The symptoms you're describing don't seem to match the proposed treatment.

Police: "You've caught them red-handed on camera, but we're very busy and we don't care. Or perhaps this is a place where we're deliberately doing-nothing as a revenge or pressure-tactic against local politicians."

Shopkeeper: "Ah, but this time I have the camera-footage and fancy biometrics of everyone in the store!"

Police: "Oh, well why didn't you say so? That completely changes things, we're always willing to help out a fellow biometrics fan."