> It is creating crime which otherwise may not have existed There is nuance here. While I am traditionally against entrapment, I don't believe this crosses tha

> It is creating crime which otherwise may not have existed There is nuance here. While I am traditionally against entrapment, I don't believe this crosses that line. If the police were surreptitiously encouraging the theft it might be different. > I'd really need to see a cost/benefit analysis It's a bit hard to quantify peace of mind or be able to correlate changes in theft counts due to sample size issues and the myriad of other reasons why theft counts may change.