> When police are involved there is too much opportunity for something tragic to occur out of misunderstanding. You do realize that the police have influence h

> When police are involved there is too much opportunity for something tragic to occur out of misunderstanding. You do realize that the police have influence here? Having the police not come and help because what boils down to "we might shoot someone" is asinine. If they are so afraid of causing something tragic, let them leave their toys at home when they confront the potential phone thief. > If I had seen that device on my own "Find My" and requested police support to retrieve the device based on that information--that would have been a grievous wrong against that person. Clearly find my shouldn't be used as sole evidence here, but it sure is enough evidence to ask for the phone in question to be handed over to the police so they can do some quick ownership checking. Heck just the IMEI number for the phone should be plenty to verify the true owner, don't even need the phone in hand for that.