Thread: Complaint from neigbour

A similar thing has happened in Hunua over the past month. Someone (the cops won't say who) has complained their cattle beast was shot dead with a shotgun. Naturally, cops swoop cos irresponsible behaviour with a gun is involved.
Of course me and any other neighbours with guns get nervous it'll be a witch hunt and go into defensive mode and answer honestly about movements, shooting activity etc.
Next thing, I ask the officer what the wound looked like... Was he sure it was a shotgun? "Oh, we haven't seen the beast. It's down an offal pit." Wtf!?
So the police are running around investigating and freaking everyone in the neighbourhood out that there's an irresponsible (or nut job) gun owner running around farms shooting neighbours stock, without first verifying there is actually a shot animal to investigate!!
I still haven't decided weather to make a bigger deal out of it, like making a complaint to the Minister or area commander. I would have thought one of the first things they teach at Police college would be to 'get the facts straight and confirm what specifically it is you need to investigate.' I'm even more surprised that the officers CO directed them to pursue it without more evidence of cause of death, or whether there was ever even an animal dead at all, as it could well be one of those people who just wants to rid the world of guns making a malicious complaint.