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Why would it be a risk though? Police don't care about stolen phones.

• djrogers 10y ago
  Depends where you live and what kind of PD you have. There are plenty of places with a low enough crime rate that going after a pickpocket / thief for an $800 iPhone would be a good use of officer time.
  • pc86 10y ago
    Even in places with average crime rates, solving crimes looks good and if you've got the means to arrest someone for theft that makes you look good as a result. Obviously if your day-to-day as a police officer involves the cartels or something you won't care about an iPhone. But if you live someplace where a murder would make the news regardless of the circumstances, someone will probably look into it if you can prove you know where the thief is (or that the phone was in a given house/apartment).
    • djrogers 10y ago
      Yup, not only does it 'look good', but it gets a low level criminal off the street, sends a message to other people in similar circumstances, and (contrary to some beliefs) most cops actually like arresting criminals and returning stolen property.