system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: When documentaries get footage of criminals, and they do not call the police, why do they not get in trouble from hiding information from the police?
gpt
In most jurisdictions there is no mandatory reporting requirement for things like drug offenses. Some jurisdictions do have mandatory reporting requirements for things like child abuse or planned murder (for example), but even in these cases, the reporting requirements are sometimes only applicable to people holding professional occupations (e.g. Doctor, Lawyer, Teacher, Social Worker, Psychologist etc.).