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Michael_bubble@reddit

Crime ridden shit hole. Trump needs to send in the Illinois national guard to fix this

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The_Abuse_of_Words@reddit

I would hate to live somewhere that you have to worry about this. Sorry you went through it.

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Awkward_Bullfrog_457@reddit

Yep the Obama supporter’s are out and active more than ever. Time to get Trump natty guard in town. MAGA!

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BadSafetyGuy@reddit

Happened to me at Bishop Arts. Just glad no one was hurt.

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Mechaniker23950@reddit

A few more thefts like this, word gets out, and people will shy away and start avoiding Bishop Arts.

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StockSucks@reddit

Same thing happening in Deep Ellum. It's wild to me people.excuse this behavior like it's supposed to be the norm in society.

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We are frequent visitors to a popular spot in downtown Dallas nearly every weekend. There are uniforms everywhere, and hence zero crime of the sort sustained by OP and others. This would seem to be the solution.

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Far-Entrepreneur5451@reddit

But there are only so many uniforms to go around.

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Savings-Section-75@reddit

Side street in OC? Not surprising.

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HolyForkingBrit@reddit

Happened to me in Las Colinas. Parked literally in front of the entrance of Cheddars.

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NYerInTex@reddit

Very sorry this happened to you. It sucks.
As you mentioned, it’s just risking too much to leave anything in view on a dark street late/very late at night
Old East Dallas - and much of Dallas as a whole - is becoming LESS sketchy. That’s just the reality. Let’s not blame making a mistake of leaving something in view with the area becoming “more sketchy” - because it’s not.
It’ll do is awesome.

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caffpanda@reddit

Point 3 especially... it's the least "sketchy" and most gentrified it's ever been in my adult life.

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ApprehensiveAnswer5@reddit

It’s been my experience, living walking distance to It’ll Do for most of the last 20 years, that people breaking into cars around here are not career criminals or even petty thieves, they’re looking for food and clothing, cigarettes, etc. and not your standard “valuables”.

I have old, “classic” if you will hahaha, vehicles that don’t lock. They got rifled through regularly.

And all that ever gets taken are any snacks my kids left in the backseat, any clothes anyone left, any jackets or blankets, bags, etc.

And a couple of times, someone slept in the truck beds per cameras.

I started leaving a big box on the side porch of blankets, extra clothes, water bottles, granola bars, tuna packets, old school backpacks, etc. and so people come rummage in there and leave the cars alone now.

Not excusing their behaviour by any means, but a lot of the more violent crime that we used to see over here has really diminished, and we’ve been left with porch thefts, vehicle break ins, general unwell/CIT type stuff, etc.

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Frosty_Elephant_5810@reddit

I’ve know people who don’t leave any property in their vehicles and will leave their doors unlocked. Simply because they don’t want a person to break the window or damage the door handle in the process of breaking in.

I have personally had my car broken into and all that was stolen was some loose change from the ashtray and a cellphone charger. The damage to the door handle was about $500.

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Money_Conversation73@reddit

GeeeeZuz man, where do you live? Shadyville U.S.A.?? That's rough, I hate thieves with a passion and have camped in my old truck to catch them in the act and introduce them to ol' Louisville slugger!

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CaptainWhiteOwl@reddit

You are so out of reality I almost want to think you didn't meant to say it how you did. "people breaking into cars are not petty thieves". How is stealing clothes, or any item for that matter not considered theft or petty theft? Furthermore, stealing clothes, snacks, and bags of low value make it MORE petty!! You have a demonstrably incorrect view should you chose to double down, and anyone who wishes to argue this will be embarrassed by basic fact.

This is a statement toward you saying theft of clothes and other lower valued items is not petty theft. You are completely incorrect.

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ApprehensiveAnswer5@reddit

I never said it wasn’t petty theft, I said they weren’t your standard career criminals or petty thieves.

Meaning, they usually are not out here to steal valuables and make money.

They’re not a crime ring or syndicate, though those people exist here too.

But in recent years, what we see a lot more of are the unhoused and transients committing petty theft because they are filling a basic need- they’re hungry, they need to sleep somewhere, it’s cold, etc.

It’s a different dynamic of person to contend with.

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CaptainWhiteOwl@reddit

If they steal anything, they are a petty thief. By definition, that is what they are. Is that who they are philosophically? Who knows. However, if you steal.. You are a thief. Bang boom pow. Case closed.

