If they didn't spend the time to process the scene and a future conviction is denied because the police didn't follow procedure, then how many people would be complaining about the incompetence of the CPS?
I don't think the police can ever win.
If there are people cutting through neighbourhoods or speeding the cops are blamed for lack of enforcement, yet if they give tickets then they should be out trying to prevent "real" crime.
If officers give tickets to rafters on the Elbow they are being overzealous and should be spending their time on more important things. If they don't, then the traffic, littering and general unruly crowds on the river need to have something done about them.
Damned if they do, damned if they don't.
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