I have to relate another positive experience of the MPD related to one of these "petty" crimes. A few months back, I stupidly left my wallet at the cashier's counter at a local Minneapolis Target store. When I realized later that I may have left it at Target, I called them and they checked their video surveillance and, lo and behold, there was the guy on tape just behind me in line palming my wallet just after he paid for his stuff.
I went to the Target store to file a report and the off-duty police officer, hired by Target, was incredibly helpful and nice, taking me upstairs into the surveillance room and reviewing the tape with me. I watched the digital images on computers as a bearded white biker guy palmed my wallet and walked off with it. Man, do they have security! If you are ever at a Target, take a look at the ceiling above the registers and notice how many opaque bubbles are up there--each one with a camera aimed at the register and the folks and things around the registers. I filed my report and the officer said that they'd keep an eye out for the guy (you can't miss him), but not to get my hopes up as to prosecution. I actually didn't care much about prosecution, I just wanted my license and zoo card returned. Anyway, even though this officer was off-duty, he seemed enthusiastic about helping, genuinely interested in trying to do something, though understandably somewhat pessimistic about anything actually happening. Basically, there are bigger fish to fry, which may be frustratingly defeatist but otherwise necessarily realistic. Gregory Luce Project 504/Minneapolis (North Phillips) Daniel Kramer wrote: > Thank you to everyone who responded to my original note. I have > received lots of good advice. To be fair to the Minneapolis Police > Department, I wanted to inform the list of recent events. > > The Minneapolis Police Department apparently also monitors this list. > The day I posted my original message, I received a call from a very > friendly officer who assured me that the information I originally > received as to the unwillingness and/or capabilities of the PD to > follow-up in light of seemingly valuable evidence (i.e. videotape) was > mistaken. Today, the investigating officer called and assured me that > the videotape from SuperAmerica would be promptly picked up and looked > at. > > No arrests, no convictions but progress nonetheless. > > Dan Kramer > Bancroft > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
