zabadoh to San Francisco@lemmy.world · 4 months agoS.F. police are using drones to arrest bipping suspects, officials say (SF Chronicle gift link)www.sfchronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkS.F. police are using drones to arrest bipping suspects, officials say (SF Chronicle gift link)www.sfchronicle.comzabadoh to San Francisco@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezabadohOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-24 months agoIt’s a local(?) term for a common form of car burglary where a hard object is used to break the window glass quietly. https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/18/san-francisco-bay-area-crime-car-break-ins-burglaries-bipping-bip-city-bipped-bippin/ The car burglary is over within seconds, and the police are virtually powerless to stop it. I’ve had my car bipped twice.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·4 months agoVirtually powerless? Just sit in a shop and wait for a robbery and then flag the car.
It’s a local(?) term for a common form of car burglary where a hard object is used to break the window glass quietly.
https://sfstandard.com/2023/09/18/san-francisco-bay-area-crime-car-break-ins-burglaries-bipping-bip-city-bipped-bippin/
The car burglary is over within seconds, and the police are virtually powerless to stop it.
I’ve had my car bipped twice.
Virtually powerless? Just sit in a shop and wait for a robbery and then flag the car.