The process of handling theft cases by the police station is as follows:
1. Investigate the scene. After receiving the report, make a registration form for accepting cases and go to the scene for investigation;
2. Extract evidence that can prove the theft, generally including: footprints, handprints, blood, saliva, surveillance video, witness testimony, etc.
3, property loss analysis, according to the stolen person's statement and on-site investigation and analysis, the stolen goods are classified and registered as a reference for the punishment standard after solving the case;
4. solve the case. Lock the suspect according to the evidence and arrest him;
5. After the investigation, those who meet the conditions prescribed by law shall be transferred to the procuratorial organ for examination and prosecution.
Theft cases usually take four or five months to close, and some may last as long as a year or even longer. Details are as follows:
1. police station investigation stage: the period of investigation and detention of criminal suspects after arrest shall not exceed two months. If the case is complicated and the time limit cannot be ended, it may be extended for one month with the approval of the people's procuratorate at the next higher level;
2. Procuratorate review and prosecution stage: the people's procuratorate shall make a decision on the case transferred for prosecution by the public security organ within one month, and the major and complicated cases may be extended by half a month;
3. Trial stage: When trying a case of public prosecution, the people's court shall pronounce a judgment within two months after accepting it, and no later than three months. For a case that may be sentenced to death or an incidental civil lawsuit, if one of the circumstances stipulated in Article 156 of this Law occurs, it may be extended for three months with the approval of the people's court at the next higher level; Due to special circumstances need to be extended, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Court for approval.
To sum up, after the police station catches the thief, the police will judge whether it constitutes a crime according to the number of stolen property and the number of thefts.
Legal basis:
Forty-ninth "People's Republic of China (PRC) Public Security Administration Punishment Law"
Theft, fraud, looting, looting, extortion or intentional damage to public or private property shall be detained for not less than five days but not more than ten days, and a fine of not more than 500 yuan may be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for more than 10 and less than 15, and may also be fined less than 1000 yuan.