Posted On: January 31, 2005, 5:57 pm CST

Posted By: Evan

I spoke to a local Officer about this and he shed some new light on it. The Police respond to EVERY accident, and must take reports for almost all of them. They do not get paid for this, and the city must pick up the bill for their time. I know that an Ambulance call is charged to the person getting care, whether or not there is any care given. Since the Police don't charge the insurance companies for the use of these reports, why wouldn't it be fair for them to pick up part of the bill? If not, I believe that Police Departments should start selling their reports at the price an expert would charge to go investigate it. They do the work, why not get some assistance for it?
Makes sense to me.