To me going around with some photos of the guy and looking for him, maybe asking folks around the neighborhood if they know him, searching through mugshots of k

To me going around with some photos of the guy and looking for him, maybe asking folks around the neighborhood if they know him, searching through mugshots of known criminals in the area for a possible match, maybe posting his picture on their website or on posters seems like exactly the sort of thing police should be doing. Good old fashioned honest police work. I know they have quotas to meet and they could bring in more revenue by ignoring it and just ticketing people for minor shit like traffic offenses but it just seems lazy to say that because a computer can't do all the work for them they have no way to ID someone. Frankly, just by having video you've already done part of their job for them.