Indeed, this situation has clearly been mishandled from the viewpoint of the Macbook's rightful owner, and if we are to take the story as written it seems that

Indeed, this situation has clearly been mishandled from the viewpoint of the Macbook's rightful owner, and if we are to take the story as written it seems that the officers involved are not technophiles. This raises the question of whether we are asking too much of them. If so, surely there must be someone on the local force who can be consulted so that technological logjams like this can be quickly broken.