Swatara Township Police partner with Leads Online through a grant from

United Parcel Service (UPS)

LeadsOnline (www.leadsonline.com) is the nation’s largest online investigative system used by more than 4,000 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 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 database. 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 a 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.

As part of this service, Swatara Township residents and business owners can safely and securely store important information that is useful in recovering property in the event of a lossor theft by logging into a free, online service at reportit.leadsonline.com.  ReportIt is a free, secure online service allowing users to record serial numbers and upload images for phones, electronics, and other valuables. Should those items ever be stolen, the Swatara Police will have information that will go a long way in accurately and quickly identifying your property.

Leads Online has been assisting law enforcement agencies across the county in recovering items such as valuable jewelry, camera, construction equipment, iPods, tools, computers and GPS units. With information provided by LeadsOnline, police track down thieves, develop leads in numerous cases and make arrests.

Participants 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.  Those individuals interested in participating in Report It can register for the free service at reportit.leadsonline.com and begin building their personal property inventory list.

For more information regarding this service please contact Det. Ryan Gartland at 717-564-2550 or rgartland@swatarapolice.org.