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I don’t think the police will do anything about it anymore. It’s a non violent offense and in the name of de escalation, unless they are robbing a bank at the time, they will just ignore it. Sometimes they won’t even do anything if someone steals your car. I have three sets of plates on my car right now because of stripped screws and it seems nobody is willing to pull me over for it. 4 years ago I would have been pulled over I’m sure of it.

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The police are like any agency when you make enough noise they will do it. Maybe that noise means you need to get the local media involved and other places but that's just it you got to make noise to get heard. That's what this douchebag is doing with his car So normal people need to make noise up through their city council and their police.

In Minnesota some people had their trailers stolen and dropped into a homeless encampment and the police refused to do anything to avoid a confrontation. Also in Minnesota one cities police refused to recover a stolen vehicle and the citizen had to get help from another jurisdiction. You can make all the noise you want but when the staffing is down 30-60% you might find you aren’t the priority. It’s what the people claim to want so it’s what they are getting.

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