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THERE ARE ALSO SOME LIMITATIONS. SOMETIMES FINDING THINGS IN YOUR OWN HOME CAN BE A CHALLENGE, AND ITS HERE. KRIS ROWENA CAN RELATE TO THAT BECAUSE I LOSE EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME AND HES GOT A LOT TO KEEP TRACK OF. I HAD LAPTOP, IPAD, TRUCK KEYS, I HAD AIRPODS, SO HE GOT HELP FROM MORE TECHNOLOGY. I STARTED WITH TILES AND THEN MOVED ON TO APPLE AIRTAGS SMALL BLUETOOTH TRACKING DEVICES THAT CONNECT TO SMARTPHONES WITH AN APP. AIRTAGS HAVE GOTTEN REALLY POPULAR. WE SAW QUITE A FEW OF THEM. TYLER WRIGHT USES ONE TO KEEP TABS ON HIS KEYS AT HIS JOB AT BEST BUY IN ROSEVILLE. I CAN LOCATE THE LOCATION BY MAKING A NOISE. THE TRACKER WILL GIVE ME THE GENERAL VICINITY. ITS AN EASY WAY TO NARROW DOWN THE PRECISE LOCATION. JUST WHAT ROWENA WAS LOOKING FOR. THEY SAVED ME EVERY DAY. EVEN IN WAYS HE DIDNT EXPECT. YEAH, IT WAS INCREDIBLE. IN 2021, HE SAYS, THEY HELPED SOLVE A CRIME AT NUGGET CASINO RESORT IN SPARKS, NEVADA, WHERE ROWENA HAD A ROOM. MY FRIEND WALKS IN AND HE GOES, DUDE, OUR BAGS ARE GONE. AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT? SOMEONE STOLE HIS BACKPACK. SO THIS IS THIS IS THE BAG OR NO IS SIMILAR. THIS IS THE BAG. THIS IS THE BAG FILLED WITH ELECTRONICS FOR WORK AND BLUETOOTH TRACKERS WHICH POINTED POLICE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT FORTUNATELY LED THE POLICE TO THE SUSPECTS LOCATION AND OFFICERS COULD USE THE HELP. I WOULD SAY THAT PROPERTY CRIMES ARE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH IN SACRAMENTO. SO AT THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE, THEY GET ABOUT 100,000 PROPERTY CRIME CASES A YEAR. AND WE ARE DOING THE BEST TO COMBAT IT. BUT WE NEED CITIZENS TO BE AWARE AND PROACTIVE. KYIV SERGEANT TIFFANY FOUL WITH THE PROPERTY CRIMES BUREAU SAYS TEN INVESTIGATIONS IN THE PAST YEAR HAVE INVOLVED AIRTAGS, INCLUDING ONE IN THIS AREA AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE, ONE SACRAMENTO BASED CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TOLD US THEY WERE GETTING THINGS LIKE LUMBER AND INSULATION STOLEN SO OFTEN THAT THEY STARTED PUTTING TRACKERS ON THEM AND IT WORKED. THEY SAY SO FAR THEYVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND AND RECOVER STOLEN MATERIAL AT LEAST FOUR TIMES WITH THE HELP OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. IF WE CAN GET ONE PERSONS PROPERTY BACK, ITS A WIN IN OUR BOOK. BUT THERE ARE LEGAL LIMITATIONS. IN AIRTAG ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH. PROBABLE CAUSE FOR A SEARCH WARRANT, SERGEANT FOUL SAYS WE CAN GO KNOCK ON THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, CREATE A DIALOG AND ASK, BUT WE CANNOT BARGE IN OR GO ON THAT PROPERTY AND START SEARCHING FOR IT JUST BECAUSE AN AIRTAG IS SHOWING AT THAT LOCATION. SO WHILE IT CAN HELP RECOVER STOLEN ITEMS, IT MAY NOT ALWAYS LEAD TO AN ARREST UNLESS POLICE HAVE MORE EVIDENCE LIKE IN ROWENAS CASE, THEY WORKED WITH WITH THE CASINO TO GET A SECURITY CAMERA PICTURE AND THE AIRTAG LED THEM RIGHT TO THE SUSPECT WHOD BEEN CAUGHT ON CAMERA. POLICE FOUND THEIR GUY AND ROWENA FOUND HIS THINGS. YEAH, IT WAS INCREDIBLE. IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY, LYSEE MITRI, KCRA THREE NEWS AND SOME AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT, ARE REALLY EMBRACING THE TECHNOLOGY. IN APRIL, THAT POLICE CHIEF ANNOUNCED THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD GIVE OUT 500 AIRTAGS FOR FREE, URGING PEOPLE TO PUT THEM IN THEIR CARS AFTER A SPIKE IN CAR THEFTS. ITS ALSO BECOMING PRETTY COMMON FOR PEOPLE TO USE THESE AIRTAGS TO TRACK THEIR LUGGAGE. WE TALKED TO EXPERTS ABOUT WHETHER THATS HELPFUL. IF AN AIRLINE LOSES YOUR