TimC Wrote:
> On 2008-05-09, EuanB (aka Bruce)
> was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> >
> > Duncan Wrote:
> >> btw: I find it astounding that the police have taken more than a day
> >> to talk to this lunatic. They have the rego, why didn't they scoot
> >> around there asap and have a quiet word?
> > All registration tells the police is who owns the car and the
> > residential address.
> >
> > It doesn't tell the police where that person happens to be at a point
> > in time.
> >
> > Further the incident has already happened, priority for police
> > resources would ****bably have been given to inicidents where the
> police
> > can make a difference, leaving after the fact policing till quieter
> > times, which is sensible.
>
> Except that it has been re****ted that this guy is already known to
> police, which means he is already suspected of having offended in the
> past, and will offend again. As such, I would have guessed he would
> be one of their highest priority cases. Because he knows he is known
> (and a description of him has been plastered all over the newspapers),
> you can bet he's gone "missing". So we just have to wait for him to
> turn up in Kalgoolie...
No that's not how it works.
Police resources are finite. An accident that has happened has
happened, nothing can be done to change that.
Dealing with the aftermath of accidents, dealing with current and
happening crimes, that's something police can do something about.
The early morning is a peak period for emergency service activitiy, it
drops off as people get to work and gradually ramps up from about
16:00ish.
Picking up a known felon can wait till more pressing matters have been
attended to, which is the way it should be.
--
EuanB
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