Ok yeah, that's probably true. But what I imagine the burglary team would do is collect evidence of patterns of thefts, and then do work to prevent thefts where

Ok yeah, that's probably true. But what I imagine the burglary team would do is collect evidence of patterns of thefts, and then do work to prevent thefts where there is the highest number of incidents. This might involve investigating and stopping a particular gang, or it might be as simple as putting up signs telling people to be careful of bag snatchers. What they are not going to do is go all CSI Miami to retrive a Kindle.