Chatty I understand your frustration with the situation but think of what the detective who was called to handle the case thought when given the video...don't you think that instead of just assuming they were "lazy" you should have asked some of the questions that you did in your last post on the one before? I am not here to down play things, yes they are very bad pictures but I guess the public will have to deal with what they are given(criminals nowadays rarely look at the cameras and smile). Video is bad and unless they went all over Victoria and smiled in all of the other cameras while passing forged checks this is all we-the public can expect.

No. It is still funny. You aren't the comedy police. You see, donuts are funny, bagels;not so much. Bananas, they're funny. Cantaloupe-not.
I think Wal*Mart may have some sense of humors on sale this week. You might want to stop by and get one.

Oh liberty....if the police really really want help from the public then they need to provide sufficient information that we can follow and help.

Saying that that two blurry blobs passed hot checks at several establishments -- please help us IS LAME. It is like a game of clue. As I said, what is their spending trail? Purposes and habits that were exhibited.

I'd be glad to help, but as you know too many police departments avoid any volunteer help. How many police are on the force. How many cases are over whelming them?

Do they need more administrative help? What? I still think that throwing it to the paper with so little information was lazy. It means that there are no other clues or leads. Victoria is not that big compared to Houston.

It is just that the Advocate writes the brief stories with no detail. And yes my background is varied. I have journalism, records management, research, documentation, and legal among other things. I have assisted law enforcement on several missing child searches. So I do care.

I just keep shaking my head at the reporting of criminal acts and such. Is it what is released to the Advocate or the writers? Reporters are suppose to ferret out the news and not take interviews as the fact.

In the past week here we have two unknown women VPD needs help with. They give us fuzy pictures. Reading arrests, they charged someone with cursing while drunk. Duh. Am I missing something. Who is leading the VPD? Who is managing administration and operations? It seems crazy.

Based on the page of arrests and such, I can't see much they are overwhelmed with, unless there are only one or two people on the force. Are they understaffed or undertrained?

Read the stories as they occur in the region and then ask yourself on a daily basis what is going on. Why did VPD throw out almost useless fuzzy pictures? Maybe someone will recognize them. Then great. But the act really is strange based on larger more professional police departments.

I am sure there are good people on the force, I am just questioning processes and procedures. They seem odd.

Chattykatty if this is all that the investigators were given from the establishment where the crime took place then that is all they have to work with they are not lazy...geesh give them a break!  I guess maybe if the case was handed to you you would be able to do a better job unfortunately the investigators over at the PD are swamped with cases as it is and who knows they may be more than happy to have you help out.  So offer your services if it was that easy to solve crimes everyone would be a detective.

Oh, bother. It's not as if an Advocate photographer were hiding behind a screen hoping to take a picture of a lawbreaker and botched the assignment. The pictures were provided by a security camera. If anyone has a right to complain, it should be the person who paid for the security camera or the guy who set it up.

This is a sad state of affairs. The pictures are sooooo bad. At least they did not list the establishment with the bad photography. It would be an ad for "rob me".

Maybe we are suppose to squint real hard and pretend we see our least favorite aunt and report them.

Dear Victoria Advocate -- in this digital age you should have never published this -- surely you remember the classes from photography and journalism about examining and selecting and publishing photos? Did you skip that course?

Should have obtained further information from the victims and witnesses that took the checks; at least it would have helped. What did they buy? Unnecessary things or necessary? Give us some leads....if we are suppose to play photo crime detectives. And VPD if you provided these shadowy photos....shame. It was lazy work.

ragman, i know many officers who don't even eat donuts. it's not funny anymore.

Obviously those pictures are submitted in such low quality to extend the investigation for a longer time period. No sense in solving the crime too soon. Why not give the DA time to process other cases.

Only if they give free donuts.

New camera? Maybe they should wipe the petroleum jelly off the camera lens first.

The good news is, for a mere $18, you can purchase an eleven-ounce coffee mug with the alleged culprit's mug. With every sip from your white ceramic cup, you may put the criminal within reach of the long arm of the coffee-drinking law.

Great photos. I recognize one of them as the Loch Ness monster. Not sure about the other, maybe Tina Turner?
Get a new camera.

Get em' VPD!