I was helping my friends kids do a park clean up and one of them found a large wad of cash (less than $200). I told the one who found it that I need to check with the police before she can have it, just in case it belongs to someone in need.

But is that a thing? I didn’t want to say she could keep it right away because I want to set a good example. But it isn’t a ton of money so I assume the police would not be interested. So what do?

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    1 day ago

    I was about to say the same thing until I thought “well, what if the person who lost it actually goes to the police seeing if it was found?”

    It might not be too uncommon if it’s a small town for there to be a lost and found thing there. The small town I grew up in had one.

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      I am 99% certain the police would just say the cash was probably going to be used for drugs and then they would just take it themselves.