I'm thinking the bad guys will use this to make some money. BG1 knows opposing gang member BG2 has a gun on him, calls it in, sets up BG2, get his numbers, the cops bust BG2, and BG1 gets his second set of numbers - and $1000.
Worse yet, they plant a gun on some unsuspecting average Joe and run through the process, especially if the BG has a hot gun used in a murder. They get rid of the gun, and get $1000.
Dave Ramsey used Cory Booker in Ramsey's Leadership seminar last year, I am going to vociferously insist that he never ever consider Booker again for anything.