07-08-2010, 12:13 PM
My partner's car was broken into and things were stolen. We were pleasantly surprised how throrough the officer was who we reported it to. He even tried to get fingerprints which really surpised us. Years ago in Oakland when there was a shooting and the suspects tried to get in our house and had their hands all over our doorknob, the cops didn't even bother to see if they could get usable prints. Of course, in the car break in, nobody was ever caught or the stolen stuff recovered, but that kind of would have taken a miracle without prints. I've been happy with other interactions I've had with police when they were called to my neighborhood about a crazy neighbor.