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ApprehensiveAnswer5@reddit

Ok? Nobody is arguing about the definition of what a petty thief is.

I never said they weren’t. I said their motives were different, so sometimes how you combat that, also is different.

That was my entire point, but 🤷🏻‍♀️

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CaptainWhiteOwl@reddit

"It’s been my experience, living walking distance to It’ll Do for most of the last 20 years, that people breaking into cars around here are not career criminals or even petty thieves" THAT IS WORD FOR WORD WHAT YOU SAID. "people breaking into cars around here are not career criminals OR EVEN petty thieves" ARE YOU BEING SERIOUS RIGHT NOW

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ApprehensiveAnswer5@reddit

Yes, “career” being a modifier there, for both “criminal” and “petty thieves”. I did not use a comma to separate those thoughts, which indicates that the modifier applied to both.

What is your deal anyway?

It’s rather amusing that you are so outraged by what someone else has said on the internet that you are making this big of a row of it, all the way down to the syntax.

I hope the rest of your day goes smoothly.

I will also admit I’m rather chuffed to have finally provoked ire to this level, after all these years of being uncontroversial online, lol.

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CaptainWhiteOwl@reddit

I'm bored and figured this would suffice. You are still wrong, and I, despite your belief, am not upset from this at all. You are simply wrong and cannot seem to understand why. You must be a woman.

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tsepeht@reddit

Shh or they might realize this genuflection to the criminal and general disdain for the law abiding citizen is the stuff that makes Dems lose.

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ApprehensiveAnswer5@reddit

Aye. Well lovely having a perceived row with you then. My free period is up, so I’ll move along now. Enjoy the rest of your day.

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CaptainWhiteOwl@reddit

"It’s been my experience, living walking distance to It’ll Do for most of the last 20 years, that people breaking into cars around here are not career criminals or even petty thieves" ARE YOU SERIOUS....THAT IS WORD FOR WORD WHAT YOU SAID

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EmotionalSupportBees@reddit

Same, I still wouldn't leave shit in my car in OED, but it's nothing like it used to be

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Frosty_Elephant_5810@reddit

It’s smart and good habit to have no matter the area. Thieves don’t always hunt in their own backyard.

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NewRoryAndMalDrop@reddit

It’s just leaving anything in your car anywhere. My car was broken into in Highland park and Allen. Lived my whole life in Lancaster, Cliff, and now East Dallas never had any issues.

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Frosty_Elephant_5810@reddit

Both can be true at the same time and while that sounds like an oxymoron; property crimes as such usually occur in areas with or that attract a higher income population. It’s anecdotal, but this types of crimes are rampant in downtown civic areas and areas that are experiencing gentrification.

Car thieves will normally go for the path of least resistance and look for unlocked car doors. While I hate to victim blame it’s always smart not to leave items in plain view.

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stonepilot@reddit

Leaving something in your car is not a mistake. Someone made the decision to break in and steal.

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patriotAg@reddit

This is correct. We should be able to just live. It's not a mistake, the person is a victim of crime. The mistake happens when a criminal sees something they want and decide to steal it. So if you don't want to risk theft, hide it.

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doubletwist@reddit

It's possible for both actions to be mistakes.

Yes, it would be nice to live in a world where nobody is desperate enough, or immoral enough to break into cars and steal things which are in view.

But the reality is, we don't currently live in that world, so those of us with valuables should be smart and aware enough to not leave them in view and unattended to reduce the risk of being the target of those desperate and/or immoral people.

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NYerInTex@reddit

What?

At luxury apartments (real luxury apartments not decent ones that call themselves luxury) with good security and gates warn you to not leave anything in view while parked in their garages.

This is on a public street near a well known venue late at night

Of course it’s a freaking mistake to leave a bag especially in view

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Freejak33@reddit

it is because of the new afterhours that started on the corner of elm and carroll

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Acceptable_Estate330@reddit

3 - I just respectfully disagree it’s a mistake. Mistake is people breaking into your car. It was perhaps sloppy to not hide it from open view or not take it with them. I usually take this type of care even in private parking lots, after living in Brazil and Europe - you hear about way too many similar horror stories over there. There’s seemingly some devices that thieves use to identify whether there’s a laptop, tablet or mobile in the car.

Sorry about that OP, thanks for the heads up.

