Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26517929-20190630232123/@comment-9605025-20190707004208

Just to be clear, reporting to staff/VSTF is not the same as reporting to police. However, it is probably the easiest way to deal with it. A police agency is law enforcement group with recognized legal status over a given political/geographical region. Some times they use the internet as a tool but they don't actually have authority over the internet per se. It is true that they may have some jurisdiction over what happens online but only if the laws of your location, the perpetrator's location, and the platform's location all come together to make it so. Even if they do, they may choose not to pursue anything depending on the specifics of the offense and complexity of prosecution.