From: "Steve Cottrell"
On 8/4/13, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed:
It's supposed to work like that here too, but in this situation, I don't
have "evidence" that would stand up in court. Knowing who it was is not
"evidence". I've been through that with the Raleigh PD before.
But isn't the onus on collecting evidence in a criminal case up to the police?
It is for big crimes. They've got to find evidence that's going to stand
up in court.
A busted tail light & a broken mirror that a judge is just going to
laugh out of court because "Tom" told me "Dave" said ... just doesn't
rate the effort on their part. It's not just, it's not fair, but that's
the way it is.
Measuring this "crime" against the resources the police have available,
they're not going to waste their time.
The only thing the police can do is issue a report stating an unknown
vehicle damaged my vehicle so I can submit a claim to my own insurance
company and have my rates go up again.
It'll cost me less to pay it out of pocket even if I can't collect from
the guy who hit me.
And who knows, maybe the horse WILL learn to sing ...
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