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Police Busted When Tracking Device Found On Car

Posted by kdawson on from the george-orwell-meets-the-keystone-kops dept.

uh oh notes a story from Down Under where a police investigation came to a screeching halt as a man being investigated by the police found tracking devices in two of his cars, ripped them out, and listed them on an auction site. "Ralph Williams, of Cromwell, said he found the devices last week in his daughter's car, which he uses, and in his flatmate's car after the cars were seized by police and taken away for investigation."

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  1. Why sell them? Then you admit they were there... by QuasiEvil · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I would have simply removed them, disabled them, taken them out on some back road, and run over them a few times, followed by a thorough beating with a sledgehammer. The police won't admit they were there, so why should you? Then they'd have to admit to them to get them back, and you could plausibly say you never knew they were there, and thus couldn't be held responsible for their disappearance.

    Now if you want to get really funny, leave them powered up and transmitting on aforementioned backroad for a few minutes, make sure they get at least one location transmission off, and then beat the crap out of them.

  2. Re:Can you legally sell them by sepluv · · Score: 5, Insightful
    In general, in common law jurisdictions, I think if someone leaves there property on your land (which is a similar sutuation), it is still owned by them. You are supposed to try to return it or, at least, keep it for so many years in case they ask for it back.

    Assuming the police are responsible though, and they aren't admitting it is theirs, I'd imagine it is fair game. They can hardly complain about him selling their property if they deny it belongs to them.

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  3. Re:Can you legally sell them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    >How's that for a toothless system?
    Yes, it's pretty stupid. Why don't you stop wasting your time and money impounding their equipment and just let them grow? It's completely harmless.

  4. Re:Would've been hilarious if... by Luthair · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Its probably safer to not be found planting a device on a police car if you're currently under investigation for torching a cruiser.

  5. Re:Can you legally sell them by History's+Coming+To · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If I find something electronic that I don't own attached to my car, I call the bomb squad.

    And the papers, because they'll want to cover the argument between the military guy with the flack-jacket and the police guy with the red face.

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