how to get your local police dept to take action?

Question

regarding identity thief even when you know who and where this person is. this person has been jailed for this prior and san jose/ santa clara pd makes little to no effort in trying to arrest her.

Answer 1

Maybe try to hire a lawyer to deal with the police department for you.

Or keep calling them. Squeaky wheel gets the grease. Walk in there every day and talk to them until they do something about it.

Answer 2

Okay, first off you are talking about two VERY busy police departments who probably investigate thousands of identity theft cases a year, so cut 'em a little slack.

Don't be in such a rush to see someone arrested, because if they go out and arrest her, then the clock starts ticking on how long the DA has to prosecute.
Instead let a good case be built on solid evidence, which takes time.

Police don't, and can't, just go out and arrest someone because you tell them too. They have rules they have to work by.

There are lots of misguiding answers here. If you go to the sheriff's department, they are going to send you back to SJPD or SCPD (wherever it is the crime actually occurred). The Federal Trade Commission will do the same thing. Local or State news WONT care, because, lets face it...your identity theft is NOT big news.

Call to check on your case regularly, and reaffirm every time, that you want prosecution.

Answer 3

I'm also in CA... and I believe there is a identity theft division of San Jose PD. Perhaps if you called and spoke directly to one of the identity theft investigators you might get more help than just calling dispatch?

Good luck.

Answer 4

From the Department of Justice website:

Contact the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to report the situation, whether --
Online,
By telephone toll-free at 1-877-ID THEFT (877-438-4338) or TDD at 202-326-2502, or
By mail to Consumer Response Center, FTC, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580.

Under the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act , the Federal Trade Commission is responsible for receiving and processing complaints from people who believe they may be victims of identity theft, providing informational materials to those people, and referring those complaints to appropriate entities, including the major credit reporting agencies and law enforcement agencies.

More info: http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fraud/idtheft.html

Answer 5

You call the detective division and tell them you know the location of a criminal in the community.

You also tell them that, in less than 24 hours, the San Jose Mercury News will know, too.

It's amazing how fast they will act if they think a reporter is getting ready to report on their action (or inaction.)

Good luck. - Stuart

Answer 6

Go to the News Services and Local / State Politicians. You only need one of the above to get the action you want. Also check with the US Marshals office. I think they also deal with identity theft.

Its not 'What' You know but 'Who' You know that saves you in the end.

Answer 7

Go to your State's Attorney or District Attorney, which ever you have, tell them what's going on, file a complaint against the person in question, and then file a complaint against the police dept who isn't doing anything about it. I would do it asap and not waste too much time.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

If you live in one of the cities contact your city council member. If you live in the county area contact your county supervisor. They have email addresses online; just type in the city name and go to the city web site or the county name and couny web site. You'd be suprised...local politicians love to mess with police departments that ignore their constituents.

Answer 10

Find the FBI office closest to you and give them a call...