Criminal Investigation?

When can the police take over a criminal investigation?

• I have dealt with abuse situation for many reasons, and I have the same problem (which is pretty much applicable to every single police service in the world). When should the police take over an investigation. Someone that is subjected to abuse, they apparently have the 'burden of proof'. But I have often had great confusion getting to know when the 'burden of proof' should transition into a police investigation (where the police investigate the abuse for the victim). In a court the prosecution side often has a 'burden of proof' responsibility; but in many investigations that I know of (say a murder case), there are police staff that do investigations for the victim (eg. forensic scientists, motive psychologists, criminologists and so on). Clearly in many cases, 'burden of proof' doesn't apply. I have become very talented at dealing with abusive people now, and I understand about science and the nature of scientific investigations of crime amoung countless other scientific things. Because in some cases, I could not get authorities to investigate things, or to take it seriously; I have had a 'burden of proof' taken to the piont that I had to use scientific means to prove someone giulty in alternative ways or in amatures ways to that of a forensic staff member or near to it. This is not my responsibility, but this was the only way to get the authorities to take me seriously as the other evidence was not enough. I have also in one cases done an entire investigation of abuse all by my self; because I had no idea of when the services that help me should take over! They tell me that I need to provide as much evidence as possible, and that I have to be clear and precise with all my information. At the moment I am investigating petty cash theft. How can I better define what is the victim's responsibilities, and what is the police staff responsibilities during an investigation of abuse? CREED

• Answer:

  The police always have th responsibility to investigate crimes reported in their jurisdiction. there is nobody else. Now, that has been said, and the fact that you are some kind of mental case does not have to figure into the answer.