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noncongruent@reddit

Hey, for what it's worth, reddit sees a hash character (#) in front of a new sentence as a command to bold the entire paragraph. You have to "escape" that special character with a forward slash to make it appear normal:

#3 This is bold

3 This is bold

/#3 This is not bold

#3 This is not bold

If you want to bold the #3 you can use double asterisks around it, like this:

**#3** Only the number is bold

#3 Only the number is bold

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YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit

I don't think someone mistakenly broke in to this car lol, that's a pretty active and determined choice and action to take

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KevinFinnerty59@reddit

I think he meant that it’s a mistake being a thief not that he accidentally was a thief

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dallasdeadeye@reddit

dallas is run by people who have a soft spot for criminals, east dallas is sketch, as is all of dallas these days, thanks to the dart rail you dont go to sketch, sketch comes to you.

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NYerInTex@reddit

What a sadly afraid of life (and veiled rascism / not so veiled classism) post.

Sounds like an afraid of anything different suburbanite but I could be assuming wrong there - but that’s certainly the vibe of this reply.

DART brings sketch to you? Want to defend that comment - just what do you mean?

And soft spot for formulas and sketch? Do you actually spend time in these places? Fwiw, a ton of places feel sketch in the wee hours of the night, all the moreso places where larger format entertainment establishments go late night.

Crazy how people are just so afraid of life and averse to what makes cities great.

Sad about the “DART brings sketch to you” comment - just say what you mean

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dallasdeadeye@reddit

im not racist, calling someone racist is a way of discrediting what the say, im actually a person of color, i just speak truth and some people obviously dont like to hear it partly because their to blame for Dallas' leniency on crime, also im not scared of life, ive carried concealed handgun since 96 since chl's started, i fear no man, lol (predator reference). listen we need to get a handle on this crime in Dallas before its too late, or we go the way of Detroit, Oakland, Chicago. hopefully these changes in districts in Texas will help us get back on track.

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NYerInTex@reddit

I don’t know if you are racist or not - you comments reek of veiled racism however - so if they is t your intent perhaps it’s worth an examination of now you express whatever it is you are trying to say.

Which brings me to the question I asked but you so clearly avoided - what DO you mean by DART brings the sketch to you? Do tell.

Also, in what world are people of color immune from being racist? Also a curious turn of phrase there - as the term itself suggests they there is some homogeneous group “of color” - are you black/African American? South East Asian or Indian? Asian?

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FloridaDarkSide40@reddit

The only racist is you, and you should just shut the fuck up and go bang your boyfriend Al Sharpton since with people like you, everything is about race.

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CaptainWhiteOwl@reddit

"LESS sketchy" isn't a good thing unless you just care about improvement. Maybe you live there and want to justify why you think its good, but objectively. it IS sketchy.

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9bikes@reddit

>it’s just risking too much to leave anything in view

In view is key. You're far less likely to get your car broken into if they can't see anything they'd want to steal.

My niece and her husband had young kids and sacrificed doing some things they would have liked to do in order to raise their kids in a safer neighborhood. The first night in her nicer neighborhood, her car was broken into and a purse that was visible on the seat was stolen. It was her 5 year-old's purse. She lost her play money, pretend credit cards and her toy cellphone.

This isn't a new thing. My older, retired neighbor told me about his older brother having someone cut a hole in his car's convertible top, so the thief could reach in and steal a partial pack on cigarettes off the dash. This happened in the '50s.

In both cases, the damage to the car far exceeded the value of the items stolen.

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Aleyla@reddit

A friend of mine had his convertible top knifed so many times that he stopped leaving it up. Expensive to fix.

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Big_Wave9732@reddit

This is why I only own hardtop convertibles now. I don't know what goes through someone's mind that motivates them to take a blade to a top or the back window, but fuck them.

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DoctorHeaven@reddit

Doesn’t seem like you’re sorry. You shouldn’t have to hide everything in your car every time you leave. Plain and simple. Stop making them feel bad for leaving a backpack with clothes inside on the car seat. Clearly you’re from New York

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constant_flux@reddit

Stats actually show both things can be true at once:

Citywide (and in East Dallas overall), violent and property crimes are down ~8–10% this year — so yeah, on paper it’s trending safer.

But within Old East Dallas, certain TAAG grids like Ross & Bennett are actually up ~15% YTD, while others nearby (like Monument/Good-Latimer) are way down.

