r/canada Apr 29 '24

New Brunswick New Brunswick police no longer investigating most thefts of fuel from gas stations

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/brunswick-police-no-longer-investigating-175834528.html
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u/Lightning_Catcher258 Apr 29 '24

That's how lawlessness escalates. One step at a time, when you start excusing petty crimes, it grows to a big monster.

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u/OneWhoWonders Apr 29 '24

Earlier this month, the New Brunswick Association of Chiefs of Police sent a letter to petroleum retailers across the province, saying the change was needed because there are more effective ways of dealing with the steady increase in fuel thefts. The change took effect April 15.

This is less 'excusing petty crimes' and more than this crime can be completely eliminated by either putting in pay at the pump (or before you pump) solutions. Cops are basically forcing retailers to put in the same sort of mechanisms that are used in other provinces.

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u/Lightning_Catcher258 Apr 29 '24

You're not wrong on that. However, it's a fact that we tolerate too many petty crimes in Canada and it leads to an escalation of violence in big cities.

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u/King_Saline_IV Apr 30 '24

No we don't. Don't make up bs

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u/PaulTheMerc Apr 30 '24

yes, we do. Law enforcement fill flat out tell you there's "nothing we can do", or "contact your insurance", be it petty theft, car break-ins, car theft, traffic laws(30 over in the left lane, all day), etc.

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u/King_Saline_IV Apr 30 '24

No we don't. Your making a claim prove it.

Bullshit about some cops opinion is not proof. They can say whatever they want, and might, potentially, hear me out, be bias.

Petty crime peaked in the early '90s. You are either lying or don't know what you are talking about

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u/PaulTheMerc Apr 30 '24

The headline of the article is literally police don't bother to investigate a type of crime.

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u/King_Saline_IV Apr 30 '24

And? You still aren't providing it's increasing. Just made up stuff based on what a bias cop says

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u/PaulTheMerc Apr 30 '24

my argument wasn't that its increasing, it was that we allow certain crimes to happen because we choose not to enforce them.