The officers compensation, drone operators, infrastructure to run it all sums up to about 75k for the amount of time it took to get the perp.
The suspect stole $75 worth of merchandise and was only suspected of previous thefts but no evidence was given.
Totally makes sense.
In my state it’s illegal to have a concealed pistol without a CPL yet I can guarantee you nearly every week we get another shooting near nightclubs from someone unlicensed and nearly every other day another murder in our highest poverty stricken areas by someone who has obtained a firearm illegally.
The laws are not working if no one is enforcing them and our courts just spit the criminals back out into the streets.