The cops did nothing...why?

Question

i posted a question about my friend being threatened by her now ex boyfriend....today she went to his house to get her stuff because he said she could. On her way over there she found out that he really did cheat on her and gave her HPV, and he started to threaten her again.

He said that he was going to bash her car and come after her and that she was going to die...she told him to stop and that she was going to call the cops, but he kept comming back up to her, throwing her stuff out of his house and threw a couple of knives at her (thank god they missed) and then he threw a statue at her car and broke her windshield....that is where she drew the line and called the cops

the neighbor and her ex's dad watched the whole thing and did nothing, she was on the phone with her friend and he did nothing (the guy on the phone is also friends with her ex though)

the cops did NOTHING, they said that all he would have to do is pay for the windshield and THEY GAVE HIM BACK HIS KNIVES...

she has messages and texts from him saying that he wants her dead! she has proof from three other people who heard and saw the whole thing and all the cops said was that she can only charge him for vandalisim and have him pay for her windshield! THAT IS NOT RIGHT! she tried to explain to them and fight about it but they said that he is the owner of the kife so they had to give it back, nothing they could do...i'm PISSED so now she has to explain it to her parents, i hope they do something about it....do you guys believe that this is all the cops could have done?

Answer 1

If hes being threatening they have to offer her a restraining order. especially if hes threatening her life
dont let her delete those messages

Answer 2

She actually needs to go to the police station and talk to the duty officer and explain what happened, they officers that showed up were in the wrong.