We were broke into a few yrs back, I thought at the time, the police could have gave out more info in hopes of the public helping with recovery? Looking back, I think dealing with B&E's daily, they probably have set procedure's to follow. The shit head scum doing the crimes, probably, for the most part, know enough not to post their weir's in the local classified rag's or Kijiji, or fisherman's forum's?? If the police were to advertise photo's, S#'s, I think this would only cause the pukes to sell there loot farther away or sit on it. I did learn during our break in, the police have quite a network of small town informant weasel's that know when good's become available? Not saying it's the right method, but they did catch the pill cowboy's in our case, a couple of week's, and a few more B&E's later.
We got nothing back, gun's, jewelry and electronics had already been dispersed, what did the pill cowboy's get as punishment? We were never allowed that info, but my old school guess towards crime today, probably three hot's and a cot for way to short of time.
Gun's and TV's can be replaced, wife still has moment's over jewelry handed down over generation's, melted down for weight. End of the day, wish I would have came home 20 minutes earlier, not playing the tough guy card here, don't know what would have happened, but I'll always wonder.