08-27-2011, 09:58 PM
(08-27-2011, 09:39 PM)Lady Cop Wrote:(08-27-2011, 09:09 PM)Bella0213 Wrote: word on the streets is LE has absolutely not enough evidence to bust em.
word on the street isn't always something that can be relied upon.
LadyCop:
Something I'm curious about from LE's perspective. Let's say you have a major crime. The victims are known to partake in illegal activity and their friends, associates, and certain family members also have histories of illegal activity. LE suspects that the victims were not completely innocently/randomly chosen and have good reason to believe that there are people known to the victims who have guilty knowledge about the major crime.
Will LE typically have the funding/authority to keep tabs on a long list of shady characters for any length of time? Is it more cost effective to repeatedly call everyone back in for interviews and hope someone will crack, rather than dedicate manpower to surveillance or sting operations? It must be so frustrating for police to determine how to best keep a case alive when they have new cases everyday.