OC dad credits Apple AirTag for the recovery of daughter's stolen e-bike
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 เม.ย. 2023
- A father praises AirTag with helping him find his daughter's stolen e-bike and decided to take matters into his own hands after deputies ended their report with no investigation. READ MORE: abc7.la/3KgmhWm
If you let police track down your items stolen then you’ll never get it back
Property crimes generally wind up in the very cold case file..unless they trip over them...
@@4catsnow and even then they just hand it back to the thief and say, “you must have dropped this, sir.”
I live in oc, and i can guarantee you they did not being my stolen bike back, its been 3 years :/ we even reported it right away, the minute it was taken, but they did nothing
My dad got assaulted by his neighbor and he is a senior. We let police take care of it and they still have done nothing. 😤
You are 100% correct..they will let them get away with it
A man being a man and a dad being a dad
Moral of the story: always take matters into your own hands
Maybe lock it next time...
Don't let things get out of hand
I'm glad the dad got the bike back because I don't think law enforcement take a stolen bike a serious enough crime to even pursue. And if you wait for all the logistics of what it would take for the police to confront the perps, that bike would be gone. We need a modern day Charles Bronson
The same happened for me when I was hit on my e bike a few months ago I gave them a detailed picture of the person's car and what did they do exactly nothing. So I ended up having to repair the bike costing me hundreds and that drunk idiot gets no repercussions and walks free.
@@mac23806 You DO know you don't need to rely on the police to file charges, right? Get an attorney who can locate the owner/driver of the car and serve them with a civil lawsuit for damages, attorney fees, and more.
…it’s serious if it’s a possible brown or black thief.
In this case, they don’t want violate 4th amendment rights.
@@carloscornejo35 please keep race out of this, that is not true and is a conspiracy theory pushed by the right. The law is usually much harder on non-white people unfortunately.
VIGILANTE....? Crazy, the cops use words to defend their useless behavior... What the father did was NOT Vigilante, but RECOVER, RETRIEVE, RE-POCESS, His item, His BELONGINGS, His PROPERTY. Dad you get TWO THUMBS UP 👍 👍
That’s exactly what I thought when the police said vigilante for us who reclaim our stolen property. It’s called recovery, not vigilante.
So if you report a stolen article with verifiable evidence of a crime and the location of the stolen goods, their hands are tied, but if you report a suspicious person walking at night with no verifiable crime, they can show up and slam people head first into the ground based solely on a report.
Makes perfect sense.
"We must respect 4th amendment rights". What then is a reasonable, articulable suspicion? I mean, property was stolen with clear evidence available of its location. Sounds EXACTLY like a reasonable, articulable suspicion.
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Great point, it's sad because many people have been killed because police were called solely based on hear say / suspicion
Or just praying outside an abortion center can get you swatted by the FBI in your home.
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If it were a policeman's bike,
they would have had 6 stars already.
How dare that dad steal the bike back from the thieves. Dad should be arrested
Right!
Cops in California won’t do anything. My friend had his tool bags stolen from work a few months back and he had airtags hidden in his bags. I drove with him to the address that the tags were pinging at and we called the cops immediately. When they showed up they said that basically all they could do was ask if they took it 🙄😒. Even with proof of the AirTags current location and hearing them ring, the cops refused to do anything except knock and ask. Naturally we took matters into our own hand and hopped the gate and grabbed the tools in the garage…
LOL GOOD. fk useless CA cops. i wouldve done the same
In other words, the cops would have done nothing until it was too late. This dad did exactly what all caring dads would do and the use of the word "vigilante" is hilarious coming from a law enforcement officer who couldn't do the simple thing and immediately go to the second location. If there is an air tag that lets them know exactly where it is they don't need anything - they go there, recover the stolen property and arrest those responsible for stealing it. It's time they stop giving ALL the rights to the criminals and none to the victims. Go dad and shame on you, police. And why wasn't the person arrested? Answer that, why don't you?
Yup yup exactly u rght!!!!
They can't do anything without a warrant lol.
Why need a warrant if the theft is happening actively?
