretty useless and I doubt that they care enough to have that conversation about revenue. That would be corrupt police work and they don’t do police work, as a rule.
But I hear your point. Mine wasn’t meant as an argument against it as much as an extra layer of cynicism on top of it.
The cynicism is so valid in examples like this. Haha a few years ago, I would’ve assumed that police didn’t want the “extra” work of having to process the assault; now, there are so many other options available for them to not do work!