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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
You're supposed to let them escape. Then the cops can tell you they have no leads or suspects and your property will never be recovered. Thats the Canadian justice way, cowardly and accomodating to criminals. How dare a law abiding citizen protect his home and family. What of the feelings for the criminal? I doesnt matter you've been victimized, the perp probably had a rough up bringing, he's the real victim.
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That's been my experience.
I walked in on someone ransacking my home. The dude saw me and dived through a window to escape into our back yard (which is closed in)! I dialed 911 and was told in no uncertain terms to let the guy go as the Police were on the way. I was warned not to do anything at all to stop him escaping.
Anyway I'm waiting at the side of my house and said asswipe runs across the road into the wooded area by my house. I yelled at him a few times and he just smirked. Police arrive and I give a really good description of the jerk and which way he went. (Steep wooded hill). They then asked me whether I tried to impede the guy when I walked in on him. WTF! I told them that I hadn't and that he went that way (pointing) and didn't they want to try and catch him. They went off.
10 minutes later the cops show up at my house again with a guy in the back of their cruiser. "Is this him?" I looked in the back and it sure looked like him, right down to the purple ball cap he was wearing. "Yep, that him" I said and the guy goes nuts screaming and cursing that he hadn't done anything, he was innocent blah blah blah (What's a criminal going to say anyway?) So the two officers have a quick discussion and tell me that they ended up with "white fluffy stuff" on them from going through the trees and this guy didn't have any on him so they don't think he's the right person! "Have a nice day!" That was it! Nothing else happened. I phoned the detachment and they never charged the guy and closed the file.
It was complete BS. I lost a lot of respect for the RCMP that day.