I’ve seen cases before where the girl keeps calling the police to protect her against an ex that keeps threatening her, the police tell her to come in and press charges or file a restraining order, but the girl refuses to do so. Next, at the girl’s invitation “since he now promises to be good” the girl and her ex are back together again and when she gets threatened some more, she calls the police again, thinking they’re her personal security team.
If she keeps refusing to file charges the police will eventually grow tired of her. Wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the case here.
I suspect there’s a lot more to this story than has been presented at this point. It could turn out to be as bad as it sounds right now, but it’s going to take time to gather up all the pieces and assemble the puzzle.
Sadly, I have little faith in those who will be gathering the pieces. I have no concrete, absolute reason for my lack of faith, just a nagging feeling that’s been years in the making that police tend to protect their own. It’s human nature. Doctors do it, plumbers do it, we all do it.
Often the police say they can’t do anything unless the person in question actually does something (other than make threats). Not all states have stalker laws.
There was a case of a woman whose ex was getting out of prison and she basically begged the cops to do something since he had threatened to kill her. The cops said they couldn’t do anything (she may have been unable to get a restraining order either) and the guy got out, went to her house and killed her. I recall the case brought up the whole issue of what should happen when someone is a known threat.
I think the first step is for the potential victim to be somewhere else.
Cops get paid by the hour, it is not their decision to get tired.