I had a bike stolen after work one night, and it was documented by the local Popo's. I checked the impound lot for four weeks before buying another one just like it. They were both Trek 770's intended for Alexi before he left the team. Two years later my front wheel showed up in one of the LBS's. Shorten the story, my bike was sold by impound to a fellow who was a LDS member who would have returned it to me. I had moved on and did not want to upset this fellow's apple cart. But it really pissed me off about the local cops reselling my stolen bike. They made $ by my misfortune, and were never even apologetic about it. I am fortunate that I have been able to purchase new bikes in these cases, but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with corruption by the Popo's. MH