Last time I brought a lost wallet into a precinct they told me I should've just left it where I found it because "now the owner won't be able to come back and find it"... how fucking stupid and lazy is that?

Like on the off chance they didn't just drop it without realizing it and know exactly where they left it (which was on a random sidewalk), AND it doesn't get picked up by some other person who just steals it, MAYBE there's a tiny chance they're on their way to pick it up right now and now they won't get it because I picked it up... okay, yeah sure.

Or you could just look them up in your system and call them to come pick it up from their precinct.