“Fascinating! How is it that we have so many unsolved home burglaries? Couldn’t they be identified by what cell phones were in that home at the time?”
Things happen, or don’t happen because the governments do or do not want them to happen. This is going to sound terrible, but I have personal experience with this. I had photographic evidence that my neighbor was stalking me, that he had made false police reports and he’s stolen my mail. When I went to the prosecutor with copies of the relevant laws he said, “We don’t enforce those.” When asked why, he said, “The public at large is not affected.” My lawyer interrupted this as meaning there was no political advantage in prosecuting something that would not make the papers and therefore be a political advantage while seeking higher office.
Could the theft of automotive parts be stopped? Absolutely. Every part could have a serial number and traceability. Because of the way cars are built, and individual parts are already stamped with a part number this would largely be a software exercise. Your car dealer already has a list of things installed on your car. Adding serial numbers is not that difficult. This doesn’t happen because there’s no political will to do anything about car thefts.
As for the case I mentioned, the victim was a middle-class black man, and the case had the potential to go full Treyvon Martin. They had to nip that in the bud. And it turned out the murder was carried out by two black men. Because the victim was “special”, and his family was “loud” the case had to be resolved as quickly as possible. But home burglaries? They couldn’t care less.
You have to ask, what is the purpose of the police? If you said to prevent or solve crimes you’ve missed the mark. It’s to provide employment, votes and gold-plated retirement schemes. Not to mention income from code enforcement.
Solving crimes probably doesn’t make the list unless those crimes have the potential to lead to better outcomes for the people associated with solving them. How many former prosecutors go on to higher office on the back of solving some high-profile crime? Quite a few.
Oh, gosh, I have to take a shower to wash off all this cynicism.
That’s really discouraging. I would like to think that not all police are like this. Maybe yours are beaten down by a rotten Soros D.A.?