Vandals Everywhere

Packerjohn

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So, there are vandals in North Carolina knocking out the power grid. Where I live there are plenty of vandals too. Last night they got into our underground garage and broke the windows of 7 cars. I suppose they were looking for money. They took all my loose change that I keep for parking or grocery carts; maybe $10 or $12.

The bigger problem is what they did to my rear window. It's going to cost me at least $200 on my insurance. Maybe the rates will go up as I had laid a claim. They/he did not take my battery cables nor my portable GPS. The "druggies" are going beserk around here. I think they are high on something!
 

Misa says when she cashiers at Dollar General, there are about 6 early twenty year olds who regularly come in and try to steal stuff. They are even known about and yet they persist. She says the store tries to protect all the stuff they sell with those stickers that will go off if you don't pay for something, but half the time the stickers don't work!
 
It's everywhere... Trains were cancelled up North yesterday because thieves had stolen all the signalling cable in Sheffield...and Doncaster..

In Spain thieves stoles 600 metres of signalling cable from the train lines bringing everything to a halt...

I live in a relatively crime free area.. yet one of the neighbours had his garage broken into and all the tools of his trade stolen from his locked van
 

hollydolly said:
It's everywhere... Trains were cancelled up North yesterday because thieves had stolen all the signalling cable in Sheffield...and Doncaster..

In Spain thieves stoles 600 metres of signalling cable from the train lines bringing everything to a halt...

I live in a relatively crime free area.. yet one of the neighbours had his garage broken into and all the tools of his trade stolen from his locked van
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This is not to say the thieves were the 'good' guys, but if you're in business paying for wire to be recycled, and a couple of kids show up with 600 meters of signaling cable?????? Should you buy it , or call the cops? Most are buying it. If stolen goods didn't have a resale value, why steal them?
 
Not dipping my toe in the Political Quagmire, but we have a different type of vandal these days.. people who haven't really lived in Civilised society until they paid a middleman to land on our shores.. now we have millions of them... and the Crime has become more blatant, and more vicious ..
 
hollydolly said:
Well it's been a crime here for a while now for any scrrap merchants to buy any obviously stolen metal ..they risk losing their whole business as well as Prison time
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I think Ohioboy knows more about this, but I believe most states have a law making receiving stolen property or goods as illegal. They too can be arrested, along with a fine and jail time. Scrap dealers around seem pretty honest. We did 2 spring cleanups along 2-10 mile stretch of highway a few springs back and collected about 60 pounds of aluminum cans, tabs and even hubcaps. Took it all to the recycler and had to fill out paperwork, which we never had to do before. We also had to give them a photo ID, so they could copy them.
 
I recall being in a small bank in Riyadh, early 1980s...it was crowded....a Saudi, maybe a Bedu, left a stack of currency, (and I mean a stack), on the counter, (he was about third in line), and wandered off to talk to some friends.

Nobody touched it, nobody looked sideways at it......nobody wanted to be taken to Chop Chop Square and have their hand removed.

If there are no penalties there are no deterrents.
 
Around here most places of business have those security cameras but in most cases they don't work. Here is why: The police try by putting a video picture of the crook on the media and they ask the public to try to identify the guy. Here is the problem: What you see is some guy with a hoodie on and most often a ski mask. So, video camera or not, those hoodie bums all look alike.
 

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Packerjohn said:
Around here most places of business have those security cameras but in most cases they don't work. Here is why: The police try by putting a video picture of the crook on the media and they ask the public to try to identify the guy. Here is the problem: What you see is some guy with a hoodie on and most often a ski mask. So, video camera or not, those hoodie bums all look alike.
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worse still , here in the UK..often the media will show pictures of a crime caught on camera.. and then pixelate the faces of the bad guys...:rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Packerjohn said:
Around here most places of business have those security cameras but in most cases they don't work. Here is why: The police try by putting a video picture of the crook on the media and they ask the public to try to identify the guy. Here is the problem: What you see is some guy with a hoodie on and most often a ski mask. So, video camera or not, those hoodie bums all look alike.
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The police will finally ask the public for help identifying someone - 2 or more months after an event. Even if you did have surveillance or dash am video, you’d probably have deleted it. If asked if anyone saw or heard something on X date, how would anyone remember.
 
Fyrefox said:
I’ve read that Walmart is having more shoplifting problems than projected, both from customers and employees! Talk about biting the hand that feeds you…🙀
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In some places they don't even call the cops unless they steal more than a certain amount. The thieves know the amount and steal what's under that price. They just walk in a take it and don't bother to hide or run because they know they won't be persued and no one will call the cops. :mad:
 
Living downtown a block from the police station and the thieves stole a catalytic converter out of a truck in the parking lot here. There are always people on fb showing thieves on security videos checking out their vehicles and house windows looking inside the house. Some of the cars were egged and not for Halloween. Just for fun I guess.
 
I used to work at Sears and Roebuck back in the day.
Oh, we had so much fun outsmarting, chasing shoplifters.
If one was running down the aisle, two of us ladies would go outside and hold the door shut until loss prevention got there.
I even got on the loudspeaker one slow evening and announced to a guy putting a tool under his coat "Hey you, put that back!" and he did.
Well those days are over unless you want to be stabbed or killed.
I've struck up conversations with 2 different store employees recently and it always turns to the amount of theft and how they are not allowed to do a thing.
Its just the Wild West now.
 
hollydolly said:
worse still , here in the UK..often the media will show pictures of a crime caught on camera.. and then pixelate the faces of the bad guys...:rolleyes::rolleyes:
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Yes, Hollydolly, same approach here in Canada. I believe it's all about punishing the innocent but at the same time protecting the guilty. It doesn't make sense to me; maybe it has to do with the idea of "Human Rights" that the people in power have been shouting about for the last decade.

Punish the innocent but protect the guilty. The new approach to living in Canada.
 

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