So - are property crimes up or down in SF?
Up and you have a 1 in 20 chance of being a victim and New York is safer than San Francisco…
At the Federal building workers are being told to work from home because it’s not safe coming to work… letter carriers are refusing routes based on letter carrier assaults and robberies, porch pirates have free reign…
Utility workers now have armed off duty police escorts.
It all comes down to the philosophy material loss never justifies physically injuring someone caught in the act unless you can’t escape AND under threat of bodily injury.
Police don’t investigate property crime and having clear video footage and witness means nothing.
Those wishing to file for insurance are directed to do so online.
Many small businesses simply give up… perps steal a car and drive it through a storefront… sometimes just to steal cigarettes.
Mob flash gangs storm a high end store and carry out everything not nailed down and employees have been fired for confronting because the high cost of a workers comp case.
I have personally seen all of the above… a guy with a duffle goes to the market and fills it with liquer to the point he can hardly carry and walks out and the store manager said third time this week and it’s Wednesday… said he submitted his letter to resign and 2 months later the CVS is closed…