Bureaucracy

A true investigation can admit no delays. The perpetrator may go abroad; assets may be hidden in an offshore zone, a legal entity could be liquidated. Most importantly, wasting times puts lives at risk. Decisive actions need to be taken, but the heavy law enforcement machine requires a huge stack of papers to get moving.

They always need signatures, agreements, approvals from managers, and it always seems like the key official you need is on holiday, or out of the office when you need him most. You usually have to deal with the frustrations of bureaucracy when attempting to track missing people, or investigate homicides, robberies, forceful rapes, frauds, or thefts.