Originally Posted by Evil_inKarlate

Ah - I finally came up with an appropriate parallel. An avid hunter's child goes missing. He already pays taxes for the police to address such things, right? Is it equally unconsciounable to ask if he might employ his bevy of bloodhounds, and/or friends with hounds and/or tracking skills, towards the effort of recovering the child? Or should he require the town to keep an appropriate slush fun around to hire them all to do so, since voluntary help is paramount to double taxation? If a victim has resources available to help solve a crime, be they dogs or insurance or whatever else, why is it so heinous for the authorities to ask them to help?