I am interested in credit insofar as affects whether or not I flag this case Match, or Identified, if this does turn out to be a match.
Aside from that, I've seen a few instances where one of our members got a good match, and there wasn't a peep from LE other than to pat themselves on the back. I always like to see our members get an acknowledgement when our hard work pays off.
Recently, I submitted a good match to NamUs, and it turned out that UNT was already on to it. I know I was the first in the public to call it in, but it is not my match. That's fine, I have no problem with that. But then, I read the press release, and they credited the match to someone who submitted the match to the local Sheriff (after I had submitted it to NamUs). UNT had not told the Sheriff that they were on to it, until they had completed their work. But the Sheriff went to the press and credited this guy who called it in to them. They went on to say that had it not been for this person, they would have never solved the case. The fact was the match should not have been credited to either of us. UNT figured it out as soon as the UID case was brought to their attention (before the UP casefile was even created in NamUs).