If you caught a bike thief in action, what would you do?

[skibob]

This has been on my mind a lot lately. I had some stuff stolen a few weeks back and had video evidence, was able to track the thief to their house (stolen stuff had GPS) and they even left their garage door opener on my patio by mistake so I could open their house. Instead of vigilante justice, I called the police who came and knocked on the house once (of course no one answered), took the garage door opener from me and said there was nothing they would do for my theft which was only worth a few hundred bucks. So here I trusted the system and I got nothing for it. So I say I will protect my property next time and confront thieves with a gun and people say I will get charged for murder. So what am I supposed to do? Police aren't doing anything about petty theft anymore in my city and many others. They are understaffed and just don't have the time which I understand. Criminals know this now too and activity is stepping up in these places. Look at San Francisco as a prime example. So again what can I do?

Actual truth and facts about crime, instead of sensationalized video of outrageous events:

Report Analyzed Crime Trends in California during the Pandemic

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Berkeley, CA – More research continues to show that the crime trends during the pandemic are uneven and complicated. This week, research released by the nonparti

www.davisvanguard.org

 

[jt10000]

And with that, we'll be doing some clean up of the political context.

The topic is inherently political - crime is a major talking point of politicians, particularly on one party, and of politically oriented media. Delete the whole thing.