• MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    Well, I guess if someone calls and says you have kidnapped a little girl and that they have seen you with a gun, the police can’t take a chance that it’s hoax. All phone numbers that call the police should be logged and if it turns out to be a hoax, traced, so people who make hoax calls can be arrested and prosecuted.

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      2 months ago

      If they enter his home, and there is no evidence of a crime, then what is the basis for the arrest?
      One thing is to investigate the truth of a call, another is to act on it as if it’s verbatim truth.