Re:David Simon Made Baltimore Detectives Famous. Now Their C...
by prepend on Thursday January 13, 2022 @03:15PM
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For #2, I don’t care what kind of cop comes out, but there are traffic cops for this type. It’s a service that’s needed and only police can write police reports. So the police aren’t responsible, who is?
3) it was 4 hours to arrive across the street. The report was ready the next day. The private security company is off duty cops so they can do everything police can since they are police.
4) it is in their jurisdiction as it’s in their city and the crime occurred in their city, they just don’t enforce it unless requested by some outside party (like the state court). The state police don’t respond to minor issues like contempt. So again, who should handle this issue.
My point is that police don’t do what is needed. And the bit about being busy and underfunded is hard to believe given the massive funds that go to police.
3) Four hours to investigate and prepare a report is ridiculously fast. So, there was a lot of latency, but it sounds like they were actually quite efficient once they arrived. Note: I'm not sure I believe the bit about calling a private security company, as that wouldn't make any sense; they couldn't have filed a police report for you.
4) Sounds right. Cops are bound by jurisdiction as a matter of law. If something isn't in their jurisdiction, they aren't allowed to do anything. This usually happens at county/city borders (where it's a case of figuring out which set of cops has jurisdiction to act), but it also applies to court orders. You haven't provided sufficient facts to say why state police would be enforcing a judicial order in this case.