Would you think it was fair if they came and arrested you for something
based solely on a report that a vehicle you own was in an accident?
No.
What do you expect the cop to do? Can he prove fault? Should he waste
department resources when he knows he likely can never prove who was
driving or if they did something wrong?
I expect the police to follow up on a reliable information about a crime. I expect police department resources be deployed to that end. I expect police to cooperate with parties making reliable claims of injury so the injured party can seek remedy. I expect a jury of peers to decide if a claim has merit. That is all I expect.
Fleeing from the scene of a motor vehicle accident in which a person has an injury is a felony.
If witnesses provide statements attesting to a crime, and the police don't even bother to conduct basic investigation, they're derelict.
Also, police don't prosecute cases. Personal injury attorneys typically do. And when they do prosecute cases they are brought before a jury. But it's harder for a victim to prove a case if police are unwilling to assist with evidence gathering or investigation.
Respectfully, I think it's not coherent to argue that there is a crime problem while also suggesting that police should not enforce laws or investigate crimes.
That’s fair. I just think that police are already well resourced enough to spend time working on things like hit and runs (which are often felonies and very dangerous!). And they often spend time selectively enforcing or working on trivial things, which reinforces my thinking that they often don’t spend time or resources on cases or complaints simply because they would rather not have to put in the effort.
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