Posted on 06/01/2011 1:17:25 PM PDT by Mr.Unique
When a burglar stole Joshua Kaufman's laptop, the police wouldn't help him find it - so he turned to the Internet.
"I came home late on a Monday night in March, and someone had broken into my apartment through my window," Kaufman, an Oakland, Calif. resident, told the Daily News. The thief made off with his MacBook, his Kindle, and a few pieces of jewelry, stuffed into a computer bag.
Kaufman called the police who filed a report on the incident, but they quickly shelved the case as a low priority. Luckily, he also remembered he had installed a security program on his computer called "Hidden," which works to track a stolen device by triangulating its location and taking photographs with the computer's camera.
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Soon he was flooded with requests from media outlets who also contacted the police, forcing them to take a second look. "They said, we're really sorry you fell through the cracks," Kaufman said Tuesday night, after he was finally contacted by Officer Holly Joshi, the Oakland police department's director of public relations.
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Translation: We ignore everyone until a reporter or a dead body shows up.
The perp looks like a terrorist.
Cops act under these very few circumstances:1. The victim is a cop (or family member)
2. There is a fine or asset forfeiture possible
3. There is an opportunity for publicity
4. There is a chance to kick someone's ass
Otherwise, they show up and take a report.
Rule 3 applies here.
“You want to find an outlaw, hire an outlaw. You want to find a Dunkin’ Donuts, call a cop.”
Leonard Smalls, “Raising Arizona”
If it were my lap top I would not trouble the local police, I would take care of it myself.
You left out.
5. The cop get to screw with someone and make their life hard.
I couldn’t help but notice that this post was made from the IP address of a computer which was stolen from Anthony Weiner.
Now, that's funny.
Definitely Amish..Muthanna Aldebashi
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