So it’s not really fair to say the area is just “less sketchy” across the board — the numbers depend on which block you’re on.

Also, shit happens. People make mistakes, and saying it's stupid for OP to leave belongings in their car (in another reply) is just a crappy thing to say.

Finally, to all the people who think they're being helpful by issuing "friendly reminders" to leave their valuables out of sight and out of the car... I mean, do you really think providing advice so obvious is insightful or helpful here?

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mypd1991@reddit

I love how you blame the guy for wanting to leave something in his car without it getting broken into and claiming it's not getting sketchier. Hilarious

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NYerInTex@reddit

Well, it IS stupid to leave something in plain view late at night parked on the street - or anywhere for that matter. Go to your suburban lux apartments and you’ll see these breakins happen in gated garages.

Second, just because a crime of convenience happens late at night in an area where a criminal would be looking for just this easy pickings type snatch doesn’t meant the area is getting sketchier.

Anyone who actually knows wtf they are taking about knows this area and areas nearby are less sketchy than they’ve been in decades - but hey, why let facts stand in the way of scare tactics and not taking responsibility for living in, well, a city (although again, the burbs have these issues also)

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metalforhim777@reddit

I know the owner of It’ll Do (know who he is and have spoken with him briefly a couple of times and he is an AMAZING person, but he’s not like a personal friend or anything), and he absolutely knows what he is doing.

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jacobthejuuler@reddit

Huh?

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metalforhim777@reddit

JS the owner of it’ll do is awesome. If you can’t comprehend that idk what to tell ya.

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jacobthejuuler@reddit

Have the balls to say what you mean or don’t comment.

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metalforhim777@reddit

I did?

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borborygmisymphony@reddit

Moving this weekend to east dallas townhome city - a long with every SEC grad I know.

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NYerInTex@reddit

Ok, so maybe it IS getting sketchier

/s

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borborygmisymphony@reddit

Fair enough haha

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fluman24@reddit

How about keeping it in your trunk? No one can know, right?

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Al_Meyers_Kid@reddit

"Blork not comfortable parking Blork's car in Exposition Park."

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Quick-Service@reddit

Not the WRX

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Friskeyp@reddit

I’m so sorry! This happens all over Dallas, even northern burbs.

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Bonzoid_evermore77@reddit

1 rule of my guide “Moving to Dallas?”

1) NEVER leave valuables in your car or ANYTHING you treasure visible in your car. Only permitted items are Kleenex, rags or reusable bags. Anything else shall be stolen. (Having owned a bar/restaurant on Henderson for 40 years lemme tell you about all the break-ins we’ve seen…)

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throwaway214865@reddit

Man, the It'll Do is still around!?

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WaifuYona@reddit

This happened to me yesterday as well. Broad daylight (11am) at Lakewood park taking my kid to the playground for 30 mins. I locked the car but made the mistake of leaving my purse in plain view.

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ibeenbit@reddit

I was sitting in my car on a street around the Eisemann Center around 10:30AM, and heard a loud noise in the back. I looked around and a guy had pulled the car door handle and it slapped back. He then had his hand on the front one about to pull it when he looked in the window and saw me and retracted quickly.

He proceeded to walk down the street doing this on every next parked car, and then walked into a parking garage and I watched as he slowly made his way up level by level testing cars

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csonnich@reddit

How long did it take the cops to get there after you called them?

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krel08@reddit

Cops don’t show up in your car is broken into. Nor if it’s stolen. You file a report and they will call you back if it’s stolen. If it’s broken into, you have file a report

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csonnich@reddit

You reporting something that probably happened hours ago and the guy is long gone is very different from a crime in progress.

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krel08@reddit

But they also didn’t respond in person when my vehicle was broken into, which happened minutes before I walked outside. I’m not complaining, simply stating my experience with both situations

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23mou-sapnu-puas@reddit

Nobody cares about your 78 Chevy Monza break in.

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TexasReallyDoesSuck@reddit

i was once hit by a car on my bike & the cops never showed up after 2 hours in the middle of winter at 35 degrees. its a SURPRISE in this city when they actually show up. still important to call things like potential car theft

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krel08@reddit

I agree. I’m just stating that the DPD has to “triage”, if you will, what calls to respond to immediately

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krel08@reddit

Not sure why I was downvoted. I’ve experienced this in Dallas.

