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Police and Stolen Phones

tomomatic
tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
edited February 9 in Chit-Chat
What's your opinion:
Should police be involved in recovering stolen phones? I would think that it's an easy "win" when you have track the GPS location. It seems like they only use that information when someone's been hurt or killed.

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  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Police involved in solving thefts?

    LOL. Surely, you jest.
  • kbmnurse
    kbmnurse Posts: 2,484 Member
    They are too busy getting coffee and a donut! LOL
  • tomomatic
    tomomatic Posts: 1,794 Member
    I'm not going to disparage the hardworking people in law enforcement... but some of the policies they follow don't make sense.

    Technology has advanced far enough that it can email a picture of the culprit after failed attempts to unlock the device... AND include a map to their location.

    I'm just trying to debate the policy and not their work ethic.
  • ekz13
    ekz13 Posts: 725 Member
    No, they are busy enough, I believe the carriers are on the right track with a GSM blacklist database that they can populate based on stolen device IMEIs (similar to CDMA Esn listings) (unless you have proof (app with a pic or something, but even those can be suspect)
  • Sinisterly
    Sinisterly Posts: 10,913 Member
    This makes me feel bad for those people that buy used phones off sites and have no idea they were stolen.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    They are too busy getting coffee and a donut! LOL

    ^^ this
  • ItsMeGee3
    ItsMeGee3 Posts: 13,254 Member
    They are too busy getting coffee and a donut! LOL

    ^^ this
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    Then call someone else when you need help!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    They are too busy getting coffee and a donut! LOL

    ^^ this

    Then call someone else when you need help!

    I surely will. And you can call *me* whenever you need help with quotes.
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