(So as not to derail another thread.)
Say you have something stolen - a car, items from your home or your handbag, for example.
Often you will hear / read of complaints that the police do nothing, or that the police should "do something about it", after all, it's their job.
My question is, what, realistically, can the police do?
Aside from making the victim of a crime feel that something is being done, by going through the motions, filling out forms, dusting for print etc. then what is the expected outcome?
What would you do if you had the powers / authority wielded by a copper?
What if you didn't have to subscribe to the rules that a police investigator has to abide by (warrants / reasonable cause etc...)
Say you have something stolen - a car, items from your home or your handbag, for example.
Often you will hear / read of complaints that the police do nothing, or that the police should "do something about it", after all, it's their job.
My question is, what, realistically, can the police do?
Aside from making the victim of a crime feel that something is being done, by going through the motions, filling out forms, dusting for print etc. then what is the expected outcome?
What would you do if you had the powers / authority wielded by a copper?
What if you didn't have to subscribe to the rules that a police investigator has to abide by (warrants / reasonable cause etc...)