How to track an ipod touch after it is stolen?

Hi; my sister had an ipod touch stolen at a school from her son. She informed law enforcement and apple. Apple states: they cannot track the device. All devices have a MAC address assigned to them. The moment someone tries to re-register the device; it will show up in itunes as belonging to another owner. I dont think Itunes will allow the device to operate and I firmly believe Apple  would certainly report the device to local law enforcement. Its bad business to not do so. Not to mention the warrants served on the Itunes server. Last thing the public needs is Law enforcement looking around just because Apple is not cooperating. So if they cannot track it; Do they actually report it?

Apple is not the police.  A car company does not tract stolen cars.
Apple specificaly states:
"Apple does not have a process to track or flag lost or stolen product,"
From:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2526
If you had already set up the FindMyiPod feature and wifi is on then you may be able to tract the iPod but all the persion has to do is place the iPod in recovery mode to erase/disable the feature.

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