Can they not be PIN protected or something?

robjg63: Sadly, unless you told them there was a dead body, stuffed full of drugs inside the tv, the chances of them doing anything would be pretty much zero.

I know someone that got a bike stolen and managed to chase it to the house it was taken to. They called the police on a mobile while standing outside the property and we're told they wouldn't/couldn't send anyone.

Just tell them that the perpetrators drove away at 4km/h over the speed limit and they'll be there in a jiffy, invoice book in hand.

Geektastic:

 

Can they not be PIN protected or something?

 

No one knows the answer?

As if to illustrate the point again:

Burglary victim spotted thieves with stolen mountain bikes but police too busy to act

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11778705

The police really cant be bothered at all.

Reminds me of a Fair Go item on a guy who got robbed. Turned out the neighbors had a security camera pointing down the driveway and got brilliant footage of the burglar. The police were called and told about the footage. After about the 10th call over a couple of weeks and the police not being interested, they went to fair Go. The police were then interested and looked at the footage and ID'd the burglar. They made a search and arrest and got some of the stuff back. Of course most of the property had already been sold off over the 2 previous weeks.

Just an update I got a IP Hit, either the thief or a person who has it. Connected the TV to the internet and launched the netflix app.

Have given it to the police. Not hopeful of a follow up, as insurance has already gone through.

Anyone work at vodafone do a sneaky sneak and PM me who it is ? I know privacy act blah blah blah. You get fired if caught.

IP address as follows

203.79.69.29  15/01/17, 3:12:59 pm GMT

Christchurch.

Tracing route to 203-79-69-29.cable.telstraclear.net [203.79.69.29]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 17 ms 17 ms 41 ms 111-69-1-254.core.snap.net.nz [111.69.1.254]
3 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms lnk-snap.g9-0-970.u21.tar.telstraclear.net [203.98.23.222]
4 34 ms 34 ms 34 ms g9-0-970.u21.tar.telstraclear.net [203.98.23.221]

As i am 2degrees was any of my other devices

cruxis: Unless firearms were taken.

 

Police recover stolen TV after tracking Netflix account

https://cidadeverde.com/noticias/261058/policia-civil-recupera-tv-furtada-apos-rastrear-conta-do-netflix

A stolen TV about two months ago was recovered in an unusual way: through the account of the Netflix movie provider. The theft occurred in Teresina and the apparatus recovered in the city of Alto Longá, distant 80 km of the Capital.

The researcher of the 6th DP, Raimundo Morques, explains that the location of the TV was possible through the internet signal. Every time the network was accessed, the "last access" location was registered through IP. Thus, the intelligence service of the Public Security of Piauí triggered the internet operation that offered the location. Netflix was logged into the victim's user account.

The TV was in the home of a real estate broker identified as Jehovah Ribeiro Dias, commonly known as Adam.

"He said he used to go online to watch Netflix and he loved watching movies with his daughter. He claims that he bought the device for U$210 on the Exchange and did not know it was stolen," the researcher explains.

The exchange-trader was identified as Jair Lopes Teixeira who did not inform the Civil Police as he acquired the 32-inch TV.

The two signed a Term for wrongful receipt (Payment of fine or 2 years of detention).

cruxis:

 

Its the burglary season, Our house was smashed into and a 4k LG webOS 2.0 TV was taken.

 

I was thinking since the netflix and youtube app would auto sign in when used. If the person connects the TV to the internet and used those apps on the TV that would give me its current IP address via Netflix/Youtube recent activity tab ?

 

Question is do the police bother to follow up on a IP address of a stolen TV/ items from a burglary?

 

I assume a ISP would require a warrant to give account info out, so its not worth the effort for a house burglary. Unless firearms were taken.

 

I thought burglary season was xmas time.. that's over with now.

Starscream122:

 

I thought burglary season was xmas time.. that's over with now.

 

Everyone has new stuff in their homes due to Christmas and Boxing Day/New Years sales.

Starscream122: I thought burglary season was xmas time.. that's over with now.

 

Note that from the datestamp on the post, it happened more than a year ago!

afe66: ..

I'd expect that possession of swollen property isn't an isolated offence.

Get your filthy hands off my swollen property !! .... (apologies to Pink Floyd ...)

afe66: You wonder why they don't change the law.

Which law needs changing?

@Dratsab - Swollen property law of course. It keeps putting a squeeze on things. I think it's the Creams Act :P