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ibeenbit@reddit

What are the cops really gonna do about a homeless guy out of his mind (or good at playing like it) going around pulling car door handles? For all I know that doesnt even become a crime until you actually open a door and take something. And they always make exceptions for people like this anyways.

They'll get there and he'll say "I'm not doing that" and they'll be gone

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The-Snuff@reddit

Doubt he did. Someone drove drunk through our parking garage and severely damaged 10+ vehicles (narrowly missed mine) taking out multiple on each level 1-4. Someone witnessed the entire thing and instead of calling the cops, wrote a fucking note about what happened and left it on one of the car doors just leaving it up to chance that the victim would get their hands on it before anyone else. I gladly used that note the next morning to call the police.

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SeaMikki@reddit

Sorry this happened but also.... R u new

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queefjars@reddit

Remember: defund the police

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patriotAg@reddit

i remember people in r/Dallas saying just that.

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ayeemitchyy@reddit

If you been going to it’ll do long enough you know just to pay for valet. It’s only $10

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CaptainWhiteOwl@reddit

They took yo spare change of close?? Did you axe the cops fo help?

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BigJTex82@reddit

All of Dallas is sketch. We have zero police! Sorry this happened to you!

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Freejak33@reddit

not at all. unless your used to living in tiny town

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DreadLordNate@reddit

We have lots of cops. I see idk how many of em every day.

Granted, might be nicer if say, the mayor didn't insist on having em guard his house, because oh noes, people protesting how much he sucks is just more than he can bear, but here we are.

We have cops. Granted, not the 900000000000000000 that those Keep Dallas Safe knobs want but...

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BigJTex82@reddit

99% of cops you see on the road are going to calls that are probably a day or two old. Unless they have lights and sirens and then going to assist another officer or going to serve a warrant. Our patrol force for streets is down to 12%.

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DreadLordNate@reddit

And having more still likely wouldn't have prevented that car break-in.

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BigJTex82@reddit

Nope, not even close. My ex wife kidnapped my son for 42 days, I finally got him back but I’m still waiting for the police to show up and take a police report and it’s been almost 6 months….

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DreadLordNate@reddit

And having more cops still wouldn't have prevented that either. You'd maybe get a faster response time, maybe, but it still would have occurred because those guys don't actually prevent crime.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

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NontypicalHart@reddit

He needs the police report. Cops enforce the laws. They don't prevent crime, but they are supposed to follow up on crimes that have been committed and, depending on the severity, intervene in crimes in progress.

This commenter needs the police report to get restraining orders, changes to custody, proof to school or daycare not to let the kidnapper pick the child up, and to show to a judge to potentially get permission to move out of the county. In a joint custody situation, you can't move the child to a different county if the other parent or a judge won't approve it.

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HornFanBBB@reddit

Actual question. Not sarcasm. Can the commenter just go to the police station to file the report?

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whydomodssmell@reddit

They have told me on the phone “it’s not even worth it” (word for word) when I tried to file a report about something a couple months ago. They are doing the bare minimum

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BigJTex82@reddit

Tried, they refused saying the don’t get invoked in civil things even though it was a criminal act and I showed them the code and they told me to take it up with the judge.

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BigJTex82@reddit

A current kidnapping is not “preventing” crime…. It’s trying to get control of the situation. Have a good night.

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weasler7@reddit

The Dallas police response time is the best argument ever for getting a gun for home defense.

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YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit

The old adage used to be "when seconds count, the police are only minutes away." Here, it's more like hours lol

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SnooHabits3911@reddit

Dallas is very understaffed with PD

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duckmuffins@reddit

There is definitely not enough to handle the high call load that Dallas generates. You may see a lot of them but I guarantee you many of those are officers on OT for staffing. It doesn’t help that the DPD academy is very long compared to other academies in the state.

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metalforhim777@reddit

And our DA is soft AF with these kids. Yeah I get that these are kids but why are they getting parole eligibility for killing people the way they are? Start seeking the DP more. May not deter crime initially but when they realize that you CAN actually get the DP perhaps a few will start thinking twice. I think a lot of these kids today don’t even think that we have the DP in Texas. My grandmother actually asked me that once. No fucking joke. These aren’t individuals doing this shit, these are GANGS. If we put them in prison they will still run their stuff by proxy. They need to be gone gone.

