It's not that police not interested in catching crooks, it's just no resources available to actively hunt for them and not allowed to pursue stolen car anyway. I would say 90% of time I'm busy with either babysitting psych patient at hospital or dealing with domestic. That's all policing is these days. Then filling out crime reports for all the cars getting broken into, stolen or damaged.
I pursue stolen car, it crashes and somebody gets hurt. I will get charged with criminal matters, lose job, lose house and probably go to jail. Crook will get slap on wrist!