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

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.