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When the police see a car and run the plate and it comes back stolen, how should they “confirm the car is really stolen”?

by mef 4y ago

rdlw 4y ago
They should probably confirm the car is stolen when they mark it as stolen.
trasz 4y ago
A responsible course of action, given Hertz history of false accusations, would be to ignore “stolen” cars that belong to Hertz. It’s a lesser evil - even if it actually got stolen nothing bad will happen, Hertz is a wealthy company.
wsh 4y ago
The usual procedure is for the police dispatcher to check with the law enforcement agency that entered the license plate into the database. In case of a rental car, a call to the local or corporate office of the rental company would also be appropriate, all the more so now that there’s wide publicity about the problem of false or out-of-date theft reports.
- Aloha 4y ago
  Yes, and calling Hertz would confirm the report that the car was stolen, because its Hertz calling the police in the first place.
  - wsh 4y ago
    In some cases, that might’ve been true, but in others, I expect Hertz, when confronted with a rental agreement number, vehicle number, and customer’s name, would have been able to confirm that the agreement was current and valid, making it obvious that the theft report was mistaken or outdated.
    - Aloha 4y ago
      I normally rent from National/Enterprise, and I cant tell you the last time I got a printed rental agreement. As they say, its all in the app these days.
bell-cot 4y ago
For this purpose, they do not need to. if( car_theft->reporting_party == Hertz ) car_theft->credibility = Probable_Clerical_Error;
ransom1538 4y ago
Police generally hate stolen car license plates. This means things are about to get serious. Most police departments wont even attempt a pull over with just one unit. But most scary for the cop they have no idea who this person is. In the US you want to take stolen cars seriously [guns out]: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=police+killed+during+stolen+car https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=police+...
YeBanKo 4y ago
It can be as simple checking the registered owner of the car(Hertz), then checking the paperwork the renter has on hands and that should lower the suspicion and go from there.

When the police see a car and run the plate and it comes back stolen, how should they “confirm the car is really stolen”?

by mef 4y ago

When the police see a car and run the plate and it comes back stolen, how should they “confirm the car is really stolen”?

rdlw 4y ago

They should probably confirm the car is stolen when they mark it as stolen.

trasz 4y ago

A responsible course of action, given Hertz history of false accusations, would be to ignore “stolen” cars that belong to Hertz. It’s a lesser evil - even if it actually got stolen nothing bad will happen, Hertz is a wealthy company.

wsh 4y ago

The usual procedure is for the police dispatcher to check with the law enforcement agency that entered the license plate into the database. In case of a rental car, a call to the local or corporate office of the rental company would also be appropriate, all the more so now that there’s wide publicity about the problem of false or out-of-date theft reports.

Aloha 4y ago
Yes, and calling Hertz would confirm the report that the car was stolen, because its Hertz calling the police in the first place.
- wsh 4y ago
  In some cases, that might’ve been true, but in others, I expect Hertz, when confronted with a rental agreement number, vehicle number, and customer’s name, would have been able to confirm that the agreement was current and valid, making it obvious that the theft report was mistaken or outdated.
  - Aloha 4y ago
    I normally rent from National/Enterprise, and I cant tell you the last time I got a printed rental agreement. As they say, its all in the app these days.

bell-cot 4y ago

For this purpose, they do not need to. if( car_theft->reporting_party == Hertz ) car_theft->credibility = Probable_Clerical_Error;

ransom1538 4y ago

Police generally hate stolen car license plates. This means things are about to get serious. Most police departments wont even attempt a pull over with just one unit. But most scary for the cop they have no idea who this person is. In the US you want to take stolen cars seriously [guns out]: https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=police+killed+during+stolen+car https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=police+...

YeBanKo 4y ago

It can be as simple checking the registered owner of the car(Hertz), then checking the paperwork the renter has on hands and that should lower the suspicion and go from there.