I had a car stolen last year in Los Angeles, and the LAPD told me they were actively scanning license plates to find stolen cars. Despite this, they were unable to find my car.
A month after I reported it stolen, I received a letter from the LAPD that basically amounted to ‘hey, uh, it’s been a month, and sometimes car owners recover their own cars and don’t tell us. Did you do this?’ which was a nice way to salt the wound.
