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In the UK there is no legal requirement that someone knowing a crime has occurred to report it to the police. Uber seem to be reporting crimes where they are t

In the UK there is no legal requirement that someone knowing a crime has occurred to report it to the police. Uber seem to be reporting crimes where they are the victim (the article says they report a lot of small fraud) but not crimes where others are the victim. Which leaves an interesting thinking experiment: would Uber report a murder? The victim obviously can't report it. It would be illegal for Uber to do anything to assist the murderer in escaping the law, e.g. by cleaning the car etc; but would they actually report it?

rootlocus 9y ago
> In the UK there is no legal requirement that someone knowing a crime has occurred to report it to the police. Except Uber is a company not a person and not reporting crimes left them without a license.
vertex-four 9y ago
> In the UK there is no legal requirement that someone knowing a crime has occurred to report it to the police. No, but there is a requirement as part of London's minicab license to do so in "severe" cases, and to report to TfL in less-severe cases.
ensignavenger 9y ago
Shouldn't the victims be reporting these crimes? If the victims aren't reporting them, maybe they don't want them reported? Maybe they have a good reason for not wanting them reported? I have heard victims advocates state that it should be up to the victims what legal action/investigation/etc should take place. I am not an expert in this area, but maybe that is what Uber is doing?
- corford 9y ago
  According to the article, the victims were under the impression that Uber would report it to the police as part of their investigation in to the driver.
  - ensignavenger 9y ago
    Thanks for pointing that out- now I wonder why they got that impression? Uber should definitely be making changes to their interactions to make it clear. I guess I am not familiar with the customs around such things in London.
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rootlocus 9y ago

> In the UK there is no legal requirement that someone knowing a crime has occurred to report it to the police. Except Uber is a company not a person and not reporting crimes left them without a license.

vertex-four 9y ago

> In the UK there is no legal requirement that someone knowing a crime has occurred to report it to the police. No, but there is a requirement as part of London's minicab license to do so in "severe" cases, and to report to TfL in less-severe cases.

ensignavenger 9y ago

Shouldn't the victims be reporting these crimes? If the victims aren't reporting them, maybe they don't want them reported? Maybe they have a good reason for not wanting them reported? I have heard victims advocates state that it should be up to the victims what legal action/investigation/etc should take place. I am not an expert in this area, but maybe that is what Uber is doing?

corford 9y ago
According to the article, the victims were under the impression that Uber would report it to the police as part of their investigation in to the driver.
- ensignavenger 9y ago
  Thanks for pointing that out- now I wonder why they got that impression? Uber should definitely be making changes to their interactions to make it clear. I guess I am not familiar with the customs around such things in London.
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