Originally Posted by Stv
Great recovery story!
I don't mean to hijack your thread...........but
Do you think that tenacious gal can retrieve my stolen TREK Y3 MTB ?
Thieves cleaned out my garage to the insurable tune of around $5k. The cops recovered my Y3 stolen property. They went around to my LBS where I purchased it, cause his store sticker was still on it. I surmise that he informed the cops that the insurance company had already reimbursed me for it because I had purchased a new replacement bike from the same LBS.
That F'ing cop then proceeded to promptly steel my bike from the property room. When I found out about this I went right to her division location and confronted her. I asked for a copy of her receipt which she refused to produce and my LBS (claims) had no copy of even though she claimed that she purchased it there.
This was a few years back now, so I'm not too excited about it anymore but I am still pissed!
The irony to this hole story is that this cop's business card title is "The Community Liaison Office" for public bicycle safety program in the town Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
WTF!
I imagine the police have certain procedures they are required to follow when stolen property is disposed of. The question is whether the officer in question followed procedure. If she did, there wouldn't be much you could do about it. On the other hand, if she didn't follow procedure, you could have caused her some major grief, which would have given give you some great leverage in getting your bike back. I suspect that because she lied to you, she didn't exactly follow procedure.