As soon as Kevin's parents land in France, they immediately scramble to the phones and begin calling every single person they can think of back in Illinois. Kevin's mom, Kate, does the sensible thing and calls their local police station back home. When she tells the cops about her abandoned son, however, they barely respond. They send one police officer to the house, who knocks on the door and then arbitrarily decides Kate just can't keep track of her children due to no one answering. The cops simply decide to ignore Kevin's well being. These police officers find out about an abandoned child, who may or may not be hurt, and they shrug their shoulders and write it off because Kevin didn't come running to answer the door. It's no wonder this town has two crooks just openly wandering the streets and robbing houses in broad daylight.
