Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, now they want it back

Re:Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, ... by munk-a on Monday May 31, 2021 @01:37PM (#27346418)

I mentioned more details in a different comment but I think your personal take is quite wrong legally speaking - I do sympathize with where you're coming from but, if you ever find a strange device affixed to you can probably safely destroy it unless there are any clear markings indicating ownership (i.e. a giant blue badge) - and if there are feel free to forcefully return it to the police because you're uncertain if it may have been tampered with.

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Re:Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, ... by dylan604 on Monday May 31, 2021 @05:05PM (#27348010)

Like the "Made in USA" stamped on the giant underwater phone line tapping machine on Russian phone lines?

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Re:Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, ... by munk-a on Monday May 31, 2021 @05:40PM (#27348252)

If I found a box in my backyard that said "Property of <local> police department" - my first step would be to phone them up and ask them to remove it. If they denied that it was theirs then I'd suspect foul play.

It may be a touch naive of me but I'll tend to give the benefit of the doubt to identifying tags.

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Re:Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, ... by dylan604 on Monday May 31, 2021 @05:56PM (#27348436)

From The Wire, Prop Joe suggests to Marlow to "steal that shit." If it's local police, they'll come looking for it. If it's the feds, they'll just write it off. "steal that shit and see who comes a callin"

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Re:Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, ... by rhizome on Monday May 31, 2021 @07:34PM (#27349256)

Record the device being smashed to pieces, then post it on YouTube (from 9000 proxies).

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