Portland

It seems the Portland police are either stretched too thin and need more resources, or they are too lazy to be bothered, or the distribution of police resources is not very efficient. I don't know which it is but I definitely think there's something wrong if theft is not being seriously prosecuted. It's pretty easy to catch thieves–even a security camera and a number plate lookup will catch a large portion of the laziest shoplifters.

Of course, the underlying social issues that cause people to shoplift ought to be looked into as well. But there's nothing more I can say about that because I'm not well-informed enough to comment.