>just comes in acting like an idiot>lets murderer talk his ear off until he says a contradiction that gets him caught>solve rate through the roofHow was he not police commissioner at the end of the show?
>>221023384Because then he'd be behind a desk and the murders would no longer get solved.
>>221023384Because you can't convict on a confession alone
>>221023430The confession backs up the material evidence. The problem before Columbo gets involved is that the material evidence points nowhere, but he gets the killer to corroborate it through appealing to their vanity.
>>221023430hahaha are you for real? What is that backwards ass system?>I killed those 12 girls after raping them>where's the evidence>idk, you find it lmaoand then I don't go to prison?
>>221023384>How was he not police commissioner at the end of the show?terrible with paperwork, dodged meetings and routine training, wore dirty raincoat and shoes, smelled like cigars, doesn't play golf
>>221023610You have to be convicted beyond a reasonable doubt. A confession with nothing to back it up is loaded with doubt, as there are plenty of people who confess to shit they didn't do for attention or due to mental illness. If you arrested people on just a confession and the real killer is found, your department looks retarded.Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole were known for confessing to shit they didn't do.
>>221023384Chuds don't want to admit it, but he was a bigger mary sue than even Sherlock Holmes.
>>221023384>How was he not police commissioner at the end of the show?Because his whore wife tried to steal the limelight and solve mysteries herself, ruining the Colombo name.
>>221023940He wasn't, though. All he did was present a dipshit facade and let the killer talk. If you keep expounding on a lie, you'll eventually say a contradiction because it's too much to keep organized (especially if a question you weren't expecting comes up).Sherlock just solved crimes through osmosis and explained it to we, the stupid reader.In Columbo, you knew who committed the murder, why, how, and how it was covered up. Columbo makes the deduction "this person is a douche, so I'll see if their douchiness will get them to tell me the truth by mistake.">>221023992>the whore wife in question
>>221023384I like Columbo but guys that act like this irl are usually retarded assholes.They think they are really smart leading another person on but are unaware the person knows what they are doing and is messing with them too
>>221023992No, that was an imposter pretending to be his wife to make a name for herself.
>>221023786The confession basically gets a judge to sign off on any warrant so if you did it they can now basically retrace every step you took in committing the crime. They would almost certainly be able to gather enough evidence to pass the reasonable doubt threshold
Unironically his unwillingness to carry a firearm. He even bribed a colleague to do the shooting test for him. It's against regulations.
>>221023384>I contradicted one of my statements??>Better confess, I guess
>>221023384That's what all detectives do. >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQxrxZFNAc0
>>221023384>Casually wanders and snoops around private property without a warrantSo many of his cases would be null since he found evidence not admissible in court
>>221026179I like when he plants evidence.
I still keep my theory that Culombo is actually a supernatural being, he isn't fully human and has obvious superpowers
>>221023384>How was he not police commissioner at the end of the show?His wife wouldn't like that.
>>221023384sounds realistic, hard work and doing a great job has nothing to do with getting promoted in real life
>>221023384because he's more effective out in the field, artistically noticing little details and putting richers off guard
>>221024031You are thinking of street lever lowlifes trying to pull a fast one.
>>221023412This plus the other guys at the office didn't want to smell his chilifarts.
>>221023384He does what any good detective would do, he determines the most likely culprit based on motive and relationship to the victim, backed up with an uncanny natural ability to spot a bullshitter a mile off. He knows who done the deed pretty much straight away, which means he can devote all his time on that person rather then waste time walking down blind alleys.
>>221024762>They would almost certainly be able to gather enough evidence to pass the reasonable doubt thresholdUnless they didn't commit the crimeIn which case you just wasted whatever finite police investigative resources there are, on nothingSo if you pay 10 people to confess the crime you committed you'll have the police doing circles for years?That's why it's stupid to convict and sentence just on confession alone
Bill Cosby confessed to shit he didn't do
