@[email protected] to San [email protected] • 1 month agoS.F. police are using drones to arrest bipping suspects, officials say (SF Chronicle gift link)www.sfchronicle.commessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkS.F. police are using drones to arrest bipping suspects, officials say (SF Chronicle gift link)www.sfchronicle.com@[email protected] to San [email protected] • 1 month agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink13•1 month agoThe article uses bipping in the headline and nowhere else 🤔
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink4•edit-21 month 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-square@tylerlink0•1 month agoVirtually powerless? Just sit in a shop and wait for a robbery and then flag the car.
The article uses bipping in the headline and nowhere else 🤔
The fuck is bipping?
I was hoping for enlightenment too
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.