Businessmen located in the Old Town of Vilnius have repeatedly confirmed that private cameras are the only way out, but the video captured by them is often not enough for the police to find vandals. Therefore, entrepreneurs who find broken shop windows or a damaged environment usually receive a response that the investigation has been terminated.
A few weeks ago, the video cameras on Stiklių street recorded how early on Saturday morning, at 5 o’clock. 50 minutes A man walking along Stiklių Street knocked over and broke flower pots near the Ribas Jewelery store.
Although the police were immediately notified of the incident, only these days the businessmen received an answer that the video camera recordings were received from the neighbors and will be reviewed in the near future.
Businessman Patrikas Ribas said that the hooligans who broke the pots and knocked over the plants caused about 1.5 thousand euros in losses.
The business family suffered much greater losses three months ago when hooligans broke the window of their diamond shop. It cost about 7 thousand to replace it. euros.
At that time, the attack was also reported to the police, but after some time the officers responded that they were discontinuing the investigation – the suspects could not be identified.
This time, the businessmen sought to cooperate with the police, but the Vilnius police did not even reveal the name of the officer who investigated this crime.
The owners of the jewelry store “Aukso Meistersai” located on Rūdninkai Street had to search for criminals on their own more than once. They have installed video cameras themselves, which helped track down the thieves, but on the night of March 11, an attempt was made to break the window of the store with a pot.
It was not possible to break the window, and the video camera recordings were handed over to the police.
Having noticed that there are video cameras near the jewelry store, other victims of thieves or hooligans often turn to it, but their cameras do not record street footage.
Businessmen were indignant that in the old town of Vilnius, where many expensive shops are located, and restaurant and hotel owners try to decorate the environment as much as possible, vandals are rampaging with impunity.
Recently, flower pots were also broken near the restaurant located on Vokiečių Street.
