Re: Stolen PC

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DatabaseBen,

Thanks for the advice. The case officer is not getting a free ride (but
pretty close to one). I, very politely, chase him every few days - the thief
is proving difficult to catch (my guess is that he is not at home during the
case officer's shift or doesn't answer the door bell). This is a big city
and the amount of time an officer can put to a simple robbery is very small.
I'm not making excuses just stating facts. Very few robberies of this nature
are investigated - this one has been only because my son tracked down the
thief and we know a detective at the station.

As to civil action - I don't know how we would do that - we have no real
proof. It took me an hour persuading my son not to go round and make a
citizen's arrest. He (and half his college football team) wanted to kick the
guys door down and recover the stolen goods (the PC being the most important
as it contains hundreds of photos and personal documents which can't be
recovered - no recent backups of course). It is frustrating that the only
solution seems to be to behave as badly as the criminal (he did kick my son's
door down) - which I'm not prepared to do.

Anyway this is a whole different issue - maybe the police in your area are
able to deal with these types of crime (I'd be very surprised and if so we
should all move there).

Thanks again,
Phil

"db.·.. ><))) ·>` .. ." wrote:

in one respect i understand
what you are stating.

however, i disagree with
giving your local law enforcement
a free ride by not forcing them
to do their job.

all thefts must be reported and
the police must take action.

therefore, you should raise hell
with them and your councilman.

in addition, since you have an
idea of who the culprit it, then
this would make the job of the
police easier.

the value of the item is based
differently than for insurance
purposes.

therefore, if your machine was
purchased for several thousand
dollars, then this is larceny.

if there was breaking and entering
or trespassing, then this is also
a crime.

in addition to the above criminal
charges, you also have rights in
civil court.

--

db·´¯`·...¸><)))º>
DatabaseBen, Retired Professional
- Systems Analyst
- Database Developer
- Accountancy
- Veteran of the Armed Forces

"Phil" <Phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:E8862C29-CFBD-4149-BCC2-8F7613E2C19B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the help.

Sadly insurance is not an option - what with excess, depreciation and loss
of no claims it makes no sense. Police are not interested - we know who the
thief is as he advertised some of the stolen goods and we traced it to him -
informed the case officer but it seems it is too small a crime for them to
bother. Who says crime doesn't pay?

Just checked the link given and it says that if your PC is stolen then the
Windows software is gone too. That's a pretty unfriendly business practice -
why would they do that? There must be a tiny number of people who get their
PCs stolen and legitimately want to reinstall Windows on a new PC which
doesn't have Windows already preinstalled. This just adds insult to injury.


.

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