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If you get mugged or pickpocketed, you walk into the nearest establishment like a bar or a hotel, tell them you have been mugged and ask them to call the police. This solves the question of getting to the nearest police station. You also ask them to call your hotel so they can block access to your room and your bank to freeze your credit cards. The cops probably know where your wallet is, most street-level criminals don't need your ID.
If you've lost everything (let's say you mixed your prescription pills with alcohol and blanked out), get to your hotel. They know enough about you that you can prove your identity to them: full name, room number, phone or email, maybe they even have some CCTV footage or a copy of your ID (I don't know if they copy it in the US).
They stopped copying IDs years ago in most hotels. Of course they'd have a record of Mr. JJJ in their database, the problem is proving that guy and me are the same person. CCTV would help but I am not sure whether an underpaid receptionist would have access to such things, especially days back. I guess if I am insistent enough they could at least get someone who does on the phone, if only to get rid of me.
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