Screw the Cleveland police, they are equally at fault as the kidnapper.

For years, several neighbors overhead the screaming of the victims while working outside, and called the Cleveland police, yet the police promptly ignored it or too lazy to respond to such calls, assuming that such thing was not a big deal. Hell, Cleveland authorities assumed that the 20-year-old Knight had run away of her own volition. While Knight’s mother says she always suspected something had happened to her daughter, the police disagreed. Knight does not appear to have been listed in Ohio’s missing persons database, or in the national NamUs missing persons database, which is one of the reason why they didn't devote as much resources to look for him.

Also, what infuriates me that this kidnapping took place somewhat in the War on Terror, and despite the Patriot Act and the NSA mass surveillance, DNA, and improved investigation, the women were HELD in the same house for 10 freaking years, something that was famously done in the 1940s or 1960s. So not only the kidnapping the fault of Ariela Castro, but also the failure by the Cleveland Police to adequately investigate. I guess the Cleveland police rather spend time shooting innocent people then get away with it rather than helping the true victims, and then hide their actions when something went terribly wrong with their procedures.