What's really needed
is for law enforcement to get off their azz, and get out there and do real investigative work.
Knock on doors and a few heads to collect what is needed.
Silly millennials have been so spoiled and pandered they don't want to get out there and do actual police work. They've grown up having conversations via text messaging instead of learning how to talk face-to-face and build this type of trust and relationships with contacts and informants.
Too much tax payer money is spent on electronic surveillance and not enough on training officers to do in-depth investigations away from a keyboard.