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Originally Posted by Highwayman  When they moved the Rock Island depot across my front yard (both halves) and left ruts deep enough to high center my riding lawn mower the cop’s answer was “They had a moving permit.” |
Just a quick comment, off the subject....the cop couldnt have done anything about that situation. Your yard was damaged, I can understand you being upset, I would be upset if it was my yard, too. However, this damage would be a civil issue between you and whomever did it...criminal damage is a specific intent crime - the person had to intentionally meant to cause damage to your yard. Hopefully you got everything resolved with the moving company. The most the officer could have done is a miscellaneous incident report, pretty much stating you alledge the moving company vehicle of causing the damage - it documents the incident happened, but no crime was involved.
It was fine to call the cops - about 50% of our calls involve civil situations where no crime was committed. We are happy to guide people in the right direction to resolve the situation even if we dont have paperwork we can fill out for the incident or go arrest someone.