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BigJTex82@reddit

What I learned was a lot of them actually enjoy jail now with everything they’re allowed. Cell phones, TV, no work, free meals….

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metalforhim777@reddit

Fucking CELL PHONES in prison? Is TDCJ out of their fucking minds???

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BigJTex82@reddit

They can’t stop them from coming in…. Hell, there’s a guy in Huntsville making like 30k a month from his TikTok videos inside prison haha

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metalforhim777@reddit

On fucking death row!?!?

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BigJTex82@reddit

No, just in gen pop

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metalforhim777@reddit

How do they not get caught super easily? Clearly they aren’t being properly monitored. Their lives should absolutely fucking SUCK in there

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BigJTex82@reddit

I have no earthly idea. Probably guards don’t really care because the inmates far outweigh the number guards. Plus everyday an inmate is suing the state for one thing or another.

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_______woohoo@reddit

depends on which police division area you live in. North Central will be a lot different than Northeast

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BigJTex82@reddit

Which one is off NW highway and Audelia?

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hunterfj1976@reddit

Northeast

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psycho-aficionado@reddit

You are so right. I've lived on the M streets and a couple of blocks from the five points. In my experience, the five points has a response time of three hours. The M streets is about ten minutes.

Swiss Ave usually has a car stationed there.

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YOLOSELLHIGH@reddit

It's not the police, it's what no one wants to do because it takes actual thought and care. Increasing social programs and reconnecting the city.

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Freejak33@reddit

an afterhours has opened thats at elm and carroll at the end of the street. they have food trucks and is all young and black. they hang out there til 6 am on sunday and about 5am on friday.

thats caused alot of trouble as of recent and its really a shame because that area was completely quiet up til then after itll do closed.

im sure yall will call me racist but i wouldnt want young and any race hanging out in the street til 6 am and can guarantee that almost any race would increase crime because young males account for most crime anywhere anytime.

i made several 311 reports to no avail.

if you think im lying go down there around 330, thats the peak of people hanging out in the street and in the parking lots.

nothing will be done until someone is shot, thats just Dallas.

source - me, ive been down there almost every night for 5 years. this afterhours and food trucks started early in the year.

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Biggie-Shmaltz@reddit

If you’re in a sedan, definitely make a habit of keeping stuff in your trunk, if you’re in a hatchback, get a fabric cover for your trunk, they make ones with stick on clips if your car doesn’t come with them, they attach to the trunk door and open up out of the way, keep everything covered at least somewhat from the heat in the summer sun and conceal any valuables to at least somewhat deter anyone from looking in and seeing something they might wanna steal.

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Jeffwv1965@reddit

What is a change of close? Something to do with opening of place you were leaving?

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VivSavageGigante@reddit

My guess is they mean “change of clothes”

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ekurob21@reddit

Do this in Dubai and you lose a hand. Beg for this to be the same here!

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noncongruent@reddit

Just to be clear, you're wanting to implement Sharia Law here?

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GREGORIOtheLION@reddit

SEND IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.

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DTR-THD@reddit

Hell, keep the whole car out of Dallas. Mine got wrecked Sunday morning while parked… in a lot.

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Wonberger@reddit

This sucks and I’m sorry it happened to you. It’s a good reminder to always hide your bags/backpacks etc., I bet someone thought you had a laptop or something Justin there

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FaBiOtHeGrEaTeSt@reddit (OP)

Nope just some clothes that smelled like hamburger I had for dinner that night

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SirenSubmiss@reddit

Never leave bags in your car

Someone tried to steal my entire car once but there wasn’t anything in there but a mannequin head.. maybe that scared them away

I feel like valuables in your car or not, people still find a way to steal.

I wish you luck :((

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-loser-like-me-@reddit

OMG my girlfriend’s car was broken into outside It’ll doo this weekend too!! You weren’t the only victim

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-loser-like-me-@reddit

For real. My girlfriend had her car broken into down the street from It’ll Do this weekend. Just a warning if you go.

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phayzs@reddit

This is why I never leave anything in plain view. People will think it's something worth stealing.

Out of sight. Out of mind.

