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Maybe the police need a special code for "stolen, but the registered owner is Hertz", that they'd treat as casually as a traffic stop for a burned out taillight
by josephcsible 4y ago
Maybe the police need a special code for "stolen, but the registered owner is Hertz", that they'd treat as casually as a traffic stop for a burned out taillight, rather than the felony stop that a reported-stolen car usually gets.
- heavyset_go 4y agoWhy would they ever do that when having the car reported as stolen gives them probable cause to search the vehicle and driver? Hertz is making what they perceive as their job easier.
- iJohnDoe 4y agoPolice wouldn’t want that. They want to get every chance they can get to add an arrest to their resume. It’s helps with promotion and pay. It doesn’t seem to matter if the arrest is later determined to be incorrect.
- FireBeyond 4y agoIn many cities, arrests are tracked, as are successful prosecutions. But by a curious anomaly the number of dropped prosecutions is not, or those later released without charge. I guess that's not an important metric. Maybe to us, not to the PD.