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Austin Cops

Twice, my car has been broken into and the stereos stolen. Both times I called APD and explained what happened and both times I got a case number and a promise that an officer would stop by to take a statement, collect evidence, and do whatever it is that cops do for small crimes. Both times there was zero follow-up and I was never contacted again. While my experience may not extrapolate in all other cases around the city, it told me that the Austin Police Department doesn't place much emphasis on solving personal property crimes.

-Me, on September 08, 2004

It seems the justice Billy Beck wishes to see has yet to materialize.

I wonder how "a substantial amount of resources" (PDF) might work when applied to real crimes like murder, rather than towards the daily grind of social control over how fast people drive on government roads.

Posted by drizzten on November 1, 2006 11:14 AM |

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