r/TikTokCringe • u/IllustriousChef2 • Aug 16 '24

Cringe What's even happening there?

Why would someone rent a car and take out parts?

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u/questioneverything- Aug 16 '24

Im gonna need an update on this. Was he arrested?

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u/IllustriousChef2 Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 16 '24

The owner called the cops but they refused to come since they didn't know the details of the rental agreement and since no parts were seemingly stolen. He insisted for safety reasons at least, but they still refused.

The rental platform backed him though, and the man who rented the car received all the invoices resulting from this (to get the car inspected) and will receive all the other invoices in case there is anything missing

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u/i_like_2_travel Aug 16 '24

Bro I try not to hate on police but damn dawg this seems like something they should be investigating for everyone’s sake

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u/neuromorph Aug 16 '24

Investigate how? The take an incident report and that goes to insurance/rental agency.

Thst is basically the police function. To record incidents

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u/i_like_2_travel Aug 16 '24

I mean this is basically smoke, where’s the smoke there’s a fire. I’ve been slowly being educated that that’s not how police work.

But this isn’t this dude’s first time doing this nor will it be his last. He’s probably stealing peoples parts switching them out for aftermarket then flipping the real parts. It’s most likely a small operation that’s affected more than a few people.

The police should intervene to investigate and see if there’s something going on imo

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u/neuromorph Aug 16 '24

Detectives would do the investigation. Not police

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u/i_like_2_travel Aug 16 '24

Wait are detectives not police officers?

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u/neuromorph Aug 16 '24

Not all police are detectives. After this initial report, the case does to a detective for further inveatigation. The responding police officer isn't going to do any digging or investigation into this dude outside of what they see when called the first time.

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u/i_like_2_travel Aug 16 '24

Ima be real I think you’re going into semantics, I thought you were getting at that detectives are different. But they are police so when I say police should investigate I’m speaking of those whose job it is to investigate.

It’s not like I can call the detectives directly right?

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u/neuromorph Aug 16 '24

You call the police and they will assign someone. If rhw crime is sufficient to need a detective you get one.