Receiving stollen goods: traditional German cake among gifts to police

Police have been offered a wide range of gifts in the lead-up to Christmas. Here’s what you can and can’t give your local law enforcers.

A stollen cake was given to police just before Christmas.

BOXES of chocolates are fine, but cheques and cases of beer are not.

Tasmania Police has released its latest gifts register showing which gifts were accepted — and which have been sent back.

The Police, Fire and Emergency Management gifts report for the last three months of last year shows that boxes of chocolates remain the most popular gifts for police and are accepted because they “build goodwill”.

But a real estate agent who tried to give a $2000 cheque had his present returned, as did a donor who sent police two cartons of beer.

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And several staffers from Business and Executive Services who had dinner with a potential tenderers are being educated about the department’s conflicts of interest policy.

Among the other gifts received over the quarter were hampers, shortbread, toffee, ham and crabs.

The police band received £2000 ($A3854) for their performance at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

And there was also a stollen cake — not to be confused with a stolen cake — which was given as a gift just before Christmas.