There Getting Coser To My Balls!!! Help

[Skittles1101]

As much as it sucks, the value is a huge difference. Working in a police station I get calls all the time of little things getting taken off the yard...not the house, the yard. Unfortunately for things like mailboxes, yard ornaments, plants, etc I generally just log it into the computer so we have it on file, then provide something called "extra patrols" for the night shift, meaning and officer will drive around the area a few times throughout the night and stop anyone suspicious. There is a huge difference between someone coming into your yard and taking something that was not secured and breaking into your house and taking something. Trespassing is only trespassing if it is posted. I suggest posting a no trespassing sign in your yard somewhere, that way if anyone does try this again they can add on a trespassing charge. Also, in MA anything over $250 is a felony, anything below that is just a misdemeanor. There are quite a few things that go into the law and it sucks. As far as taking so long to respond, that sucks too but I have had to delay responses to lower priority calls because of higher priority calls going on at the same time. Depending on how large your dept is that may have been the case. We have to prioritize unfortunately this is not a first come first serve thing. I definitely would have called back by 3:30 though, and I personally call people back and tell them about a delayed response if I am going to delay dispatching, and even give them the option of coming into the station and filing the report with the desk officer. But, not all departments are the same. It's too bad your rats were stolen, I'd definitely check the security of your house and adjust as needed. Deadbolts are very hard to get through, and buy this sign!


Anyways, sorry for rambling, I know it's easy for people to go off on how things aren't fair and a crime is a crime, but that's just not the case. I hope it doesn't happen again!!