# Police are gamers too! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 24, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-are-gamers-too/474280 "2008-11-24T17:44:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-are-gamers-too/474280/12 "2008-11-24T19:04:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > From a related site \*“But the console could not be found because it had not yet been transferred to the evidence room”. \*That too is common, and it can take a day for an item to be loged in. Really, until we give this a day or so, there’s no reason to be calling this cop a theif. From [this story](http://www.wftv.com/news/18018574/detail.html#-): > [@](#): > > The deputy ran the serial numbers and it did not come up as stolen, but he took the game system anyway. He told Hillman he wanted to make sure no one reported it stolen. Deputies told Eyewitness News there had been a lot of burglaries in the area and Xbox systems are hot. In what fucking universe is it reasonable for a cop to take one of your possessions merely to “make sure no one reported it stolen”? Where would it stop? “I’m sorry sir, but while your car has not been reported stolen, we need to confiscate it just to make sure.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-are-gamers-too/474280)._