Apparently a cop, also a moonlight programmer, wrote a program called L8NT to pull MAC addresses while driving around and compare them to a database to see if they are stolen items nearby. I was thinking he should take this a step farther, publish the list of stolen MAC addresses, and let the wardriving community do the hunting for them.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/09/us_police_search_stolen_kit_by_mac_address/
I did a bit more digging into this, its a “package” you can buy to do this. Interesting….