I don't know why this has been downvoted, anyone who's had any contact with the UK police knows it's absolutely true.
I was attacked and injured a few years ago, in an area with really good CCTV. The police spent six weeks claiming to be "picking up the evidence soon", all the while I have the CCTV operator calling me every fortnight asking when the police are going to pick up the tape. They never did.
A few weeks later, the guy who attacked me turned up in the press. Arrested for robbing an old lady and leaving her in hospital.
Called the police back, "Oh. There's nothing we can do. It's your word against his, there's no evidence, and we've closed the case."
Called the CCTV operator. They still had the tape. "I can keep it for another week before I have to destroy it."
Called the police back, told them to go pick up the tape. "No. The case is closed."
All they had to do was tell a passing car to drop in with an evidence bag and even that was too much work for them.
And this was long before the police cuts. It's only got worse since.
I was attacked and injured a few years ago, in an area with really good CCTV. The police spent six weeks claiming to be "picking up the evidence soon", all the while I have the CCTV operator calling me every fortnight asking when the police are going to pick up the tape. They never did.
A few weeks later, the guy who attacked me turned up in the press. Arrested for robbing an old lady and leaving her in hospital.
Called the police back, "Oh. There's nothing we can do. It's your word against his, there's no evidence, and we've closed the case."
Called the CCTV operator. They still had the tape. "I can keep it for another week before I have to destroy it."
Called the police back, told them to go pick up the tape. "No. The case is closed."
All they had to do was tell a passing car to drop in with an evidence bag and even that was too much work for them.
And this was long before the police cuts. It's only got worse since.