There was "operation lucky bag" where the NYPD would purposefully leave a backpack, and arrest people who picked it up

https://www.nydailynews.com/2019/02/03/nypds-operation-lucky-bag-resurfaces-in-manhattan-blasted-by-judge-and-public-defenders-for-entrapping-innocents-into-an-arrest/

There's other coverage out there too.

The police are not a force for good.