I frequently have provided security footage to both Richardson and Plano PD detectives for their investigations on various incidents. If you have it, you need to let the patrol officer know you have the video. They may or may not pass that info along on the report that the detective gets. I will usually call the department a couple of days after the incident and make sure the Detective division knows I have it and then provide it if they want it. Most times they will.03Lightningrocks wrote: I can believe that. I had not given thought to the two different job classifications and the separation of duties.Maybe the problem is that there are so many of these crimes, the detectives can only handle x number of cases. The rest drift off into insurance land.
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- Sun Jul 14, 2013 11:16 am
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: Just got back home. Alarm at my offices went off!
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Re: Just got back home. Alarm at my offices went off!
- Sun Jul 14, 2013 8:20 am
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: Just got back home. Alarm at my offices went off!
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Re: Just got back home. Alarm at my offices went off!
The patrol officers don't really care about the video if there is no doubt that breaking and entering or theft occurred. The ones that will want the video is the detective so during their investigation they can see if it matches any known subjects or someone on another video committing crime.03Lightningrocks wrote:We already have a video surveillance system. Actually had a guy on video stealing a trailer from us. The police acted like it was a pain to look at the video. Just a month or so ago, three offices were hit and the cops did not even ask any of us for our video evidence. We all had to chase them down and beg them to look at it. Then the cops again acted as if it was painful having to watch the video.SF18C wrote:Might want to think about one of these too! I just finished my install today.
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If they catch the perps, the vids might help make the charges stick but the police don't seem to give two hoots about video.
Just my experience.