Their next one is scheduled for June 11 – bicycles at 9 a.m. and automobiles at 10 a.m.Money from police auctions goes to the police fund, which purchases things that the department typically hasn’t ...

An online auction site proclaiming it’s the “only authentic police auction website,” PropertyRoom.com staff pick up accumulated items from police property rooms or send UPS or FedEx to ...

The auction opened online on Thursday, July 9, and will run through 6 p.m. July 16.

Real steals at online police auction By David Colker Feb. 10, 2008 12 AM PT Times Staff Writer ...

It can be online bidding on platforms like eBay or an in-person affair like a customs office sale. But one place you should never pick up a phone from is a police auction.

Police officials have yet to hear any sales figures. Property Bureau works with about 400 law enforcement agencies–Glencoe is its first in Illinois–through its auction site, Stealitback.com.

Bellomo said. “And the police don’t tell.” Last year, what one police agency thought was quartz turned out to be a $31,000 diamond. It sold for $22,000. Now that’s a deal.