Minneapolis: Call 311 instead of 911 to report property damage, theft

[sarisataka]

2. I agree that damage or theft

Which is complete is not an emergency. As you say, the call is more for insurance than any hope effort will be spent to recover missing property.

My concern would be the optics of "regular" city employees taking the reports. It can give the impression that property damage and theft is being decriminalized and only recorded for statistical purposes. (Not far from what it is de facto but facts aren't everything)