you wrote:
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>On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Tom Robertson <007@embarqmail.com> wrote:
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>> I dropped, I assume, some cash and cash out tickets and, in a zillion
>> to one shot, came face to face with the person who was in the process
>> of cashing one of the tickets. The police told me that it wasn't a
>> crime for him to keep what he found, even though I told them it was
>> possible I was pickpocketed, and casino security didn't tell him any
>> different. I think the lady who returned Jean's money was scammed and
>> conceivably could sue the casino. Or if she wasn't scammed, the police lied to me.
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>While arguably slightly more not knowledgeable than the average casino employee, I have also yet to meet a cop with a law degree.
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>I find it useful to keep in mind this rule from Bill Handel, host of "Handel on the Law":
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>"Cops will always interpret the law such that they don't have to do anything."
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>Fortunately, the cop is not the last word on the subject. As a citizen, you have the right to file a citizen complaint, whether they like it or not. There is a Metro Police station conveniently located at Mandalay Bay, another downtown. Doing so will force them to act and will give them access to security tapes despite the casino's "preference" for keeping them secret.
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>Playing off someone else's credits in Nevada is a felony. If someone plays your leftover credits, or cashes a ticket that belongs to you, you are a crime victim, and should act accordingly.
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>Expect resistance.
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>TC
From this and another recent encounter with the police, what you quote
Mr. Handel as saying seems to be true.
Why do you believe it's a crime? Is there a statute that says it is?
I filed a police report. I don't know if that's the same thing as
what you meant by a "citizen complaint." They didn't regard that as
forcing them to do anything besides tell me that I hadn't been the
victim of a crime.
