It's just sad sometimes....
This used to happen to me when I lived at Spindler Hall. Then it happened a few times while living at Goldsworth Apartments. Now, I live at Stadium Drive Apartments. All of which are on campus housing. Last night, someone broke into my car and rifled through my glove box, ashtray and tossed around the trash that's already in my car.

Did I report it? No. Why not? Well, here's why.

I've reported this everytime it has happened, and because I keep nothing of value in my car anymore, the police doesn't consider it important. The fact that they broke my door lock the first time, and it costs upwards of $1000 to fix the locking mechanisms on my car, doesn't seem to make a difference. Even if I report it, I ALWAYS get a police officer that blames me for not locking my car door, even though the first thief destroyed the lock on my door.

So, no, they didn't get anything this time because I put nothing of value in my car. So, the police don't see this as a problem. It's not even a crime. So, those who do get stuff stolen from their cars will continue to get broken into because the police don't actually investigate continuous break-ins in which the people who own the cars know better than to leave valuables in their cars.

What bothers me is that this isn't exactly a huge crime area. Yet, this happens all the time. And what bothers me even more is that it is a non-statistic, so no one cares about it whatsoever. In the end, some bureaucrat always tells me it's somehow my fault that someone broke into my car.

Stumble It!