I can remember something that actually happened in the UK in 1994:
A guy leaves his house in the morning to find his car has been stolen off the drive.
He phones the Police and reports it stolen.
Later that day he returns from work to find his car parked a few hundred feet from his house.
There are two tickets to a live theatre performance and a note of apology stating the person who took the vehicle was dreadfully sorry but claimed he had no choice because his heavily pregnant wife had suddenly gone into premature labour and he had to get her to hospital as quickly as possible.
He called the local Police and they sent an officer round to tie up the loose paperwork.
The car owner insisted on withdrawing his complaint and the Officer in his eternal wisdom never thought of asking to see the tickets, there date, venue etc.
Two weekends later the vehicle owner took his wife to the free show and upon his return, his house had been burgled.
He once again rang the Police and this time complained most robustly that his misfortune should have been foreseeable by the Police Officer who took the initial stolen vehicle report.
The said Officer was lucky not to be disciplined.
This story is true......someone lived it
