Long time diver equipment horror story

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• Feb 25, 2007

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My condo was broken into and all of my UW cameras were stolen. I reported this to the Boston Police and the officer asked if I had the serial #'s. I keep very good records of all my gear and the officer told me to post the equipment and report information in their online database- BPD homepage
http://www.cityofboston.gov/police/

Look for the guy with the bag "Wbesite looks to recover stolen property"
You can also register anything and this is a national database. I have attached a news story out of Canada in regards to this database
http://www.citytv.com/calgary/yourcity_35224.aspx

This is a great idea

 

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• Feb 25, 2007

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wow thanks for the info. Hopefully never need it but nice to have....

 

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• Feb 25, 2007

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Keep your eye on ebay, they might show up.

 

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• Feb 25, 2007

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I have looked in Ebay, craigslist & backpage, any other suggestions?

 

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• Feb 25, 2007

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I also saw this story during my search
http://wbztv.com/seenon/local_story_033222735.html

 

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• Feb 25, 2007

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You might put it on the Stolen Scuba Gear registry at Decostop.
http://www.stolenscubagear.com/

 

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• Nov 25, 2007

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Check your local pawn shops. Sometimes they take it to the closest one to your house. In my state if you find something in a pawn shop that has been stolen from you the pawnshop owner has to sell it to you for what they paid. It doesn't seem fair but it's better than not getting it back at all.

 

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• Nov 25, 2007

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In VA the pawn shops submit a list of serial nos. to the Police Dept. and they are run to check for stolen. Pwn shops must obtain ID from the person who pawns an item. If recovered the pawn shop has to give up the item to the police who will eventually return it to the owner.