@@The_Rain_Song You'd only need a warrant if the stolen property were hidden or stored. If the cops had done what the dad did, they would have caught the guy red-handed, bike right there. End of story.
@haineshisway, the police do not have time/resources to track down stolen property (unless it is over a certain value or their were other more serious crimes involved in the theft). It's always been this way. Some cities have special units that will search for stolen items on Craigslist, etc. but that is in cases where there is a huge spike in thefts (like Catalytic Converters) . In Detroit the police will not even come to your house to take report if there is a home break in/theft (you need to file a report at the police station, and good luck having them even investigate).
If only law enforcement did their jobs, citizens wouldn’t have to risk themselves to retrieve stolen property.
The property is the compensation for the slavery timmes
Stop defunding police Commiefornia.
My dad a senior got assaulted and the cops won't do anything, he could have died.. any suggestions would help
Can you guys do an investigation into why the police refuse to catch criminals who are in possession of GPS tagged stolen goods
GOOGLE "defund the Police" Its resources, period.
@@Asphaltsquadron defund the poor
That bike cost me $3400 3 years ago, I'd be taking matters into my own hands as well.
If you're going to go take your stuff back, be strapped.Good work by this dad.
Police are more worried about the “rights” of a criminal than the victim as usual. They are another neutered govt organization. And to claim that getting your possessions back in a “vigilante”manner is not recommended? Really? With modern technology pinpointing the perp, they were unable to retrieve the item. Kudos to the Dad who had the stones to go and get the bike.
@TonyRodrigues it's because the police don't care if they would their job like in this case that thief who stole the e bike could of been arrested.
What a joke. The thief has all the rights. No one will help you, so sometimes you just have to help yourself. Bring a bat.
cops didnt do anything.
We should start finding out where those criminals live and steal from them.
Go in with a gun and steal from them. What are they going to do, call the police?
Basically
"Don't do our jobs, it makes us look bad."
"if you get hurt doing our job, We told you so."
Exactly 💯
I wouldn't expect much from CA cops. You're lucky if they even show up.
As an electric bike owner myself that's why you always lock your electric bike to an affixed object. So it is harder to steal. This girl learned her lesson for sure.
Great Tip 👍
Black people will find other ways
@@llamaArdiente ¡ hola !
Everything can be cut.
Yes I always do that I need to get a air tag did not know about them.
The police statement should be " Pursuing its recovery cause we didnt care about getting your ebike back even after you have provided us enough evidence to catch the criminals could put you in a physically dangerous predicament that could have been avoided if we would have taken your report seriously. "
My unit at Public Storage in Redlands, CA. got ransacked and were never informed about the theft until a few weeks later. Redlands PD investigated but never went further. My son and I tracked the thieves on Craigslist. We prentended that we were buyers to make sure that it was indeed our property. After it confirmed that some of the items for sale were in fact ours, we first contacted San Bernardino Sheriff's Department since it was happening in the city of San Bernardino but they said they could not do anything because RPD was investigating the matter and that we should contact them instead. RPD took their sweet time to arrest the thieves and by then most of our stuff were already sold off.
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Get a storage in a good area or with good security like the workers live on the property n watch the storage sheds really good, even if you have to go to a safer city to get one, dont get a unit in a bad area, to many thieves in bad areas robbing people
I heard one guy tell me that one person had a unit next to his relatives unit n they broke into to his relatives unit through the wall of their unit
Cops are like any other employee. Some of them want to do their jobs and some just want to just generally bother others and be unproductive. I personally never call the cops unless it's a life and death scenario because I've met both types many times. That said some of the best ones are literal real life superheroes. It really is a roll of the dice.
Basically the cops didn’t do anything then tell you not to do anything. SMH
Criminals shouldn’t have any rights
Funny how they ignore the 4th amendment when it comes to consent to search your car or a "stop n frisk" with no probable cause. The excuses get silly.
Always refuse a search of your vehicle.
Or just praying outside an abortion center can get you swatted by the FBI in your home.
but girls love when cops search their cars though
Cool dad
The police don't recover anything. It's a lost cause if you report to them and hope to get anything back. Also, new laws must be made that allow the police to get an immediate warrant to search a place when GPS evidence is provided by the complainant.
