Long story short: no the VPD does not fight or try to fight real crime.
Short story long:
I used to manage the Pro Feed that in on 123 right across the street from Jammin Java. We had a lady come in and write us false checks. She had stolen them from a lady in alexandria and wrote us bad checks from this lady's account. She would bring the product back and say she did not need it and return the goods for cash. She was a nice lady, very friendly that worked at a vet clinic. She had hit the other Pro Feeds in alexandria, VA and DC, so when she came wanting to return everything I knew it was her and not to give the cash back. Played stupid, and got her name and a fake cell number to give her store credit.
Called the Vienna Police, gave them the story, the check, her name and cell phone number. The woman's name was Carmina Lopez. When I told that to the police, they said there must be a thousand of them and its no use looking her up. After the police decided they did not want to do anything I decided to give it at lease a Fairfax Underground run though to see if "Carmina Lopez" may have had a history...
http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/cgi-bin/arrestsearch.cgi?field1=lopez&field2=carmina&field3=&field4=&field5=&field6=&field7=&field8=&field9=&field10=&field11=&submit=search
did she ever have a record. i called the police back, told them I had done their work for them. they came back with a bunch of pictures and told me to point out "Carmina" I did and they said they could now get a warrant for her arrest and if she came back call.
Was it really that hard to run a name in the database. Thats why you have it VPD. Lazy, fat, pieces of shit cops just give people speeding tickets to raise their daily stress levels until people just POP! Fight real crime VPD.
Anyway, she came back the next day, I called the police, they came and arrested her and when they ran her ID she had other warrants for her arrest for the same thing all over Virginia.
Should the VPD have the budget they do NO! Should they run a name when someone has been a victim of a crime. YES! Real criminals being taken off the street, simply by FairfaxUnderground.