+DavidT21 & Fisherwoman Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 I thought I would share this with everyone. This is an e-mail I received today from Geocaching.com HI! Your cache "Border Patrol #1" has been confiscated by the Mountain View Police Department. Here is the email we received at contact@geocaching.com "I work for the Mountain View Police Dept in California, in the Property & Evidence room. A citizen found a geocache and turned it into our Police Dept since they didn't know what it was. Is there a way to track down the owner of this particular cache? Generally we keep found property for 90 days and then destroy it, but I'd rather be able to return it to its rightful owner." (Name with held) Property & Evidence Officer Mountain View Police Department (650) 903-6375 Please contact him right away. Regards, Nate, Geocaching.com Admin He says he'll hold it for a maximum of 90 days. There is no broken law, I talked to the guy today and he seemed really interested in the sport of geocaching. I plan to pick up the cache next week and talk to him more about caching too. Quote Link to comment
+Green Achers Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 quote:Originally posted by DavidT21 & Fisherwoman:I thought I would share this with everyone. This is an e-mail I received today from Geocaching.com HI! Your cache "Border Patrol #1" has been confiscated by the Mountain View Police Department. Here is the email we received at contact@geocaching.com "I work for the Mountain View Police Dept in California, in the Property & Evidence room. A citizen found a geocache and turned it into our Police Dept since they didn't know what it was. Is there a way to track down the owner of this particular cache? Generally we keep found property for 90 days and then destroy it, but I'd rather be able to return it to its rightful owner." (Name with held) Property & Evidence Officer Mountain View Police Department (650) 903-6375 Please contact him right away. Regards, Nate, Geocaching.com Admin He says he'll hold it for a maximum of 90 days. There is no broken law, I talked to the guy today and he seemed really interested in the sport of geocaching. I plan to pick up the cache next week and talk to him more about caching too. Good P.R. work but don't jump the gun [pun intended]... why not have the police re-hid the cache and post the coordinates. Then the spoiler could look something like Cnfg gur onef, hagre gur ohax, arkg gb Oehgvf. BTW, don't even worry about any law that you may or may not have broken. You'll be just fine. [snicker-snicker] We'll hid you a cake. Bill of Green Achers ''All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.'' --Lily Tomlin Quote Link to comment
+Touchstone Posted October 23, 2003 Share Posted October 23, 2003 Too funny Sounds strangely similar to Vacman's encounter with the law down south. His experience was a bit more serious (drugs involved), but it all turned out well in the end. Honesty and transparency seem to work pretty well with those brave men and women in blue. Keep us updated. Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. The rest go geocaching. Quote Link to comment
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