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Jerry James Stone snapped this image while frolicking in San Francisco's Historic Tenderloin District last night. This sign, it seems, is supposed to keep rapscallions from smashing the vehicle's windows. How very depressing.
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I was witness to a car being broken into on Sunday. I called SFPD, gave a discription of the guy, the location/make/modle/ licence plate #, and I waited 25 mins.....NO ONE SHOWED UP.
This happened on 9th St. between Market and Mission
SFPD did not give a shit about a crime being committed? Surely this is the first time ever.
SFPD has a history of citing those who are a constantly breaking the law by spreading criminal behavor all through out the City-a homelessman/woman drinking a beer while crack sales are being conducted 30 feet away.
SFPD!!! Get your priorities strait
how about just taking BART or MUNI instead of parking in the 'Loin?
I've seen a few cars w/ these signs - some of them laying on a top of broken glass in the back seat.
how about just taking BART or MUNI instead of parking in the 'Loin?
Not much help to those of us who own cars and live in the Tenderloin.
The people smashing the windows are not smart enough to get this. They smash first, before even looking if there is anything worth taking in the car.
Last time my car got broken into (18th and harrison) they got away with a burned copy of "Judy Garland live at Carnegie Hall" disc 2, there was nothing else of value in the car. I kind of chalk it up to the cost of parking on the street, still cheaper than paying for parking as long is it only happens every couple months at most.
Not much help to those of us who own cars and live in the Tenderloin.
it's about has helpful as thinking a sign on a window will deter a crackhead.
People started doing this in NYC during the 90s and it worked like a charm. I'm surprised it's taken so long to catch on out here.
When I was interviewing to be a 911 dispatcher, they made it clear that property crime is not as urgent to the police as crime where people are or could be injured, or crimes where weapons are present. Could be there just wasn't anyone available at the time. Which still sucks, I realize.
sfpd may have those 'priorities' on paper and in theory but in reality they prefer to deal with easy citations such as pulling people over for a broken taillight, jaywalking or drinking a beer out of a bag. i have seen the litter right out of the cruiser window and i have personally been 'ejected' from the mission police station when i tried to report a mugging with the words:'get the f*** out!"
No sympathy for sfpd here.
plus i get a call from them every year when they want donations and some sleazebag telemarketer is trying to bully me into donating money to the sfpd by threateningly asking 'you do like your local police now, don't you?"
to me they seem like the hells angels, just with ddifferent uniforms and the right to get nasty when they want to. otherwise they just want to dip in your pocket. and they are being paid by MY tax money to begin with
If they observe signage, doesn't that make them not rapscallions?
If I left something worth thousands of dollars out on the street, you'd call me stupid to expect it to be there in the morning...
...just saying
In the '80s, The NY Times Metropolitan Diary column ran a story of a guy who had a "No Radio" sign (remember those?) in his car window and returned to find a broken window and a note on top of the broken glass that read "Just Checking". Six months later, they ran another almost identical item, only the note left read "Get one".
wasn't that the same guy that had someone break in and install an 8 track player?
I too have given up on sfpd when it comes to catching people breaking in cars however I did catch one guy a year ago with the help of police and had him arrested. My advice is to buy a 6 pack of soda cans and when you see someone break into a car grab a can shake it hard and throw it at the thief the can will explode and make a loud noise this has been working for me for years.
So the poor victim of the car break-in must deal with getting the sticky soda syrup out of their interior in addition to vacuuming up the broken glass OR a dent on the side from a thrown can?
While I admire your spirit, wouldn't a tire iron across the back of their heads be much more localized and effective?
-mm