From: pschleif@speakeasy.org

On Sat, 02 Aug 2014 14:03:07 -0500, Stephen Sprunk
 wrote:

>I don't know how it is in NYC, but in Dallas, if you report a crime,
>they'll try to discourage you from filing a report (or even refuse to
>accept it), and if you do manage to get one filed, they'll tell you that
>they're so overworked that nobody will do anything about it.  I can't
>believe that such a scenario has no impact on crime rates.

The reported rate of major crime is one of the metrics by which a
precinct commander's job performance is measured in NYC.  So there is
an incentive to discourage or downgrade a crime report.  Some
commanders have been disciplined for blatant violations, such as
altering a robbery report to say 'lost wallet'.

I had a credit card compromised 5 years ago.  After the bank notified
me of the fraudulent activity I stopped by the local precinct to
report it - since if was likely a case of the card being cloned at a
restaurant I thought the authorities would be interested in seeing if
they could find a common location with other possible reports.  They
really weren't interested and insisted on a notarized affidavit before
they would even take any information,  Since I had no financial loss
it wasn't worth my time to follow-up.

There was a case several years ago where the police report said
something like 'apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, weapon not
found'
--
Peter Schleifer
"Ignorance is easy and you get it for free"

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