What does property crime have to do with the drug war?
twobits wrote: Ok, ya, it works again for me too.
Still does not mitigate this five day multiple 100k/yr officers for what is best classified as a social experiment that caught 3 known petty crime felons in 5 days. Whoohoo!!
No wonder Surrey wants a Police Force they have some input, direction, and expenditure control over.
The new Mayor of Surrey is going to ask how much this social experiment cost to apprehend......essentially 3 shoplifters......how these arrests made the community feel safer in general, and how they reduced the raging drug war shootings in every friggen Surrrey residential area on a daily basis???
Seriously? A five day Shopping Mall sting to catch three shoplifters is good value while driving on any Surrey street might mean catching a stray bullet?
You find something on the street, do you turn it in to police or keep it ?
I found a cart at Costco with a bottle of Tide detergent still on the bottom shelf, do I put it in my car or take it back to the store and turn it over as "lost property". Should/would I think in my wildest dreams if I choose to put it in my car that I would be arrested for theft ??????
BIG difference going into a store, taking something off the shelf, concealing it and walking out of the store, vs finding a shopping bag in a food court that was left behind and as you leave take it. Yes both wrong but a HUGE difference in culpability.
Worth police doing a one week project ????
It wasn't a one week project and wasn't done all in one stretch.
Fancy wrote: It wasn't a one week project and wasn't done all in one stretch.
Omnitheo wrote: I’d say when people post things like “don’t they have better things to do?” Or bringing up their taxes, then it sure sounds like they’re up in arms.
Nah, demanding an investigation, resignation or audit would be "up in arms" Commenting something being a waste of time, money or resources is a matter of opinion.
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Not a matter of grasping at straws - just pointing out how people embellish and exaggerate (or just don't bother reading all the information available). Hindsight doesn't serve any purpose.
Fancy wrote: What does property crime have to do with the drug war?
Nothing at all except high priced police setting bait traps in a Mall instead of gang violence and property crimes in residential areas.
Personally, I would have the cops sitting in residential areas looking for thieves than baiting them in a warm shopping mall for cripes sake!!
Fancy wrote: Not a matter of grasping at straws - just pointing out how people embellish and exaggerate (or just don't bother reading all the information available). Hindsight doesn't serve any purpose.
5 vs 7 is hardly embellishing or exaggerating.
twobits wrote: Nothing at all except high priced police setting bait traps in a Mall instead of gang violence and property crimes in residential areas.
While I also think this RCMP sting ended up being a waste of time, its important to remember that the RCMP wouldn't have known the results ahead of time. They could have caught repeat offenders and found breach of probation. Obviously didn't happen.
The other important thing to remember is that this isn't a case of this or that. The RCMP is more than capable to conduct this sting, AND everything you listed above. I doubt the existence of this project would impact other projects in absolutely zero ways.