• FenrirIII@lemmy.world
          41·
          2 months ago

          The police will only write a report if there’s clear evidence of a crime. So no report will be written day of if there’s no evidence beyond an obviously fake note.

          No person is going to charge into a store, obtain surveillance footage, track down the person who left the note, realize said person did not hit their vehicle and left a fake note, then contact the police and report them.

    • Ajen@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      2 months ago

      If they have video of you leaving the note, then they also have video of the truck being parked, sitting there without being hit, and the owner returning without any real incident.

      And from experience, the cops would tell the owner of the truck to contact their insurance, and if pushed, the most they’d do is file a report. There wouldn’t be any investigation, especially without evidence of damage.

    • dan1101@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      Good point. Don’t park nearby at least. If you do wind up getting identified and blamed you could probably tell the truth and say he was being an asshat in traffic and you were trolling him, but you never know how the justice system will work.

    • Bruhh@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 months ago

      They’d have to file a police report and report to their insurance before security will release/show any footage. This was a while ago from someone who worked at a red retail store.