Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones

Re:Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones by open592 on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @05:19PM (#35967890)

Never heard of PropertyRoom.com - but from a quick look at the "Police Auctions" it just looks like a legalized market for stolen goods haha. I mean they have a bundle of ~10 "used" bikes.

Why try to find the owner of stolen goods, when you can just put it online and sell it youself...

Guessing they hold it for a certain amount of time before selling it.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones by sebmellen on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @07:29PM (#35969179)

Particularly funny that they have "Steal of the Day" deals: https://www.propertyroom.com/s/prsoddsteals2023.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones by dml-at-umd on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @08:32AM (#35974348)

States have various rules for finding the original owners. Unfortunately, they're mostly rather antiquated, like having to post in a local newspaper. The onus is really on the person who lost/had their property stolen to track down where it might be.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones by Anthony-G on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @07:12PM (#35982413)

Kudos to An Garda Síochána (Irish police force) for putting a lot of work into returning recovered stolen property to its owners. About 7 years ago, they published photos of many bikes that they had recovered in the Dublin region. Similar to other cities, bike theft has been endemic in Dublin for a long time but the guards do make the effort to combat it.

https://www.garda.ie/en/about-us/online-services/unclaimed-p...

[ Parent | on HN ]