COLLINS: Changes in our justice system are critical
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TWO FRIENDS OF MINE lost tens of thousands of dollars in equipment and tools in the past few weeks.
It’s getting to be ludicrous, and a weak justice system is at least partially to blame. In one instance, a man lost $25,000 to $30,0000 worth of tools when his trailer was broken into.
He has security video, and he can make out the car and the people. He finds out where his stuff is by pinging the air tags. Drives to the house, sees the car and the people. Calls the police. Instead of rushing to the scene, they say “if we go to the house and they say the stuff isn’t there, police have no cause to enter, so we would have to leave.”
Police could start an investigation but it would probably drag on and the stolen goods would probably be long gone. My friend says, “what if we go and take it back?” Police respond, “then we’d have to arrest you.”
