Thieves’ lure as a police policy

Hello Rabbi,
I recently heard that in the US there is a practice where the police enter poor and distressed neighborhoods and set up all sorts of temptations for thieves (like an open truck with merchandise, etc.), and as soon as the thieves are tempted to steal, they catch them. I wanted to ask if you think this is a good policy? On the one hand, it makes it easier to catch thieves and prevents future thefts (in terms of money-seekers). On the other hand, it is possible that that potential thief would not have stolen if he had not faced such a temptation, and the policy itself creates a situation that increases the percentage of actual thieves in the population. In other words, there is a kind of “incitement” to steal by the police.
Best regards,