The actual costs of crime are difficult to measure. There cannot be a dollar value assigned to the broken bodies, ruined lives, and human misery which are its products. However, it is possible to observe the steadily mounting cost of lost and stolen property. This loss, as well as the other costs of crime, must ultimately be borne by its victims. To minimize the losses due to crime, the department makes every reasonable effort to recover lost or stolen property, to identify its owner, and to ensure its prompt return.

Last Edited: March 21, 2017