Mac stolen, Find My Mac found it, get IP address from Apple?

Five Macs were stolen from our non-profit Friday night. A few minutes ago Find My Mac found one a few miles away, with a pretty good street location (no proof of which house).  Apple obviously has the IP address of the location, but it's not in the Find My Mac report (perhaps to prevent vigilantism).  Unfortunately neither the police in the stolen location nor the potential recovery location are interested in doing research.
Can Apple give (or be compelled to give) the IP address to the police, so the police can get the street address from the ISP (it's a residential area, so likely cable or DSL)?
Anyone have experience with this?   Thanks.

I just spoke with excellent Apple support (really, no sarcasm).  They obviously have the IP address of the Internet connection where the stolen Mac was booted (how else could Find My Mac report it?).  They gave me the phone number of Apple legal that the police need to call to get that IP address from Apple, so that the pertinent ISP can then supply the street address (or the cell ID if hot spot--yes, could be a throw-away) of the boot location of the stolen Mac.  The process can take a while, but the perp's (or the fence's) location or ID is the permanent record.
I think the police need to be prodded, but they may say it's too low level.  Although they did say our office complex has been a target lately.

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