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03Lightningrocks wrote:

Ed4032 wrote:The Plano police are aggresive about crime prevention. Contact Officer Dawson in the Crime Prevention unit. They may want to place a extra patrol in the area.

Nothing could be further from the truth. I know from personal experience. We provided video, finger prints... even a tire iron that the video showed the perp holding with no gloves on. Anything... NOPE!!! Three weeks later five outside AC units were stolen from the same building. let's see now.. I sat in a parking lot at a local gas station(three minutes from the police substation at parker and ave K) and watched a drunk guy bounce off half a dozen obstacles and even spend 10 minutes drinking a beer out of a bag and the Plano police never did show up. Our office parking lot has been a regular shopping center for thieves... anything???? NOPE. Never in the past six years have the Plano police ever caught one person involved in the more than twenty crimes we have had in our parking lot. The Plano Police are only good for providing a report so your insurance can pay up. Plano police get a big thumbs down from me. Just once I would love to see them actually solve a crime. They are however, excellent at sitting near intersections busting folks for running red lights. I have to give them a big thumbs up for revenue production. They are at zero for solving any crime I am personally aware of.

Keith B wrote:Well heres the update:

I don't have the report in hand, just verbal, but apparently an officer went to the guys house that evening and interviewed the individuals. They used an excuse they were trying to get a car charger from a friends car, but were unfamiliar with the neighborhood and thought it was his. However, they couldn't identify the car they were supposed to be getting the charger from (guess they didn't remember what my car looked like from all they had tried. LOL) Anyway, they apparently were pretty scared about being contacted and the parents of the one boy were there, so hopefully they got the message. Police are still reviewing the info including the video, but since no other issues were reported it will probably be dropped.

As for a crime being committed, Texas PC 15 is Preparatory Offenses, with 15.01 being Criminal Attempt. It would be a hard case to press as they can always use the excuse they were mistaken on what car they were to get into. Also, PC 15.04 is a Renunciation Defense that could be used by a lawyer as they abandoned their attempt on my vehicle and I didn't actually witness any other events happening. Even if convicted it would be a Class B misdemeanor at most.

Best thing is if they got scared straight by the visit and don't continue their mischievous deeds.