OK, I have hesitated to comment on this story, but dear Skunky, I am calling BS on your BS. What everyone seems to be forgetting is that while law enforcement is 24/7, each employee does not work 24/7, and normally it's one officer to a case, be it patrol or investigations. Further complicating the situation is that they don't have the luxury of working one case at a time.
I don't know who the deputy initially working it was, and I do not know which investigator it has now been assigned to (I know ShallowsFuzz didn't get it, because I keep asking him). Since it was mentioned that the deputy came to work at 6:00 p.m., it is a safe assumption that he is working the midnight shift and it's really hard to interview people or get assistance from other officers on a case in the wee hours of the morning. Not to mention, patrol works at least a 10-hour shift - it might be 12 hours now - which means that each officer is OFF DUTY at least three days a week. Now, the case has gone to the Criminal Investigations Division, but CID does not work on weekends, except for whoever has the on-call rotation or under emergency conditions. Like the rest of the department, the investigators cannot work more than 40 hours per week. Sometimes they have to, but since it must be taken as comp time, that simply results in MORE time away from the office - and their cases - later.
I am as puzzled as the rest of you and it does seem like an awfully long time for things to be playing out, but evidently it's not an open-and-shut case or it wouldn't have gone to CID. I am anxious for this POS to be caught, as I don't want him running down anyone else. Tillerjeff, I am sorry for your injuries. You didn't deserve this, and I hope you have civil AND criminal resolution soon. I will say that not only have you had the misfortune of being the victim, it appears you have also had the misfortune of having folks assigned to your case that are about to go off their scheduled duty hours - and put simply, that sucks.
By the way, FDLE doesn't work weekends either, unless they get called out by an agency to assist an agency. If all else fails, remember that you do have the right to call Sheriff Adkinson and/or his command staff. The number is 892-8186.