On Fri, 09 May 2008 09:04:39 -0700, XS11E wrote:

> You believe the police won't follow up a complaint of filing a false
> report? They'd become an ex-cop here very quickly.

It's very hard to prove someone "willingly" filed the false report, which in
most states is required to proceed with the charges. Your state might vary
on this, but I personally know of none that do.

If the complaintent has no evidence to support his accusations the officer
must make a judgment call on whether it's worth it to proceed with what
could be a time (and tax dollars) consuming effort. Many police reports are
filed for small dollar losses for insurance company purposes. Very few are
pursued for false filings.