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Jul_is_Cool@reddit

Happened to me at Gemini Twin - didn’t have cameras in the back lot :/

Had picked up my friend from the airport and went straight there - had about $3000 of stuff stolen. We were able to track our belongings to a house in South Dallas through the find my feature. Called the cops (even though we knew they probably couldn’t do anything) and they showed up 14 hours later…. We waited about 5 and then left. Told us they couldn’t do anything since we weren’t there.

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Icy_Huckleberry_8049@reddit

most people learn this in junior high school or even younger

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truth-4-sale@reddit

I never leave anything in view that's valuable, or that looks valuable. It's just SOP with me.

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Distinct-Weakness629@reddit

Or leave the door open

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Kennmuney65@reddit

LA fitness in uptown as well

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metalforhim777@reddit

You’re never gonna get all that broken glass out. In early 2016 my sonic was broken into in a similar fashion except on the driver seat instead. Sold the car in early 2022 and every now and then I would hear a bit of glass or find another little piece even 6 years later when I scrapped it.

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mybeautifulrescue@reddit

I’m still occasionally getting teeny pieces of glass off the steering wheel from my busted window.

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metalforhim777@reddit

OUCH.

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Ok_Leading2287@reddit

As someone who used to live in Minnesota, this is the mantra. Never leave valuables in sight because even in the nicest, wealthiest cities, your car would be broken into. 🙄

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R22Refrigerant@reddit

It’ll do is awesome (no idea what I just typed I’m sorry this happened to you btw)

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mybeautifulrescue@reddit

Down the street from Triumphs a couple months ago and mine and a few friend’s cars all got hit too.

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pickleshnickel@reddit

Happened to me in Fort Worth while out on a run. Worst part is people watching it happen and just turning a blind eye lol. After that, I learned my lesson.

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Savings-Section-75@reddit

What neighborhood?

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NYerInTex@reddit

You seem to be presumptive, removed from reality, and unable to understand context or nuance. Nice trifecta.

Do I feel bad this happened to someone? Of course. It sucks.

SHOULD we be able to leave stuff in our car and not have it stolen? Of course!

Is the reality that when in some nice areas or garages of luxury apartments if you leave something in view it is at risk of a smash and grab? Sad, but very true.

As such, so we need to realize the world is NOT perfect - especially when we are in a higher risk area (by a club, on the street, late at night) - and take responsibility for if we forget?

Also yes.

The NY comment is rich - you try to be condescending while totally missing the point and acting oblivious to both reality and to the actual nuance and context of what I said (which a few hundred people seem to agree with).

I could make a snide comment about your lack of comprehension but maybe it’s the NYer in me that will let it slide

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Big_Wave9732@reddit

You're kidding. - Bunch of savages in this town.

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mbrace256@reddit

RIP SUBI

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NontypicalHart@reddit

Or at least in the trunk. People don't break into cars like it's an unboxing video. They want to know something valuable is there. This is also why you should make sure to have the worst yard on the block and nothing good visible from the windows at your home.

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Zhombe@reddit

They watch for people outing things in trunks in some places. A teacher friend got her trunk broken into twice in a prison parking lot that way. They stole her teaching notes and graded papers for the next day while she was teaching inmates to read. They must have thought her tote was a laptop bag.

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NontypicalHart@reddit

That must have been very disappointing for everyone involved.

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liquidnight247@reddit

Fuckers, but it’ll do is awesome

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FaBiOtHeGrEaTeSt@reddit (OP)

I do see myself coming back in the future tho. Place just brings in so much talent!

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okthen84@reddit

Your first mistake was leaving anything in full view...in your car...at night... in that part of town.

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Boring_Oil_3506@reddit

So one thing you can do is make a special cover. Glue some trash to an old ratty blanket and put it over whatever you leave behind.combine that with a camera. It makes it look like you are a slob or live out of your car and you have a camera, 2 deterrents. They go after clean nice cars without cameras. It's always better to take it with you but those are some options.

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Dallas-Shooter@reddit

Jesus how stupid can anybody be leaving shit in their car when parked in a large city. Just asking for this.

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WC47@reddit

Funny that the post above this for me was about Denver PD giving someone a report card for having a backpack visible and then I scrolled down to see this

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Realdarxnyght@reddit

Or lock these animals in longer when caught

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reconfit@reddit

The victim blaming on here is insane.

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summ003@reddit

i’m so sorry that happened.

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Next-Moose-9129@reddit

thats why they say to hid your things in the car when leaving the parking.

