Aspiring writer needs some help!

[gremlin111]

Hey guys, I'm an amateur writer of urban fantasy, but I find my fictional police officers aren't nearly as organized or competent as actual cops. I have a lot of really peculiar situations the protagonists find themselves in that aren't exactly covered by local laws.

My latest project involves a secret society of magical people in Seattle, Washington, and at the start of the story about fifty of them got stuck in another dimension. Naturally, within a couple days the police are flooded with missing persons reports that all appear to be indirectly linked. It's not that everyone knew everyone else, but A's wife tells the cops that A had poker nights with B and C, who worked with D and E, and E, F and G frequented the same bar, etc. How would the police deal with a situation like this? Would the FBI get involved? How could the district attorney (also magical, but malevolent) obfuscate an investigation?

Related question: how would the cops handle an attempted arson that's obviously fake (molotov cocktails mostly filled with water)? What would they ask the bar's employees?

I'm probably going to come back to this forum a lot, since I've got many, many weird scenarios like this. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it!

[retdetsgt]

Police don't get excited about missing adults unless there is suspicion of foul play. The FBI would only get involved if the local police requested it. The DA could only keep requesting more evidence before he proceeded.

On the fake arson, we'd do a minor vandalism report and walk away. We have serious crimes to deal with, that would be looked at as a bad joke.

[dadyswat]

Oh No not another one! RDS how about we set up a pay pal account and every time these writers want information they can pay for it? It could be used to support the site and have a hellva party.

[deputywave]

This sounds like a job for Mulder & Scully.

[patchcop]

You pay the flight tickets over the atlantic (both ways), the hotel, the meals, the beverages + 50 Bucks per hour and I will be your "what do real cops do expert" with over 30 years experience in law enforcement!