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... I am not making this up.
So, gfriend bought me a new cam for Christmas - used it for some Packer games, New Years and St. P's day. Uploaded all my pixs last night on my PC.
Went to the airport in Burbank like usual for my weekly flight (now in Salt Lake City).
Put the cam in my duffel bag - it's a tiny puddle jumper so I have to 'gate check' the bag. This means I give my bag to a handler and they put it on the plane (as we board).
Get to SLC, notice my bag is open - look for the cam and it's missing. Contact a Delta supervisor and they contact the Ramp Shift Manager (responsible for baggage, fuel, etc.).
I report my camera missing - they find the camera case but no camera!
I file w/ Delta but also realize that it was stolen. I call the police in Burbank, routed to Airport Police and file a report. The woman officer was very incompetent - called back and said, "I called LOST and found - we'll give it a couple days." Hell no, there's one or two guys working on that flight that are at your airport stealing/violating people's bags!
So, my optometrist is on the city council. I call him - he gives me great advice and says, "Contact this guy - he's the Exec Dir of Airport Authority - over the cops and tell them I told you to call -- and that you'll write a letter to the AA and cc the whole council if they don't do their due diligence."
So, I did.
Instead of the AA I got the Chief of the Airport Police - within 30 seconds he knows who the likely candidates are (since the SLC guy searched his folks w/i minutes of the plane landing and me reporting missing items). He said he'd take care of it immediately and personally (FINALLY - someone with at least 1% of their brain operating).
I get a call back - they won't search the locker b/c there's not enough probable cause (
). BUT, he said they haven't had thefts from bags in years and another person reported a theft this weekend (2 in 3 days). So, we'll see if they narrow it down (hmm, look at the schedules?, open a friken locker...). The woman cop who was rude/clueless was a rook in training - hope I didn't get her into too much trouble. :P
i won't see my cam again but I may get money from Delta, or the travel insurance or VISA (gfriends). I hope they catch this mofo and "protect and serve" all the patrons of the airport. Heck, I have to practically strip and they go over ever inch of our stuff each week but sit idly by while they've got a clear thief under their noses.
All in all, I could have not uploaded my pics, could have not realized my cam was stolen until this evening while unpacking, couldn't have had them find my empty case in the cargo hold, etc, etc.
I hope this doesn't happen to anyone else and just a good lesson to trust no one and don't take no for an answer.
So, gfriend bought me a new cam for Christmas - used it for some Packer games, New Years and St. P's day. Uploaded all my pixs last night on my PC.
Went to the airport in Burbank like usual for my weekly flight (now in Salt Lake City).
Put the cam in my duffel bag - it's a tiny puddle jumper so I have to 'gate check' the bag. This means I give my bag to a handler and they put it on the plane (as we board).
Get to SLC, notice my bag is open - look for the cam and it's missing. Contact a Delta supervisor and they contact the Ramp Shift Manager (responsible for baggage, fuel, etc.).
I report my camera missing - they find the camera case but no camera!
I file w/ Delta but also realize that it was stolen. I call the police in Burbank, routed to Airport Police and file a report. The woman officer was very incompetent - called back and said, "I called LOST and found - we'll give it a couple days." Hell no, there's one or two guys working on that flight that are at your airport stealing/violating people's bags!
So, my optometrist is on the city council. I call him - he gives me great advice and says, "Contact this guy - he's the Exec Dir of Airport Authority - over the cops and tell them I told you to call -- and that you'll write a letter to the AA and cc the whole council if they don't do their due diligence."
So, I did.
Instead of the AA I got the Chief of the Airport Police - within 30 seconds he knows who the likely candidates are (since the SLC guy searched his folks w/i minutes of the plane landing and me reporting missing items). He said he'd take care of it immediately and personally (FINALLY - someone with at least 1% of their brain operating).
I get a call back - they won't search the locker b/c there's not enough probable cause (
). BUT, he said they haven't had thefts from bags in years and another person reported a theft this weekend (2 in 3 days). So, we'll see if they narrow it down (hmm, look at the schedules?, open a friken locker...). The woman cop who was rude/clueless was a rook in training - hope I didn't get her into too much trouble. :P i won't see my cam again but I may get money from Delta, or the travel insurance or VISA (gfriends). I hope they catch this mofo and "protect and serve" all the patrons of the airport. Heck, I have to practically strip and they go over ever inch of our stuff each week but sit idly by while they've got a clear thief under their noses.
All in all, I could have not uploaded my pics, could have not realized my cam was stolen until this evening while unpacking, couldn't have had them find my empty case in the cargo hold, etc, etc.
I hope this doesn't happen to anyone else and just a good lesson to trust no one and don't take no for an answer.
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