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Originally Posted by khail19
No, the lady cop just came and took my statement, and briefly looked at the dent outside. Didn't take photos, fingerprints, or even look inside the car. I asked about fingerprints and she said it never really helps unless there's a possible suspect. The odds are just to great of finding them at random, I guess. I would think someone that steals car stereos might have been doing it for a while, and might have been caught before, and might have their prints on file, but apparently that's crazy talk. Basically the only reason to call the police is to get a case number to give to the insurance company.
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Sounds like the cops aren't interested in trying to bust anyone --- the economic cost of running the prints must in their estimation exceed the value of damage and stolen items. I wonder what the response of a supervisor (sgt?) would be to that question? The more they ignore it and insurance makes it all better, the more it will continue to happen.
That SUCKS man. So far the only thing that has happened to me this year was somebody tin-snipping the whole corner of my plate with the new DMV sticker on it. Now I slice them all up.
/cool vehicle break-in story
Although, a couple years ago, I owned a 1974 GMC conversion van. It was my little office while I was going to school taking day classes. One time I came back to our apartment complex in the Subaru and noticed that the van's wing window was busted out. Fearing that my Cannondale mountain bike had been taken, I rushed over, only to find that nothing had been stolen. Figuring that maybe the glass breaking during the late afternoon had scared off the punk(s), I decided that I would stake out the van in hopes that they would return for the bike. I grabbed a 12ga, my .45, my large Maglight, put on my Second Chance IIa vest, and discreetly went down to the van just as it was getting dark. I got comfortable, chambered everything, and prepared to give some punks (likely illegals in my neighborhood) a good pants-wetting experience if nothing else. Unfortunately, they must have noticed my activity earlier, and thought it was too risky to come back for the goods.
Seriously, if I ever catch someone in the act of burglery, they are going to need every ounce of coolness to give me exactly no excuse to shoot them, because I am just not interested in facing some illegal thief in court only to watch them roll the system. I'd rather rest on Nevada's self-defense and trespassing laws, which are incidentally still much more victim-friendly than California's. No consequences, no incentive for good behavior.