The Buffalo News Police Blotter reports that a pair of thieves stole Xbox wireless controllers and police tracked them down by contacting the manufacturer. Maybe this is standard operating procedure for the cops, but it was new to this submitter. Any idea of the mechanism(s) involved?
No explicit mention of Microsoft — perhaps these controllers were made by a third party to work with Xbox.
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Sunday August 16 2015, @02:19AM
A slam dunk is a slam dunk. If John Q. Citizen reports a stolen electronic device, supplies the serial number, proof of ownership, and the tracking logs, then the cops have a slam dunk just as surely as they had in this case. But, most often, they will not act on John Q's information.
That is not a slam dunk. Ask a cop. Any thief is just going to say he found it laying on the street or bought it at a flea market or something.
The "real" thief must have dropped it or sold it. Reasonable doubt is all they need.
And yes, Walmart gets this kind of service and us peasants don't.
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