Richmond Police are Nuts!

So, I had to go to Virginia Beach yesterday for work and on my way back I heard something very interesting.  Almost disturbing and creepy actually.

Apparently there have been a lot of car break ins in a few particular large neighborhoods in Richmond.  This is a shame, I know, however the real shame is how Richmond Police plan on solving this problem.  The Police will be walking around these neighborhoods looking in car windows and if they see anything valuable on your seats or floor they will knock on your door and let you know that you left said item in the vehicle.  I'm not talking 8pm or 9pm, I'm talking 2am or 3am.  They will bang on these people's doors and wake them up to let them know that they left something in THEIR CARS!

This is ABSOLUTELY ABSURD!!!  And I think I speak for a lot of people when I say that I would BE QUITE ANGRY if a police officer banged on my door at 3am to tell me that I left my sunglasses on my seat!  Or my GPS suction cupped to my windshield!!  Or my ipod on the floor!!  It's my stuff and it's my business!

Maybe they should just patrol the neighborhood and keep a look out for shady people walking around at 3am rather than peeking in every car window they see.  Maybe if instead of banging on doors to tell people what to do with their own personal property they will scare away any potential criminals just by having a presence in the area.  In other words, they will see that the police are walking around, there is no need to disrupt someone's awesome dream about cotton candy and carnival rides to tell them that the cell phone they purposely left in their car to charge is giving criminals a reason to break in.

This is the dumbest thing I have heard in a long time and you know the idiot that thought of the idea thinks he's doing these people a favor. The only way you can do them a favor is to deter the criminals by doing your job, not making up a whole new job that screws up people's nights.

Have you ever seen the movie Minority Report with Tom Cruise where they predict crimes and arrest you before they even happen???  Yeah...


Cheers!


K.A. Ball