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They do in a lot of cases in Aus.

• Sir_Substance 7y ago
  Not in Adelaide they don't. Never in 25 years of living there have I ever heard a case of the police recovering stolen property. Heard several cases of people find it themselves and recovering it on their own, but not once of the police helping. My own personal experience was that they noted my report, duly filed some paperwork in their write-only document storage system, and then went back to issuing traffic fines.
  • pnutjam 7y ago
    Even if they recover your property later, like during a big arrest, you won't get it back. It will sit in evidence, for years, then it will be destroyed because nobody picked it up. Chances are, you were never informed; even if you filed police reports with serial numbers.