Comment by Ajedi32
21 hours ago
> You shouldn't go get back your belongings from a thief anyways.
And the police shouldn't either? Seems like knowing the location of your stolen property would help with getting it back in most cases.
21 hours ago
> You shouldn't go get back your belongings from a thief anyways.
And the police shouldn't either? Seems like knowing the location of your stolen property would help with getting it back in most cases.
In practice it does not. If you have had something with FindMy tracking stolen you may know what apartment block it's in, but not what unit.
Police won't or can't do anything if it could be in multiple units or would require any kind of warrant for the building as well as the specific unit you think it's in.
If you're "lucky" some might chaperone you knocking yourself, which itself is not something most want to entertain.
On account of police policy, AirTags are effectively useless for actually getting anything stolen back. You'll get more use out of them in filing your insurance claim if the theft of the item is covered under for example your homeowner's insurance policy.
This depends on where you are. In Florida, the police will absolutely go get your stolen property if you give them an AirTag location.
That's only a problem if the stolen property is in an apartment and not a house or driveway. And even in the apartment case it could probably be used in combination with other evidence (if available) to obtain a warrant, though you're correct that in practice police don't often have the bandwidth to investigate property crimes to that degree.