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posted by martyb on Saturday August 15 2015, @08:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the rats-got-bored-running-through-mazes dept.

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?

http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/police-blotter/manufacturer-helps-track-suspected-xbox-devices-thieves-20150813

No explicit mention of Microsoft — perhaps these controllers were made by a third party to work with Xbox.


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  • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Sunday August 16 2015, @01:48AM

    by deimtee (3272) on Sunday August 16 2015, @01:48AM (#223419) Journal

    If you read the article, the comtrollers were stolen from Walmart and they left the boxes behind. The store had security footage of them.
    It is an easy slam dunk for the cops weekly arrest quota. Also, it was a big business they stole from, not a private citizen.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday August 16 2015, @01:59AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 16 2015, @01:59AM (#223422) Journal

    So - all men are created equal, but some are more equal than others, right? Wal-Mart gets this kind of service, but a private citizen does not.

    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.

    Again - why?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 16 2015, @02:12AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 16 2015, @02:12AM (#223426)

      > So - all men are created equal, but some are more equal than others, right?
      > Wal-Mart gets this kind of service, but a private citizen does not.

      You are 59 years old and you are just figuring this out now?
      Money talks.
      Any private citizen who pays tens of thousands in property taxes each year can expect the same level of government service.

    • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Sunday August 16 2015, @02:19AM

      by deimtee (3272) on Sunday August 16 2015, @02:19AM (#223428) Journal

      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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