You guys are just overreacting. I was just always taught that found property/money is given to the local police station. If they can’t find the owner after a certain period then the property/money becomes yours. (Or as in this case, you can tell them you don’t want it in advance.) Yes, I think this is especially important if the two conditions I mentioned are true; which the OP says they are not, so great. But in general, that’s just what you do with lost property.
They are public servants, for crying out loud, not everything that comes their way is related to the crime of the century.
There is a 0% chance the person is going to go to the police to see if it’s been turned in, and a 99.99% chance the person would not want it turned in to the police (allowing for the tiny chance the person is an exhibitionist and did it on purpose).
And nobody goes to the police with every little thing they find, that’s nuts.
Actually, your link says the OP doesn’t have to do jack.
Graped by me
IOW, unless the SD card is worth over $100, the OP can toss it in the garbage if he so chooses.
The tough thing with laws like this in place is that if they get enforced to severely, people are going to see things that are expensive (wallet, iPhone, tablets etc), want to help and say 'eh, screw it, I’m not going out of my way to take it to the police department. I’ll just leave there/take it to the front counter/put up a sign and hope they retrace their steps and remember coming here".
The other day, I had a customer come in asking if a key he found belonged to me (as in was it a key for something in our store). I told him no, and went to grab it from him to keep it in case someone called. He said “Okay, I’ll put it on craigslist” That kinda pissed me off. We get people calling all the time for stuff. About half of our clientele are seniors. They’re not going to check CL for a missing key. And now, if they call for it, I have to refer them to CL (or, I’ll probably just find the listing and give them the number). Oh, and he wants them to ID the number on the key chain. Woulda been so much easier if he could’ve just left it at the register.
Nah, I’m just a copycat grapist. Keep everyone on their toes and make sure they still have their grape whistle at all times. You never know when you’ll need it.
I’m wondering if the UN Commission on Human Rights should be notified or not. The woman could be a victim of sex traffickers, and this is one of those one-in-a-million lucky breaks that one of the perps dropped it.
BTW, who wants to bet that the OP still has the card intact, and is discreetly questioning local residents about some girl who was missing an SD card???
