I gave up on the police when I was told by a detective that intentionally writing a bad check was not a crime but a civil matter. The detective should have just told me it wasn’t worth his time. Further incidents included numerous businesses not filling out property reports, purchasing jewelry and rare coins from minors with no penalty. It made me realize the police care more about the chamber of commerce and take revenue than protecting the public.
It is a crime, no? Then you can citizen-arrest the person. I think one of the reasons why my charges were dropped was that I told my lawyer that we were going to trial and if my accusers showed up in court [I have the right to face my accusers] then I would citizen-arrest them. I even asked her to start making arrangements for custody with the bailiff and the judge.
“I gave up on the police when I was told by a detective that intentionally writing a bad check was not a crime but a civil matter. The detective should have just told me it wasn’t worth his time. Further incidents included numerous businesses not filling out property reports, purchasing jewelry and rare coins from minors with no penalty. It made me realize the police care more about the chamber of commerce and take revenue than protecting the public.”
It is the same with theft. Unless it is a very very small town, all they are going to do is make a report and tell you to “turn it into your insurance company, hope you got pictures”. They ARE NOT going to make any effort to pursue it any further than that.