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Exactly. No they do not use these powers to return stolen cars. Stolen cars only get returned very extremely rarely and only if it's convenient for the police.

Exactly. No they do not use these powers to return stolen cars. Stolen cars only get returned very extremely rarely and only if it's convenient for the police. They don't lift an extra finger to recover stolen property.

HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
I used to have a neighbor who didn't even know that his car was stolen until he got a call from the police at 6AM. It's not like they towed it back to his house, but at least he was aware of where it was.
- 20after4 3y ago
  A friend had their car stolen in St. Louis. Police did nothing, even though the location of the vehicle was known and the person who stole it was identified. When police did nothing, eventually the owner recovered the car themself when they found it abandoned. They got it repaired and reported it not-stolen. 3 months later they got pulled over and dragged out of the car at gunpoint, handcuffed, arrested, etc. For stealing their own car. Edit: My point is, police will absolutely arrest someone driving a stolen car. They love to arrest people, that's their main business. Recovering property isn't their main business and they actively avoid it. Generally police will not go to a specific location to recover a vehicle that's been stolen but now is sitting in someone's driveway, for example. I'm sure there are exceptions but I am fairly confident that stolen car recovery is rare and generally happens only if they catch someone actively driving around with the stolen car and the same license plates which have been recorded as belonging to a stolen vehicle.
  - HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
    It's just an anecdote, but living in the same place where the incident I mentioned earlier happened, I was really surprised when I called in a report that I had seen my bicycle, reported stolen weeks before, being ridden in a certain neighborhood and not only did they send over a police officer to take a statement, he actually tracked it down and brought it back with suspect in the back of his car. Unfortunately, it turned out not to be my bike: just same make/model/color with a bike shop sticker in the same location as mine. And this in a city that at the time had a county-wide reputation for high crime.

HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago

I used to have a neighbor who didn't even know that his car was stolen until he got a call from the police at 6AM. It's not like they towed it back to his house, but at least he was aware of where it was.

20after4 3y ago
A friend had their car stolen in St. Louis. Police did nothing, even though the location of the vehicle was known and the person who stole it was identified. When police did nothing, eventually the owner recovered the car themself when they found it abandoned. They got it repaired and reported it not-stolen. 3 months later they got pulled over and dragged out of the car at gunpoint, handcuffed, arrested, etc. For stealing their own car. Edit: My point is, police will absolutely arrest someone driving a stolen car. They love to arrest people, that's their main business. Recovering property isn't their main business and they actively avoid it. Generally police will not go to a specific location to recover a vehicle that's been stolen but now is sitting in someone's driveway, for example. I'm sure there are exceptions but I am fairly confident that stolen car recovery is rare and generally happens only if they catch someone actively driving around with the stolen car and the same license plates which have been recorded as belonging to a stolen vehicle.
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y ago
  It's just an anecdote, but living in the same place where the incident I mentioned earlier happened, I was really surprised when I called in a report that I had seen my bicycle, reported stolen weeks before, being ridden in a certain neighborhood and not only did they send over a police officer to take a statement, he actually tracked it down and brought it back with suspect in the back of his car. Unfortunately, it turned out not to be my bike: just same make/model/color with a bike shop sticker in the same location as mine. And this in a city that at the time had a county-wide reputation for high crime.