greggerypeccary wrote on Jul 22
nd, 2016 at 10:25am:
longweekend58 wrote on Jul 21
st, 2016 at 7:37pm:
A domestic burglary rarely rates fingerprints nevermind DNA.
In Perth, you'd be lucky to get the police to attend a domestic burglary, let alone dust for fingerprints or take DNA samples.
It is a rare case indeed when I find myself in concert with you sir.
But i this instance, I agree.
My parents home was broken into three times, only once did the cops even attend, walked through and said "You are insured aren't you?"
My car was broken into so many times (when I lived in Marickville in Sydney) that I stopped locking it as it was becoming too expensive to replace windows.
I no longer had a radio, just a hole where it used to be and nothing in the car at all.
I rigged up a hidden switch that made the car think the gearbox was in drive (so it wouldn't start), but I still found it pushed down the street several times.
I'm not sure what it is now, but back then the success rate for minor crime was around 10%.
I doubt it would be any better now.
But the success rate for collecting fines is around 80-90%
Its easy to see where Govco's priorities lie.
Cue Benny Hill theme song, the cops mantra.
Once they stop using Keystone cop videos for training cops, it may get a little better.