Police come to private property in Michigan and seize several cameras and an audio recorder, presumably for evidence. A search warrent for reviewing the recordings is obtained after the fact. Apparently the recordings are backed up at a State crime lab.
9 months later the equipment is returned except for the audio recorder which the police claim recorded two officers having a conversation while sitting in a vehicle on the property. The police indicate that if they must return the recorder without first erasing the recording of themselves they will make a criminal eavesdropping complaint against the property owner.
A year later the police still have the audio recorder. The property owner is intimidated by the officers' criminal arrest threat and hesitates to demand the recorder be returned as is.
This doesn't feel right.

