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Originally Posted by jar_e
I mean I don’t know if I have any expectations. I definitely take no offence if someone doesn’t believe me. If it’s anything dire or important, they’re probably showing up to your door/work/etc in person to deal with it. CPS probably makes hundreds of outgoing phone calls (thousands?) in a day for a variety of reasons. There’s safeguards in place that if you don’t believe the person is a cop, you can phone and verify. I would say in my experience that is usually requested under 10% of the time. My interactions with the public are significantly less so maybe that’s risen.
I’ve said this before on this board but I would guess an average frontline cop could be running 100+ license plates in a day. 99% of those plates result in nothing more of glancing at the screen to verify information and then it’s done. There are an infinite amount of variables why this would be done. In a day and age of plate swaps, increasing stolen vehicles, re-vinned/fraudulently registered vehicles, that is one tool to determine the validity of a vehicle.
I have no idea why the OP had the experience they did. Maybe there was a vehicle that matched that description that was stolen, used in a crime, etc. I think it’s tough for the public to truly comprehend the absolute vast amount of information that comes in from a variety of sources and frontline has to be aware of sometimes. There is so much context to every police interaction that makes providing a definitive explanation to these stories nearly impossible without knowing first hand.
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Is it generally possible to call the police non-emergency number and get through? I've only called twice in the last 10 years, and both times waited 20 minutes without an answer.
Once the situation escalated enough during that time that I called 911, and once I just said forget it. That experience doesn't make me think of calling them as a reasonable choice in most situations.