They will charge you if you do something wrong.
Citizens calling the police to report the crime or a police patrol unit responding to evidence of a crime in progress.
The US Bureau of Justice Statistics regularly issues a statistical report on Local Police Departments. The most recent report was issued in 2003. As of 2003 there were more police agencies with 10-24 officers, 30 percent, than any other size.
Most insurance companies want a police crime report number before a settlement is reached.
It will depend on the evidence, but probably yes. In most cases the report is not the entire recollection of the police officer.
Individual citizens do not, and can not, "file charges!"The most one can do is MAKE A REPORT of the offense to the police and the police will take it from there.If you have relevant knowledge or evidence to support who you suspect did it, you can inform the police at the time you make the report.
No, although most states require police officers to be U.S. citizens. There are many who emigrated to the U.S. and became naturalized U.S. citizens.
you will most likely get charged with filing a false police report. If you reported it to your insurance you can add insurance fraud, which is a felony
It depends on the accident. Most states do not required it if no one was injured.
This is up to your insurance company. Why would you not have a police report anyway? The purpose of a police report is to get statements from all parties involved at the time of the accident before they have time to change their stories and make up facts. The police officer reports the statements and lists his/her observations and evidence at the scene to determine who is at fault in the accident or incident. Sometimes an insurance company will not require a police report in cases such as an animal collision or glass claim where it wouldn't really make any difference to have a report because there is no real fault to determine. Most of the time a police report is required and necessary.
The insurance company is not required to report a hit and run to the police but in most all personal auto policies, the insured is required to report a hit and run to the police before the insurance company will treat the claim as an uninsured motorist claim. This is usually a policy requirement.
I ythinnk it depends which state you reside in. In most states, unless someone is injured or their is property damage you do not need to have a police report. Actually, many police will not write a report at all unless there is actual damage. If there was no report and no injury the DMV will not know in MHO>
I don't know in the US but in Canada most of the provincial Motor Vehicle Acts police have 12 months after the infraction to issue a ticket.