So why are the police sometimes unable or unwilling to remove someone, even when the legal owner can prove that the property actually belongs to them?

Because then it really does become a civil matter.

And because there's a there's a fine line between trespass and squatting.

And part of that is the behavior.

of the trespasser, right? So if you trespass on a property, you know, within like a few hours or a day and you're caught, you haven't had time to set up, you know, a residence on this property.

But a squatter, if they're able to do all of that, then it takes them from being a trespasser to a squatter.

And in that case, the courts will have to work itself through that process of getting that squatter evicted.

But this is really where the story took a much darker turn.