# Why is reporting a crime "snitching"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 4, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-reporting-a-crime-snitching/1008431 "2024-10-04T01:28:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-reporting-a-crime-snitching/1008431/8 "2024-10-04T12:07:51Z")
West Midlands Police have a neat idea. Which ties in nicely with this current thread: > [@I need to be educated about dash cameras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-educated-about-dash-cameras/1008332): > > I’ve tried searching to see if this had been addressed earlier, but to no avail, so forgive me if I’m repeating a topic. As background, a few weeks back, my husband’s car was totaled and all the witnesses claimed he ran a red light. Fortunately for him, there was a state trooper with a camera and the video proved that the witnesses were wrong. Now I’m just concerned enough that I’m thinking we should have dash cams in our vehicles. I’ve gone to several review sites and tried to make sense of w… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-reporting-a-crime-snitching/1008431)._