Wow....I agree. Go public with it, on every form of media you're able. Maybe that'll get these PUBLIC SERVANTS off their doughnut dispensers.

Thing is when the police have clear footage of someone committing a crime they should be using that footage to make an appeal to the public for information. But they often have no interest whatsoever in finding the culprit. My girlfriend's parents have a jewelry store and a while ago someone came in and managed to slip a whole tray's worth of gold (worth $50,000+) into his jacket and walk out of the store. They had CRYSTAL CLEAR closeup footage of the guy because he was right under a camera and even looked up into the camera at one point, exposing his face with about as much clarity as you can possibly imagine. The police? "Well we rarely catch these guys....not much we can do" etc. Are you kidding me? How about going to the news media and asking them to show the guy's image in order to solve a serious robbery? And it happened again last week - another tray of jewelry stolen...clear camera footage of the perp....police with no interest whatsoever in finding him. 

I don't mean to be antagonistic to anyone in particular, but often the police get  complaining about inaction on the one hand and over stepping authority on the other hand.  And then ironically, the biggest selling shows on TV these days are cop shows.  What a strange world we live in.  Do victims get too much voice, or not enough?  I mean honestly?  Is our legal system bad or good?  Imperfect but..the best designed so far...or what.  Are lawyers all bad or all good or somewhere in between?   Who's the real authority on the matter anyways?  My overall observation is:  the american legal system is a major hassle with which to get involved  and I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. :D

eph221
I don't mean to be antagonistic to anyone in particular, but often the police get  complaining about inaction on the one hand and over stepping authority on the other hand.  And then ironically, the biggest selling shows on TV these days are cop shows.  What a strange world we live in.  Do victims get too much voice, or not enough?  I mean honestly?  Is our legal system bad or good?  Imperfect but..the best designed so far...or what.  Are lawyers all bad or all good or somewhere in between?   Who's the real authority on the matter anyways?  My overall observation is:  the american legal system is a major hassle with which to get involved  and I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. :D

Come on. There is clearly no overstepping of authority involved in actively pursuing a robbery suspect from camera footage and nobody is ever going to make that charge of them. You're trying to conflate two unrelated issues. 

*sigh*

I can only shake my head and wonder. Perhaps they have no proof who stole Dave's gear, but for sure they could arrest somebody for fencing stolen property. That should be a slam-dunk and a felony. They have video, signatures and the stolen property has been positively identified. 
 
Perhaps Dave could start an online petition for the cops to do something. If they arrest the guy who sold the stolen goods, he'll rat out the the others to save himself, even more so if he has prior arrests. The bit about manpower and resource shortages if pure political BS. Show me where to sign.

From what you write Dave I'm thinking the police know who the thief is and are protecting him for whatever reason (probably mafioso). Don't laugh - I've seen it happen.

  Take the time to remeber "that Becan"! It will refresh and replenish you! Good Luck Dave!

Maybe the cops are following the chain hoping to collect solid evidence to catch and convict the thieves.  They can come back later for the fence/sellers, which may not be the same as the burglars.
 
Why not lay back and get them all?

eph221
I don't mean to be antagonistic to anyone in particular, but often the police get  complaining about inaction on the one hand and over stepping authority on the other hand.  And then ironically, the biggest selling shows on TV these days are cop shows.  What a strange world we live in.  Do victims get too much voice, or not enough?  

Over stepping authority complaints are generally related to victim-less crimes we, the society, have invented as 'wrong', such as drug and vice crimes.  We don't like civil asset forfeiture and the abhorrent harassment and life destruction related to pursing these "crimes".  
 
Inaction complaints are about crimes like this one, non-violent but directly damaging to victims.  Police rate drug and vice crimes higher than theft. Theft is like lowest priority.  Police believe pursuing drug and vice crimes indirectly apprehends the same people doing violent crime, so they feel justified in dismissing most burglaries and theft.  
 
If Bitflipper was smoking a doobie on camera in Guitar Center, he would be in jail right now with a case brought against him with full cooperation from GC.  
 
So, let's not conflate the two.  Police over step and focus on victim-less "crimes" and dismiss very victim-full crimes like burglary.