I am not a lawyer, but I don't believe this is entrapment. For entrapment you need to force someone to do a crime they would not do otherwise. Even persuasion i

I am not a lawyer, but I don't believe this is entrapment. For entrapment you need to force someone to do a crime they would not do otherwise. Even persuasion is allowed (there are many public cases where an undercover cop organized a crime and everyone who joined were successfully convicted on conspiracy charges). Property crime stings would be extremely effective if the DA and PD really wanted to get criminals in prison.