Contact after the confrontation will only encourage the stalker. Give the victim information on how to contact community resources and support groups. Keep a list of helpful books, pamphlets, and WWW pages that victims can read. If the police department is large enough, it should sponsor self defense classes and support groups for victims of crime. This prevents agencies from wasting time and resources investigating innocent people, and allows them to focus their efforts on genuine stalking investigations.
People make false stalking claims for many reasons.
Sometimes, the victim desires revenge on the stalker for some reason, and so makes him the subject of a criminal investigation in order to smear his reputation. Other times, the victim is simply seeking attention. False stalking claims have been linked to various psychological disorders, including Munchausen and Munchausen by Proxy Syndromes. The behavior of the suspect begins as non criminal, but then quickly escalates to criminal activity. The victim reports criminal conduct based on media reports or on the experience of a person known to her who was a stalking victim.