Property theft question!???

Question

I am currently living overseas and today discovered that my storage unit in the US was broken into. I intend to file a police report in the early morning there, but I personally cannot be there for a couple more weeks. What can I expect from the police in a situation where I am not present and obviously cannot say for sure what is missing?

Answer 1

I lived in a bad neighborhood a few years back and found the Cleveland Police that came out were absolutely useless. I do have policeman friends but I hope you have a good insurance agent because you won't get your stuff back.

Do you have a friend stateside to check into your stuff? We lost a lot before we moved out. It was a punk from the area and the people were afraid to turn him in.

Answer 2

wow, you have it bad. Maybe you can asked someone that been to your house recently, and asked them what's missing. I personally think it was someone close to you, that know you're gone. You should get fingerprint results. It's difficult, because you're not coming back anytime soon right? Good luck!

Answer 3

Here’s what I’d do:

Call your insurance company (hopefully your insured) and give them the “heads up” as to what happened.

Call the storage company and see if they made a police report. If so, get the original police case number from them.

I’d go ahead with attempting to make a police report in the morning over the phone. They might tell you just to wait until you get back to make a report or maybe they’ll accommodate you over the phone. If they will take a report over the phone, give them the original case number from the storage company (if they made a report) or get new case number from police. Advise the officer taking the report that you will not be back for a few weeks to determine exactly what’s missing but you’d like it on record that a break-in occurred and you'll provide a list of items stolen later.

When you get back, determine what’s missing and/or damage to your property. Call the police, give them your case number and your items missing or damaged.  They should make a supplemental report to the original documenting what was stolen or damaged.

Then re-contact your insurance company with the case number so they can obtain the police report and get your claim going.