You can't be serious about the new law part because they don't need more power! We already have laws for them to do their jobs but they're lazy. We also know they will just abuse the new laws to make matters worse for people they already discriminate against.
That Dad is a real man.
Hes that type to call himself the man of the house but make his daughter do all the chores i can tell
Why else would he track and stalk his own daughter with a tracking device what if shes getting down with her bf
Good thing he got it back and the police don’t do anything in these cases
Ego's. They won't do a thing most of the time. Be safe, and get your stuff.
Local law enforcement didn’t even bother to take fingerprints seriously when a 100k vehicle was stolen, you really think they’ll do anything to really get the bike back. Local law enforcement is a joke with 6 figs a yr.
Make sure you put AirTags where they can’t find secured well done retrieving the bike back 💪🏼
Let California Conceal Carry already
Well if we could actually still depend on the cartel police to be public servants and do the right thing, ppl wouldn’t feel the need to do it themselves. Nowadays a person could end up arrested themselves after calling the police for help.
Or even worse killed and murded !😮
Hey, I'll be very happy to come alongside with a parent trying to recover a stolen item from a thief.....
You're the owner and you are the vigilante?
Amazing play of words, officers! You're in the wrong business if you can't act as a cop.
Good for them
It's truly sad when criminals have more rights than the victims
Sheriff: GPS? What's that??
As a daughters dad, i love this dude!
They got the location and obtained back the ebike, that's great but it's time to have them criminally charged as a felony, theft over 1,000 dollars as well as being in possession of stolen property.
Good job Dad!!
2:01 why? they wont do anything. As you can see in this story the dad had to do their job for them
because it makes bad publicity when a citizen gets shot on private ground for entering without permission
@@tigerchills2079 he's talking about the police not following up and he had to go search for it.
@@bmar916 I think we watched the same video and read the same comment. Thank You.
Chasing down a stupid stolen bicycle ranks about 50th on the list of priorities for police.
The local law enforcement did nothing to help.
You want justice done? Do it yourself. Now and day the police won't lift a finger to help
The whole problem was the cops were interrupted from their very important donut run, don't you know you NEVER get between a cop and a donut !
Waiting for cops to do anything is a waste of precious time. Good for him for doing what the police should have!
I love you Apple! Thank you!
i use both airtags and samsung smart tag plus for antitheft. The samsung one has been more accurate and it has 7 day location history unlike the airtag that only shows the current location. Super cheap way to add security to anything valuable. you can remove the speaker on both for added stealth
What do you mean " speaker"?
@@chapter4444 they do this so it's doesn't chime/make a sound to locate it, I assume. I have read that anyone can "ping" for air tags, not just the owner of the tag; a way to sniff it out (akin to checking for electronic bugs in a room) and remove/destroy them from said stolen item or bag.
@@dgodrummer8110 ohhh ok. I was curious. Thanks for the response 😎
@@chapter4444 they have speakers to help you find the tags, they will notify anyone else that is being tracked. you can open them up and remove the speaker so they will make no sound when someone trying to ping the location
@@juliogulio8713 ahhhh. Good tip, glad I asked! Thanks 😎
What happens if the Dad got shot and the thief claimed self defense because he saw a stranger charged into his house looking angry?
Good job dad n shame on u cops ...
some things are worth fighting for
should go back and...
Caps don't ever care about the stolen merchandise just like they didn't care about arresting the person that had the bike why isn't he in handcuffs
Never recover stolen property with the police.
My dad is a senior and he got assaulted by someone we know, let the police take care of it? They have done nothing. We don't know what to do..
Were the thieves charged? This is a felony grand theft on OC.
2 words citizen's arrest
Superman Dad
This dad is a hero for getting back his daughter stolen E-bike and to the theft who took it you are an clown I hope karma comes your way.
That's $3k worth. I got sent to prison wrongfully for the law enforcement putting their foot under my car when I tried to leave an illegal stop.
No surprise that the cops were lazy in this case. Glad they got the bike back.
the cops may have to make that statement. waiting on the cops to find the bike may be too late.
