Neither protected nor served
Aug. 12th, 2025 05:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nosrednaydujOur BlackLivesMatter sign has been stolen again. #12.
Anyway, we now have an air tag! So I was very excited when I discovered the air tag app giving me an address in a nearby town. I called the police department in my town, they told me to call the other town, which I was sure was wrong. That town told me that I should call my town because that's where the theft happened (I knew that). So I called my town back and eventually convinced them to let me give a report. The officer didn't really seem very excited about my issue. I called the neighboring town back and said that I'd made a report, and they said "well we can't just go there on your say so, we need a request from your town", so I called my town again, and they called the neighboring town. The neighboring town called back and said that they had sent somebody out to the address, and driven around, but the sign was not in evidence. (It's not like somebody who steals one is going to put it in their yard.) They said they were not able to walk up to the door and knock on it and say "did you steal a sign" or "do you have any information about the sign". I said "so do I need a warrant or something" and they said "nobody will give you a warrant on the evidence of an air tag. This happens all the time with cell phones too and we can't do anything."
I am entirely disappointed. What is the point of the police department if they don't do anything when an obvious crime has been committed and you have decent evidence of where the lost item might be?
Anyway, we now have an air tag! So I was very excited when I discovered the air tag app giving me an address in a nearby town. I called the police department in my town, they told me to call the other town, which I was sure was wrong. That town told me that I should call my town because that's where the theft happened (I knew that). So I called my town back and eventually convinced them to let me give a report. The officer didn't really seem very excited about my issue. I called the neighboring town back and said that I'd made a report, and they said "well we can't just go there on your say so, we need a request from your town", so I called my town again, and they called the neighboring town. The neighboring town called back and said that they had sent somebody out to the address, and driven around, but the sign was not in evidence. (It's not like somebody who steals one is going to put it in their yard.) They said they were not able to walk up to the door and knock on it and say "did you steal a sign" or "do you have any information about the sign". I said "so do I need a warrant or something" and they said "nobody will give you a warrant on the evidence of an air tag. This happens all the time with cell phones too and we can't do anything."
I am entirely disappointed. What is the point of the police department if they don't do anything when an obvious crime has been committed and you have decent evidence of where the lost item might be?
