My car was stolen from my boyfriend's work. He had borrowed my car that day and whoever stole my car evaded police and then dumped it down the road. Police saw my car and saw that a male was driving it (I'm female) and attempted to pull whoever was driving over, with no success and with lights and sirens on they followed my car but they lost sight of it.
A short time later, they then found it dumped and it had no one in it, however, it was unlocked. They've then continued to open my car and search it and I was wondering if they're allowed to do that as I had not even been notified of the car being involved in any sort of chase, let alone a search?
They then organised for my car to be towed to a local tow yard. Can they do this? I had not reported it stolen because I found out this all happened by the police themselves and at that stage it had already been towed.
A short time later, they then found it dumped and it had no one in it, however, it was unlocked. They've then continued to open my car and search it and I was wondering if they're allowed to do that as I had not even been notified of the car being involved in any sort of chase, let alone a search?
They then organised for my car to be towed to a local tow yard. Can they do this? I had not reported it stolen because I found out this all happened by the police themselves and at that stage it had already been towed.