Hey OC, give us a call we will help you recover these items safely and peacefully like the video says use your law enforcement services
Local law enforcement would have waited until that bike was sold off and never seen again for that warrant to get processed.
If people wait more than two days it will be bought and sold and who knows where.
If cops show up to a place that shows where the ping is, of course they are going to deny that they have it.. You have to catch them in the act with video/photo meaning Spying... catch them on the move, hopefully with the tag will still be attached. Give that evidence to police and then let them recover it now that you know who is in possession of it.
What if they stole just the tags, wouldn't it be reasonable to search then if they have them?
Maybe not if it's planted than anyone can search you, & it's not enough money to do so.
I just talked to myself online. 2x
Ad any thoughts
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POLICE getting a "warrant" to search a "ping" address may take 24-48 hours, unless it's a week-end.... If you BREAK IN to get your stuff, they'd likely be there in a few minutes. They just protect THEIR TURF, not your stuff.
I am glad he did not leave it to the police because he would not have gotten the bike back.
Be careful with your bikes everyone, they are commonly stolen
Local law enforcement is USELESS!!
That's pretty ridiculous they say they need to get a warrant. The GPD locator ping should give them probable cause.
U a civilian won’t get it
Like our cops in South Africa, if they cant do there job they stop you from doing their job for them.
A spokesperson with the Orange County Sheriff's Department reminds victims of crime to let local law enforcement fail to recover stolen items.
If my air tag says it's in their house that's not an unreasonable search
Why is Noone talking about how easy and creepy it is to stalk people with these disgusting devices
My Wife tracked down her brand new iPhone right to the persons house they denied the phone was there and then tried to give us the phone back once they knew the police were on the way. But 3k 🤑 for that EBike they needed to get that bike back.
at this point Bikes should just have trackers because it's ridiculous the amount of theft they go through honestly .
It's only a felony if your a corporation, because Corporations are people to.
I get its his daughter but man I rather have my dad safe than potential jail or worst...
My bike was stolen only once did the smart thing to put an AirTag on it and found my bike just 2 blocks away from where it was stolen
Yea the police follow a slow system that allow criminals to clean up their mess, the dad did what he had.
I've had four or five bicycles stolen over the years. Its a racket and the cops know that.
Now I live up the country without a car and the bike is the only to get to town.
Good on Dad to get it back, but I would have brought others with me. Not show up alone.
And I would keep the Ebike inside. It is valuable property, keep it somewhere you know its safe.
Get insurance for the ebike. It’s like 17-22 bucks a month. Kryptonite locks insure locked items as well.
By the time the police did anything the AirTag would be dead and/or probably found and removed, lost property.
why would she not lock the bike to a fixed object lmao
My thoughts as well...
Bureaucracy destroyed the justice system. The police admitted in their statement that they would have done nothing until they received permission to search the home of the thief; by which time he may have sold or hidden the bike... and considering how busy they are they wouldn't have taken any step at all.
When I get my e bike, I will have to make sure to put an airtag on it.
But I am also aware of the deputies doing nothing had a similar incident and they did nothing to recover my stolen item so I would have done the same thing here as well
Let local law do absolutely nothing then!
Why Doesn't Law Enforcement Help In These Situations??? What is the point of paying taxes then???
Isnt that a felony since it's 3k also by the time they process a warrant bike would've been gone
Good thing when you find your stolen merchandise the Law changes and now you're allowed to defend your property even better if the person can be defined as reaching for something when you confront them about protecting your property. There's no reason to assume that a thief is not also armed
I don't need the police to get involved I know it's mine I'm taking back what's mine and if you want to take me to court go right ahead
Vigilantism my foot! What were the father and daughter supposed to do? Wait for the police to finish their donuts and coffee?!
Good job guys I would’ve done the same thing I don’t have the patience to wait for cops to get a warrant. By that time I’ll never see the bike again.
What kind of brand is that bike?
Yeah, good luck getting the police to follow through with stolen property.
Cops won't do it, is sad
the cops would of done nothing at all in layman's terms