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Sheriff Paul Babeu stated, "We will continue to utilize available technology to help us solve crimes which, in the past, may have never been solved. Usually within hours of stealing items, suspects are trying to sell what they have stolen. Many times after individuals have their property stolen, they have to begin the process of looking for photos and serial numbers of their missing property.
The ability to have photos and serial numbers immediately after a crime is committed will help us recover property quicker and arrest those responsible for these crimes."
Items pictured to the left are all part of recent cases involving stolen property that were located and recovered by PCSO detectives using leads online.
The ReportIt service is a part of LeadsOnline, the online system that works with police across the country to track and recover stolen property. Within the past four months, detectives with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office have utilized LeadsOnline to help track and identify $10,146.80 worth of stolen property. To date, $9,398.40 has been recovered. Detectives have received 758 inquires using the online service and arrested five people. The system allows detectives to search for the items using a variety of parameters, including item descriptions and serial numbers. When an item is sold to a pawn or secondhand shop, the product information is entered in the LeadsOnline database and is immediately viewable by participating law enforcement agencies across the country.
Citizens can store an unlimited number of serial numbers, item descriptions, pictures, and scans of receipts so items may be more easily identified in the event of theft. This record may also come in handy when filing claims with insurance providers in the event of loss. Citizens wanting to participate in Report It can register for the free service at reportit.leadsonline.com and begin building their personal property inventory list.
LeadsOnline is the nation’s largest online investigative system used by more than 3,000 law enforcement agencies to recover stolen property and solve crimes. Each day, millions of items are added to the LeadsOnline database by businesses including second-hand stores, scrap metal recyclers, pawnshops, and Internet drop-off stores across all 50 states. Those records are instantly available to law enforcement agencies, meaning crimes can be solved in seconds, not months. The LeadsOnline system, compatible with the NCIC, serves as an indispensible, efficient, and money-saving resource for detectives because it provides a cross-jurisdictional, instantaneous, and accurate database that stops criminals from escaping detection by selling stolen items in another city. An official eBay partner, LeadsOnline helps prevent illegal transactions on the eBay website by giving law enforcement access to the world’s largest online marketplace through automatic upload of all eBay transactions into the LeadsOnline.
The online service is free and easy to use.
LeadsOnline also includes LeadsOnlabs, a system for tracking those involved in the illegal manufacture of methamphetamines; a Metal Theft Investigation System designed to track copper and other metal thefts; and cross-checks names of pawn customers against the OFAC SDN list of known terrorists and narcotics traffickers. Each year, LeadsOnline is credited with recovering millions of dollars in stolen goods and solving thousands of crimes that are often associated with bigger crimes, such as homicide, identity theft, and arson. Based in Dallas and led by President and CEO Dave Finley, LeadsOnline works with thousands of agencies throughout the country, including the New York City Police Department, the Chicago Police Department, the Dallas Police Department, and the San Francisco Police Department.
