until today.
This morning my mother had her bike stolen. It was locked to a bike rack outside the store she was in. She called the police and they said they she couldn't file a report for 24 to 48 hours. A couple hours she saw someone riding the bike and tried to get him to give her the bike but he refused, saying that he just bought it for a hundred dollars. She came home and called the cops, only to be disconnected twice. Once she got through, they said it was too late to do anything about it. Where she saw the bike was in a some what bad part of town on a busy street where the police are always around. My mother took me to the police station after this to ask why it took them so long to even talk to her. The whole time my mother was describing what happened, the woman at the desk was looking at her like she was crazy. She told her to fill out a complaint form. After we left, we drove around that part of town looking for the bike. During that time we saw three police cars potrolling the area, basically doing nothing.
My biggest complaints are the two day wait before she could file a report, the complete stupidity of the person on the phone, and watching the police cars drive around doing nothing.
Bike theft is one of the biggest crimes here in Eugene. It scares me to think that the police refuse to do anything about it. I have always respected cops and want to continue to, but I find it hard after what happened today.
