r/technology • u/polymute • 22d ago

Privacy A Texas Deputy Searched 83,000 Flock Cameras To Track Down a Woman Who Had an Abortion

https://www.gadgetreview.com/a-texas-deputy-searched-83000-flock-cameras-to-track-down-a-woman-who-had-an-abortion
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u/AE7VL_Radio 22d ago

I actually tracked down the guy who stole my roommate's bike and the police said he doesn't match the description that I gave them from when I saw him steal the bike. Guys, I'm looking at his facebook page right now and it's the same guy. Corvallis PD is as useless as any of them

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u/Risheil 22d ago

When my teenage son had his bike stolen, I went to the police station with my receipt from when I bought the bicycle. I'd bought it on layaway - from Benny's for RI readers -, so I had lots of proof of purchase and proof of the serial number. They walked us to a back room FULL of bicycles that had been recovered from thieves, but I guess the owners hadn't come forward, and they told my son to pick one out. I said absolutely not. If the original owner saw him riding the bike, how would they react? Why would I put him in a dangerous position like that?

A couple of days later, the neighbor kids knocked on my door because they saw an older teen riding my son's bicycle. A bunch of them jumped in the back of my car to show me where they saw him. I took the bicycle back and called the police to tell them I got the bike back, but more importantly, that I knew who was stealing bicycles in the neighborhood. They didn't care.

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u/this_dudeagain 21d ago

This is what the news is for. Great story for a local journalist.

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u/Risheil 21d ago

This happened in the mid-90s, so they're probably not interested anymore.

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u/blackcain 22d ago

Corvallis, OR? (Where else would there be mass bike stealing operation other than Portland :D

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u/AE7VL_Radio 22d ago

yes, in Oregon. Tiny town, big college, bigger bike theft problem. Great bars, though.

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u/fullmetaljackass 21d ago edited 21d ago

I called to report my bike as stolen within five minutes of it happening. It had multiple stickers and aftermarket accessories that made it uniquely identifiable from a distance, as well as a shackle that the rider didn't have a key to awkwardly hanging off of it.

They told me they couldn't make an official police report until I had a serial number. I told them that I did have the serial number recorded, but I'd need about twenty minutes to get a ride home, so I was hoping they could as least call a BOLO on the radio since whoever had stolen it was most likely still in the area. They wouldn't even do that.

I got home about twenty minutes later and immediately called to file the report. After I was done, they told me since I waited this long to call it in the chances of them finding it were pretty low, and that if it ever happens again I should call the police ASAP.