my car was broken into, and for the electronics stolen, i gave the police the serial numbers. does it ever really help?
2006-11-10 10:51:08 · 12 answers · asked by jo jo 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I think it does help. Just not all the time. When my house was broken into, I gave the cops the descriptions of everything taken and less than a week later they called me because they thought they found my camcorder. It turned out to belong to another family that got robbed, but yes I do think they recover things that get stolen.
2006-11-10 10:56:57 · answer #1 · answered by Jenny S 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, giving them the serial numbers does help because if they come upon some property they seized during a search warrant, car search, etc. they will check the serial numbers. When you first file the report, they in put the serial numbers into a database of stolen items, and when the run the found property against that database, it'll show up.
2006-11-10 18:59:42 · answer #2 · answered by ddnguyen9 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Knowing the serial numbers will really help. Most people don't know/remember them.
But most of the time, no...the merchandise is either kept or sold for drugs. You may get lucky and have your stuff sold to a pawn shop where the shop must keep records.
2006-11-10 18:56:09 · answer #3 · answered by epix1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends. My son's bike was stolen a year ago, it was recovered in Feb during routine pawn shop check by the cops and we got it back.
2006-11-10 18:53:18 · answer #4 · answered by susancnw 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Normally not, but if you actually get a legal pawn shop ( and sadly most are not from my experience) the pawn shop reports the serials numbers.
and sometimes it just happens in luck, they stop a person speeding and in the car is stolen property.
2006-11-10 22:12:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm starting to wonder that myself...my cadillac was stolen last year and i have'nt heard a word on it yet.
2006-11-10 22:50:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes, my best guess is you have about a one in four chance of getting your things back. If you do get them back, it may be broken, or damaged in some way.
2006-11-11 09:08:37 · answer #7 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes a lot of the time it helps
2006-11-10 20:02:53 · answer #8 · answered by Brian S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes, but with low dollar and electronics, it's hard to "find" them, car insurance should cover replacement.
2006-11-10 18:53:14 · answer #9 · answered by Life after 45 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
my car was stolen..like uhm..5 yrs ago? n never got it back
2006-11-11 09:38:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