LA Police Department’s stolen art database
- Mark Frauenfelder
- Weird
- Nov 19, 2010
- Art and Design, LA, LAPD, Laura Cochrane, Police Department
Laura Cochrane says: “The LAPD keeps a database of artwork that has been stolen. It’s interesting, because I think these are mostly pieces are from people’s private collections, and the only reason the internet masses are now able to see them is because they have been stolen, so they get added to this database. There’s quite a range of stuff — Picasso artwork, a Nazi armband, a couple blank Oscars, an alligator skull, various movie props…”