(August 5, 2017 at 12:15 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: It occurs to me, that perhaps there is a difference in locale. Frankly the extent to which some post modern ideas are being followed to day, simply amazes me. In the US, the police are going to take statements in the investigation, not just as a stab in the dark, to find other physical corroboration, but as actual evidence in determining the truth of the matter. Further the court may call a witness to testify to what they saw or heard. Is this different where ever you are at?
I don't have really very much experience with the law other than a few times in my entire life; and the court system not at all (other than two occasions not involving me personally and which I will not divulge here). What I can say is the seeming lack of eptitude and indeed interest shown by our police has only manifested since perhaps the start of this year. My guess it's something to do with cuts in the police service - several major stations have been forced into closure, including our own local one here in Walsall. A reported burglary about a month ago was treated with indifference, with the excuse that the London and Manchester bombings were being given higher priority. It wasn't helped by the baffling fact that the case was assigned to an officer that they knew was going on annual leave the next day.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
