Friend walked in on a burglary.

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except for DV or prositution right? my greater point is how come the cops come, they obviously see what happened, and there is still a choice for somebody to be like "nah it's cool these folks broke the law, don't worry about it cops, they're with me"

DV is a different beast. Prostitution the victim is society.

And because there has to be a victim.

Example: Your wife takes your credit card, without you knowing, to King Soopers and buys food. The store clerk calls the police. They come and see your wife, Sally Joe Chad4000, has your card... Your name, Hill Billy Chad4000, is on the card not Sally Joe Chad4000.

She has broken the law, technically. Now I'm going to assume you don't want pretty little Sally Joe Chad4000 going to jail... So you say it's all good, decline to press charges, and everyone is happy.

If you didn't have that option, little Sally Joe Chad4000 is going to the pokey.