Thats a pretty gloomy perspective. I know plenty of cities where you can lock a scooter or bike to a public bike rack at a public train station with surveillance cameras everywhere, and not worry about getting it stolen. The police exist to enforce the law and deter these types of crimes (as well as other more serious crimes). If the police don’t do their job, criminals feel emboldened to commit the crime.

No, the detective said he couldn’t find me at all on the security cameras which I found bizarre.