I beg to differ the cops have it which means he will probably never seen again except in some cops garage getting repainted.
No, it will be sold at auction. The resulting funds will become part of a confiscation slush fund that's used to buy police toys (e.g., UAVs, SWAT ARs, holographic sights, night vision, robots, etc.).
I recently had my bike impounded by DPD in the aftermath of an accident in which I was taken to hospital. While some of the staff at the pound were less than friendly, many of them were helpful. When I returned to claim my bike, there was no damage to it other than what had been done in the accident (minor, and I keep crash bars on it) and they had carefully parked it (and the other bikes I saw near it) so that it would not be damaged by other vehicles around it. It did not disappear, get seized, auctioned off, or anything else.
Mind, DPD has a lot of flaws and problems, but when they do get things right, they don’t deserve to be shellacked for it. (DCSD uses the DPD impound yard.)