Police Story
Arsony said:
denden,
No offence, I think you missed my point there...
Without similarly sounding jaded, what I'm trying to say is that we should also be realistic in our expectations of police actions. They can (realistically and logically) only help us in a big way if...
1) They have a certain amount of lead
2) The offence is getting more frequent and is worsening
3) It is feasible to mobilise manpower and logistic
Face it. When something like that happens to us, we're plain upset to the point where we get unrealistic. When we report to the police, we just want our spoiler back or we want someguy-anyguy nailed for our unhappiness. I'm just saying that that's not their job...
I'm never on their side most of the time...
Arsony
Topaz Blue NOT jaded...
HI Arsony,
The reason why I went to the police:
1. To ensure a record of a theft has been filed.
2. To make the police aware of the situation so as to protect fellow car owners.
3. To explore any opportunities of recovering my stuff. (Which was not high on my priority as I had already contemplated this risk when fixing the
spoiler anyway, in fact, i was half hearted in going to the police)
The expectations I had of the police:
1. To first of all establish or communicate the causes of action I can take.
2. To assess the chances of finding my item back
3. To prove to me beyond reasonable doubt that all realistic measures that can be taken to recover my loss have already been contemplated and the reasons why, if not feasible.
I did not expect them to search the entire country to find a roof spoiler. ( I think we all agree that there are priorities in life and this extends to a national level as well)
I only expected them to go a reasonable mileage in assisting me in recovering my item, which in my logical frame of mind could be done by finding the finger prints which might have been left behind.
My frustation therefore stems, not from losing an item, but in realising how much additional time I had wasted in trying to recover the item. If they had told me right from the start that checking for finger prints was not one of those things they could do for a nature of this case, then i would have walked out of the station and saved 1.5 hours of useful time.
Lastly, hope you could be more diplomatic with your postings. It could have sounded very different and sparked unnecessary conversation on a bad day
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