The preferential treatment isn't even close to thank you for protecting us. Believe it or not, there are a majority of police in the city I live, that are biased towards different groups that do this sort of thing. For example; at my house, I've called because it's been vandalized or broken into. A report is taken, and I have to follow up with the detectives. I am required to call them, and check status, or see if they have questions for me. At the deli, not the case at all, they get a drive-by almost every 2-3 hours now. They also get a detective in almost daily to "go over details of the case." It's a little excessive. And as for the value of the items stolen, mine was roughly triple the value stolen and two and a half times damaged. I understand that the facts of every case are different, however, when I asked about the difference in techniques, I was told that the Department is stretched really thin and they have little time for residential non-violent crimes.
All I"m getting at is that the police clearly are giving mush more attention to a store that hands things out to them daily, than a resident who does not.
I'm not worried about them actually getting the discount and me not, I could care less. I'm worried about the treatment that comes with it. My brother is in the Marines, he gets tons of discounts, that's reasonable to me. However, the people giving them, don't expect anything else for them.
Examples of more of the things? Management gets to park on sidewalks, in the street, blocking corners, and the view of stop signs. When residents complain, cops go in and have them move the car/truck. This happens 3-5 times a week. The owner of the building, has been allowed to pretty much park where ever he wants. There have been two accidents in the last week alone, because people are unable to see the stop signs. Then police actually ticket those people, bot the guy blocking the sign. It's ridiculous.
I'm just kinda lost where to go with this, as I know it's not right.
Jeff