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redraider-102@reddit

Pro tip: if you can, hide your things before you get to the parking location. I have a buddy who had a bunch of photography equipment stolen because someone apparently watched him hide it.

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kelseyhart24@reddit

IMPORTANT TIP, Y'ALL!

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Ok-Cricket2034@reddit

East Dallas is actually way less sketchy than I remember 15-20 years ago. Dallas is a big city, gotta have street smarts

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one_bad_larry@reddit

Become sketchier? There was a time I wouldn’t walk there at night now I don’t feel that at all

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spacedman_spiff@reddit

Exactly. OED has steadily gentrified and become less “sketchy” in the 15 years I’ve lived here.

OP made a rookie mistake in a major city and is making broad conclusions. Ideally, we could leave our doors unlocked but that’s not the world we live in.

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GarLandiar@reddit

Yeah i remember going around that area 20 years ago to go to restaurants with my parents and it's sooooo much safer now than back then

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1906cam@reddit

Happened to me in broad daylight in the parking lot behind Crate & Barrel in Knox-Henderson. So many people in that parking lot and nobody stopped to do anything. The petty in me wishes the same karma for everyone who parked there that day and did nothing. And I hope the thief's cut got infected (there was blood from the broken glass). Cops never came either.

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terrigirl1960@reddit

Grrrr. So sorry that happened to you!! Reminds me of earlier this year. My husband ran into a store and left his phone in the closed center console and locked the car. He was gone like 10 minutes. Came back to broken drivers window, car rifled through, phone gone. They left all the change. Just took the phone.

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CelinaAMK@reddit

Back in the day car radios and speakers used to be stolen out of cars all the time to the point that they made radio/CD players that you could slide out yourself and walk around with it so it wouldn't get stolen.

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Naanad@reddit

Hell don't keep ANYTHING in your car. My ex lost his CD collection because someone broke in to get the bag of Cheetos on the floor. Once in they broke into the trunk where it was stored.

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ElBrancheroMKE@reddit

When I first moved here I saw SO MANY posts on nextdoor and Facebook that said something like "my gun was stolen out of my car" and I just couldn't fathom that. I guess one good thing about being a slob is that anyone looking to steal something would probably look in my car window and walk away in disgust, thinking "who lives like this?".

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nikhil_labh@reddit

It’s just mind boggling for me that in a developed country, there’s so little fear of repercussions and so many people in that position to be a criminal just for a minute possibility of getting something even remotely valuable.

You are a wealthy person, with a great car going to have a good time and then your fancy car gets broken into for nothing and you know that the police isn’t going to do anything about it. The criminal is gonna walk freely without any fear of repercussions. What did you put in all that effort all your life for? Is this the definition of a developed country? Is America great?

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YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit

This happens pretty much everywhere to some extent. Unless you've got crystal clear video of the person doing it and see their face, it's going to be hard to generate much of a lead unless they steal something uniquely identifiable or traceable (be it something like heirloom jewelry or a computer/phone).

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allthewayupcos@reddit

The type of petty low life idiots who engage in this behavior aren’t a huge concern of the police. It’s always been this way I fear

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FunnyGamer97@reddit

Thanks for reminding me I can always be in my car and not be bothered because I’m not considered valuable. Life pro hack

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ForzaFenix@reddit

I keep nothing in my car. Didn't stop someone from breaking a window and trying to steal one of my kids' carseats

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No_Society_2601@reddit

How did you get the glass replaced so quickly?!? I’m amazed

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csonnich@reddit

Probably one of those mobile auto glass guys.

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mannymoes2k@reddit

This is safe advice no matter where you live. Lock your doors in your house as soon as you walk in and keep your car interior clean of anything that looks enticing to a thief.

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oceanspaceandstars@reddit

It seems like areas around music venues have been targeted for more car break ins in the last year or so. Sounders and Silo have both been hot spots for busted windows, and they just opened within a year maybe.

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gentlechoppingmotion@reddit

Snipers on the roof

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BRob504@reddit

Sorry this happened to you buddy

Like I have told thousands of people when I took their BMV reports - please do not leave personal items in plain view in your vehicle.

I tell my friends snd family “your car is not a closet. At best its an unattended display case to shitheads who will steal your stuff, so don’t tempt em”.

Particularly don’t leave guns in your car!

Thanks for sharing. Really sorry you got victimized by one of those assholes out there.

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