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Why would the police care? It's like people watched an episode of dragnet and now they think there are a bunch of guys down at the station working on their case. Probably in shifts?

After a hit and run I once had an officer tell me that running tags would be "a lot of work".

Last time I was victim of a hit and run in a motor vehicle the police had an eye witness statement and the physical vehicle itself. They declined to investigate. They told me it wouldn't matter because it wouldn't be prosecuted unless someone confessed.

The police do not exist to act as your personal investigation team.



I'm sorry if the police aren't taking car crime seriously where you live, but who else do you think should be investigating crime?

That said, a hit and run isn't the same as organised car thieves with tow trucks.




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