Is it a crime to eat good you find on the street? Is it a crime to eat something someone drops?

They should be pursued in order of importance, because it all costs time and money. Detaining someone takes the officers off the streets. Paperwork. Space in the cell becomes occupied. All of that...for a bag of chips. I'm sure the shop didn't even press charges because of it, but they too had to waste time to react. This is incompetence. Stealing is a crime, but not every theft requires the full process.