NIBRS Tip: Recovered Property from Another Jurisdiction

NIBRS Tip: Recovered Property from Another Jurisdiction

Recovered Property from Another Jurisdiction

When an agency recovers stolen property from another jurisdiction’s incident, how is this reported?

 A law enforcement agency should report recovered property only if they reported the property stolen as well.
 However, the agency that recovers the property stolen from another jurisdiction can submit a Group A incident
with “Stolen Property Offenses” because the offender was in possession of the stolen property.

Example: The police department locates weapons that were reported stolen by the sheriff’s office.
The sheriff’s office is responsible for reporting the theft and recovery; however, the police department
can report an incident with the offense of “Stolen Property”.

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