When I went outside this morning, my car was gone. I frantically called my landlord, asking if he'd for some reason spontaneously decided to have me towed, but no. I called all of the local tow lots, nothing. It started to dawn on me that maybe it had been stolen, so I called the cops. In the four hours that went by between me calling the police and one actually showing up, I got a text from my ex boyfriend. It said: "guess you won't be able to get to work to see your new boyfriend now, huh?". I took this as a pretty clear confession that he'd stolen my car. We broke up more than six months ago, and I ended up having to get a restraining order against him so he'd finally leave me alone. I recently started seeing a guy at my office, and I guess my ex found out somehow. 

I tried to tell this to the cop, but the moment I said "ex boyfriend" he just rolled his eyes and said that this is a civil matter and that the police don't deal with that. I haven't talked to my ex in MONTHS and he never even drove my car! And I had a restraining order against him! Doesn't that count for anything?? Isn't that proof that I don't want him in my life at all, let alone my car? I told the cop everything, restraining order and all, but he just kept repeating that the cops don't deal with "lovers spats". 

Is there anything I can do about this? I told the cop over and over again that my ex didn't even have a key to the car, so he must've had to hotwire it. That's not illegal? I asked the cop if there was anyone else I could talk to, and he said no and left. What am I supposed to do now??? I live in a major city and I know the cops have more important things to deal with than a stolen car, but this just seems so wrong to me. I mean I know I can't just break into my ex's house and steal all his shit, so why is he allowed to steal my car???
user
My ex stole my car and the cops said it's a "civil matter" and won't do anything, what can
assistant
When I went outside this morning, my car was gone. I frantically called my landlord, asking if he'd for some reason spontaneously decided to have me towed, but no. I called all of the local tow lots, nothing. It started to dawn on me that maybe it had been stolen, so I called the cops. In the four hours that went by between me calling the police and one actually showing up, I got a text from my ex boyfriend. It said: "guess you won't be able to get to work to see your new boyfriend now, huh?". I took this as a pretty clear confession that he'd stolen my car. We broke up more than six months ago, and I ended up having to get a restraining order against him so he'd finally leave me alone. I recently started seeing a guy at my office, and I guess my ex found out somehow. 

I tried to tell this to the cop, but the moment I said "ex boyfriend" he just rolled his eyes and said that this is a civil matter and that the police don't deal with that. I haven't talked to my ex in MONTHS and he never even drove my car! And I had a restraining order against him! Doesn't that count for anything?? Isn't that proof that I don't want him in my life at all, let alone my car? I told the cop everything, restraining order and all, but he just kept repeating that the cops don't deal with "lovers spats". 

Is there anything I can do about this? I told the cop over and over again that my ex didn't even have a key to the car, so he must've had to hotwire it. That's not illegal? I asked the cop if there was anyone else I could talk to, and he said no and left. What am I supposed to do now??? I live in a major city and I know the cops have more important things to deal with than a stolen car, but this just seems so wrong to me. I mean I know I can't just break into my ex's house and steal all his shit, so why is he allowed to steal my car???
user
My ex stole my car. The cops say it's a civil matter and won't do anything. WTF???
assistant