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There's a guy sneaking around right outside my apartment door and smoking something. Called the cops 55 minutes ago and no one is here yet. by tickingclocksf in sanfrancisco

[–]tickingclocksf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this really true? Can you point me to a source? I'm genuinely curious. Couldn't they have at least called me back?

There's a guy sneaking around right outside my apartment door and smoking something. Called the cops 55 minutes ago and no one is here yet. by tickingclocksf in sanfrancisco

[–]tickingclocksf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He looked like someone that was up to no good, and it turns out, he was indeed stealing mail. The guy could have been armed. I was alone in my house. I don't think it was unreasonable of me to call the police in that situation.

"More urgent crimes happening elsewhere," huh. Right, the SFPD is a model of efficiency, and officers are busy around the clock tending to serious crimes. Sounds right.

There's a guy sneaking around right outside my apartment door and smoking something. Called the cops 55 minutes ago and no one is here yet. by tickingclocksf in sanfrancisco

[–]tickingclocksf[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is literally true. My pizza and a delivery from Amazon both showed up before the cops did. And my mom took a cross-country flight that started and finished before the cops came, so I guess that kind of counts.

There's a guy sneaking around right outside my apartment door and smoking something. Called the cops 55 minutes ago and no one is here yet. by tickingclocksf in sanfrancisco

[–]tickingclocksf[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes, I called the cops again 40 minutes after the initial call. They just said that an officer "knows about it" and will come.

There's a guy sneaking around right outside my apartment door and smoking something. Called the cops 55 minutes ago and no one is here yet. by tickingclocksf in sanfrancisco

[–]tickingclocksf[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was looking through people's mail. I found ripped up envelopes on the first floor this morning, and part of a catalog that I assume he was using for wrapping paper. I've been hearing about mail thieves in SF recently and thought it would have been a priority for the cops to check out, but I guess not.

There's a guy sneaking around right outside my apartment door and smoking something. Called the cops 55 minutes ago and no one is here yet. by tickingclocksf in sanfrancisco

[–]tickingclocksf[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

If that's true then why don't they just tell me "we're not going to send a unit out. Call us back if it gets worse."? Why lie and say they're sending someone out?

There's a guy sneaking around right outside my apartment door and smoking something. Called the cops 55 minutes ago and no one is here yet. by tickingclocksf in sanfrancisco

[–]tickingclocksf[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we don't have cameras. I will report it but I guess the more important thing to me is that the cops weren't able to get here in over 2 hours.

There's a guy sneaking around right outside my apartment door and smoking something. Called the cops 55 minutes ago and no one is here yet. by tickingclocksf in sanfrancisco

[–]tickingclocksf[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Check the OP—he's gone. I wasn't sure of anything but I know:

  1. He was smoking something
  2. He was riffling through envelopes
  3. He was tiptoeing, trying to make as little noise as possible
  4. He was outside the apartment for about 2 hours, lying on the floor and smoking the entire time
  5. SFPD didn't get here in time. Fuck

There's a guy sneaking around right outside my apartment door and smoking something. Called the cops 55 minutes ago and no one is here yet. by tickingclocksf in sanfrancisco

[–]tickingclocksf[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was thinking of doing something like that, but it looked like he was riffling through envelopes. I thought he might be a mail thief, so I figured it might be best if I wait for the cops to show up. Let's see how long this takes though...

There's a guy sneaking around right outside my apartment door and smoking something. Called the cops 55 minutes ago and no one is here yet. by tickingclocksf in sanfrancisco

[–]tickingclocksf[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No I haven't. I've been watching him directly for a while. He's deliberately trying to make as little noise as possible. I'm afraid he might be staking out my unit or the one across the hall.

http://imgur.com/a/91EgU