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Chief? Is that you? That kind of wisdom can only come from on high.

Federally charged drug dealers and murderers usually go to prison for a long time after their comviction. There is this thing called mandatory sentencing. Perhaps you haven't heard of it yet.

How ridiculous is it that officers can't write a citation based on video tape evidence? As if only a judge can determine the PC based on the tape. The KRS is a horribly written legal code put together by people who only care about the legal fees generated by the revolving door courtrooms.

Catch and release: Why LMPD couldn't arrest man caught on video allegedly breaking into car. Posted: Apr 08, 2015

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Portland man caught a guy trying to break into his car. He recorded it on video, called 911 and chased the suspect until officers arrived -- but the real story is why police had to let the suspect go and are now trying to find him again.

"He got my door open...when I came busting out after him," Wright said. "I literally watched him myself and chased him from the time he left my door till the time cops got him with his break-in tool. I followed him the whole time." "They (police) straight-up told me if they didn't see it, it never happened," he said.

Kentucky law limits when an arrest can be made on a misdemeanor charge. The person in the video didn't steal anything from Wright, so even though he's on camera, officers had to let him go.

"I saw a big hole in the driver's side door," said Douglas Griffin, another victim. "Since the alarm is so loud that's probably what scared him off." "They stole a navigator out of our vehicle," Miller said.

Sgt. Cirillo says the same guy may be behind at least seven car break-ins in the Portland neighborhood this week.

"They let him go and gave him his tools back and that's what's really disturbing to me," Rains said.

UPDATE: Late Wednesday afternoon Louisville Metro Police took out a warrant against Damon Shelby-Harris in connection to the break-ins in the Portland Neighborhood. Sgt. Cirillo said Shelby-Harris is the person in the video and suspected in the other neighborhood break-ins.