Lost wallet.How many honest people are out there?

In this part of the world there is no way you could hand lost items to the police, we no longer have a police station, it was closed years ago, they have an occasional presence in the library I think. The nearest town, 4 miles away, is a quite large market town but the nearest police station is at least ten miles from here. Local FaceBook pages are where lost and found articles are notified from lost wallets to dogs and school bags.

Why don't people take them to the bank or the police?
On the next door app people seem to enjoy saying "message me, and if you can tell me what's in the front pocket, blah blah..."

Just hand it in!

Yes, our local FB page sometimes has posts about bank cards, wallets, purses which have been found.

I really think that the vast majority of people are honest, Delia, and I’m sorry that it looks as though one of the others found your husband’s wallet.

Just a thought, but it might be worth checking your local Facebook group? I occasionally see people on ours who’ll take a lost item at home for safekeeping and post it to the group. Despite others pointing out that not everyone is on Facebook.

I don't know where my police station is but I'd definitely hand a wallet (or anything I'd found lost) into the nearest shop, and probably post on Facebook too.

A few years ago, I lost my smartwatch near the local sports centre. I went in to ask, assuming I'd dropped it in there. I hadn't - it had detached itself from the band at a pedestrian crossing a couple of hundred yards away, and the finder had handed it into the centre. I was beyond delighted and grateful. I put my thanks on Facebook too.